Hmmm .... it is a bit of a departure, but sort of in keeping with the irrigation valves you posted a while back. There's something very simple and straightforward about this pic, which I like, but the photo comes across as a bit to flat to really do much for me. A little bump in contrast with either levels or curves seems to have done the trick - each technique gave slightly different results, both of which made the pic pop a little more. A little more sharpening seemed to help a little as well. It might be interesting to see how it would look with a little darker background, and have the main subject jump out a little more.
In the very upper rightmost corner there's a small light area. Zapping that might be a good move. Keep experimenting and photographing things that are departures from your usual work. You've got a good enough eye that you can take what you've learned from nature shots and move into other subjects. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > A bit of a departure for me. This was taken in San Francisco at a > memorial for a battleship. There was a piece of the ship hull as part > of the memorial and this item was bolted to it. > > Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 45mm > ISO 200, 1/90 sec @ f/6.7 > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3321bw.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
