Roman,

Thanks for the comments. I always appreciate when you take the time to critique; I have learned a lot from you.

I did bracket the exposures, but in this case the red channel in the RAW file was not blown out at all. I managed to do that all by myself in PS!! I need to remember to watch the histograms as I work.

As far as the color I am not sure what to do. The RAW file has more of an orange tint, but I thought it needed to be more red. I know the Margulis book says to look for something neutral to set colors, but I did not know how to do that in this shot. I will re-do the PP watching the histogram this time.

I would love to somehow send you the RAW file - I learn a lot when you retouch my shots. I expect it's 10MB size would make it prohibitive to email, but let me know if you have any ideas.

Daniel,

Thanks for the comments. I enjoy your article on this site, and the shots at your smugmug site are fantastic.

Dave