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The first two were taken yesterday when I went walkabout around the boundry of our local airport in lovely sunny weather. The tree pics were taken today when the mist rolled in again and I was looking to capture the mood by changing to black and white.
Mowgli
I see that's what the horse thinks of your photography
Those tree pix are begging to be played with - how about adding grain, contrast, mono conversion, play with curves/levels?
Ian
Yes I agree Ian it does need something, Ive only got elements 8 so bit restricted. Would be interesting to know what they could look like with someone who knows what they are doing.
Great variety here, I love the symmetry of the first shot and the way the aircraft echoes the shapes of the markers. The horse's expression is priceless and a great capture. However, the tree is really my sort of subject and looks wonderful with that misty background. I won't profess to knowing what I'm doing but I couldn't resist a play in Elements 9.
First, I noticed that the histogram was compacted and not making full use of the range of hilights or shadows so I moved each slider inwards to meet either edge of the graph. Next I boosted contrast by 40, which is much more than I usually do but as it is a low contrast image to start with I thought the image could stand it. Primarily I wanted to make the tree stand out from the delicious misty background a little more. Next I added what I hope is a subtle amount of noise to give a grainy texture and finally gently blue toned using filters before re-sharpening.
What do you think? Have I enhanced or ruined a lovely photograph? Can anyone else suggest an alternative enhancement?
John Perriment
A photograph is more than a record of what you see - it's a window to your soul
Wow what a difference John, and thanks for writing down how you reached the final picture It has brought out the tree in the way I had originally envisioned the picture but didnt know how to get to that result. I dont really do much B/W but wanted to go that way to bring out the mood that colour would have lost.
Thanks
Mowgli
Great variety here, I love the symmetry of the first shot and the way the aircraft echoes the shapes of the markers. The horse's expression is priceless and a great capture. However, the tree is really my sort of subject and looks wonderful with that misty background. I won't profess to knowing what I'm doing but I couldn't resist a play in Elements 9.
First, I noticed that the histogram was compacted and not making full use of the range of hilights or shadows so I moved each slider inwards to meet either edge of the graph. Next I boosted contrast by 40, which is much more than I usually do but as it is a low contrast image to start with I thought the image could stand it. Primarily I wanted to make the tree stand out from the delicious misty background a little more. Next I added what I hope is a subtle amount of noise to give a grainy texture and finally gently blue toned using filters before re-sharpening.
What do you think? Have I enhanced or ruined a lovely photograph? Can anyone else suggest an alternative enhancement?
Congratulations to both of you.
Nice series of pix Mowgli especially the horse. I wonder if the fence is electrified and he/she was getting a buzz from it.
I like the re-work John - I shall try your technique out on some misty shots of the canal I took earlier in the week.
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