Dusty Branch, that sounds like a porn star name. Not that I'd know of course, not that I'd know.

... Anyway...

I got some offline feedback on yesterdays picture of the branch. Interestingly a number of people commented that they felt it was over exposed. Whilst I'm not sure I agree with them, I thought I'd reduce the exposure a little and see if it had any effect.

So, here goes.

For reference, Version 1. The photograph from yesterday.

Version 2. Exposure reduced by 2/3 stop.

The problem I had with this is that whilst the branch itself is quite nice, the background is very tinted.

In an effort to fix this, I've played with the Tone Curve and increased the intensity of the light tones. This is the result. Version 3.

I think version 3 might be the best of the bunch. I guess version 4 would involve loading this into Gimp or Photoshop and creating some sort of mask to fix out any residual colour in the background. I'll try to find a tutorial to that effect for the weekend. (If you know of one, please tell!)