Springtime Riverbank

You can thank a horse named Smoky for the impressionistic texture of the trees and the foreground grass. Normally I take three or four shots of the same thing hoping for one to turn out good. Well, I was riding Smoky, who was very patient for the first three riverbank shots, but decided he'd had enough, took a step, and began turning just as I was clicking the shutter for my fourth attempt. Looks kind of like Orton, huh? But it isn't.

 

My use of Photoshop was to increase the saturation, equalize the colors, and bring out some texture in the sky.

 

Photo taken along the New River, on what I think I remember as the North Carolina side of the state line.

Done