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Hi,
Here is an image that has been converted from color to mono and also given a slight blue split tone, the image was taken from a concrete ramp at the edge of the beach.
Not really fishing is he/she? Anyhow a nice picture full of atmosphere and space - just a pity that the top left corner is a bit blown. Prefer it without the tint BTW
sue
"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose."
--John Haldane
i prefer the mono version, however, i'm not to hip on the composition. i would have stepped much further to my left and placed the fisherman on the right then flipped the image horizontally...if that makes any sense.
Whats happened to the right hand side , did you have a polariser on? in my opinion it needs a crop to lose part of the foreground and that dark right h/side , the blue tint does give it a cold look but i prefer the original , i love seascapes and spend most weekends down on some beach or another , it's the advantage of living in a coastal county.
I like the B/W by far and it's got a timeless feel to it. A little crop from the left removes most of the blown bit and then a bit off the foreground to balance things off. But thats just my opinion. The photograph as it is, is very nice indeed.
Tom
Afraid I'm with Jon, I would much prefer a walk to the left before taking the picture making the person on the right third. Also it could be me (I am rubbish at horizons) but is the picture sloping to the right?
Hi all, Thank you for looking and for your comments.
I would love to have been able to move so that the figure was in the right bottom third and looking into the image space, but was unable to because of other people there, and my family were wandering off, I also never take my camera onto a beach. It is difficult for me to tell if the image is sloping due to the angle of the headland and sweep of the beach.
The guy really was fishing, but he had been there all day to my knowlage and looked totally bored, " must be a glutton for punishment" don't know why he did not go home much earlier.
Not really fishing is he/she? Anyhow a nice picture full of atmosphere and space - just a pity that the top left corner is a bit blown. Prefer it without the tint BTW
sue
Why don't you think he or she is fishing? That's a fishing rod there isn't it?
Hi,
Here is an image that has been converted from color to mono and also given a slight blue split tone, the image was taken from a concrete ramp at the edge of the beach.
Hi Tinka,
From those 2 shots I prefer the gray scale without the blue tone.
Though as other users comment there is some unusual darkness on the right side and a little more brightness on the left side. Maybe is due to some post-processing or converting.
I see a tendency to convert pictures in B&W. Why is that? Not all pictures look nice in B&W.
Personally I would prefer the color version, zoomed a little more on the fisherman (I think he is too small in the entire frame), cut some of the right side of the picture and point the camera more to the left leaving a smaller portion of land in the right hand side.
Anyway, this is my personal opinion. It doesn't mean that other alternatives or variations are wrong
If you intend to convert most of your photos in B&W, or like the the B&W photos more than the color photos, it is better to take the shots from the begining using the camera's B&W mode as from converting after in an image editor there might be slight problems in the shadows and highlights from the conversion.
If you intend to convert most of your photos in B&W, or like the the B&W photos more than the color photos, it is better to take the shots from the begining using the camera's B&W mode as from converting after in an image editor there might be slight problems in the shadows and highlights from the conversion.
Regards
George
Hi George,
Many thaks for looking and for your input, Yes I do like Mono/greyscale images more than color, however shooting in Mono mode does tend to produce poorer images however slight the difference is, shooting in color not only gives a better image with a full range of tones "especially in raw, but thats something else I am trying to learn about", It also allows many more choices as to the end result /results it also leaves you with a color image as well, for the family etc: The problems with shadows and highlights is purely my inexperience and I do hope to become more proficient as time goes by.
I do appreciate everyones comments and critique, as this gives me an insight into how others view my work, and I do try and put into practice other peoples suggestions, so keep the comments comeing.
Hi George,
......however shooting in Mono mode does tend to produce poorer images however slight the difference is, shooting in color not only gives a better image with a full range of tones "especially in raw, but thats something else I am trying to learn about"......
Hi Tinka,
I tend to disagree with that slightly. Shooting in color is better for colorfull shots, but it loses on transformation on B&W. It is better for me to shoot initially in B&W if you want to have a B&W photo. I agree that apart from your preference to B&W there are other family members or relatives that like the color shots and indeed this is a good reason to shoot in color.
Though as I said for B&W photos I think it is better to use the camera's B&W mode that transform it to B&W afterwards in an image editor.
Here is an example of full size crops:
Why don't you think he or she is fishing? That's a fishing rod there isn't it?
Ian
Actually what I meant to say was that it looks to me like he/she may have jammed the rod into the sand and was doing something else like reading to while away the time i.e. wasn't actually holding the rod and feeling for the bite but perhaps I am awfully old fashioned and maybe that is the way most people fish these days
"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose."
--John Haldane
Actually what I meant to say was that it looks to me like he/she may have jammed the rod into the sand and was doing something else like reading to while away the time i.e. wasn't actually holding the rod and feeling for the bite but perhaps I am awfully old fashioned and maybe that is the way most people fish these days
Sue most modern fishermen fish like that. They rely on bite alarms to tell them when they have a fish on. I call them chuck-it and chance-it fishermen. Shows my age don't it.
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