This is one case where I prefer the colour version: the inclusion of the red lifebelts brings the whole composition to life, and the subtle blues of the ice are wonderful. I would attempt to correct the perspective, though. My wife commented, on seeing the mono shot, that she couldn't work out what the dark blob in the middle of the frame was!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fernando Terrazzino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:53 AM Subject: Re: PESO: IIIIIIIIIIIII > Dave, Godfrey, Norm, Rob, Gonz, JCO & Ann > > Thanks for the kind comments & suggestions, > > Ann, I usually feel the same way, but somehow this time I like the B&W > better, I mean the composition is the same, but to me in this > particular case the B&W emphasizes the structure and the chunks of > ice, and adds some sort of timeless feeling (sorry have a tendency of > getting poetic on mondays...). ;-) > > But, here's the color conversion (this was with silkypix "memory color > 2" IIRC before my trial expired) > > I'm not planing to work on it (cuz I like the B&W) but it would > probably need to be converted again with some white balance correction > (the blue cast is actually more true to how the scene looked that day > at that time anyway). > > Here it goes, color version: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/390784370/ > > > > On 2/20/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Fernando Terrazzino wrote: >> >> >I'm probably more inclined to pay attention to frozen lakes, as I come >> >from a warmer place. >> > >> >http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=395612866&size=o >> > >> >Lake Ontario, >> >Pentax K10D, DA16-45/[EMAIL PROTECTED],16mm >> >ISO: 100, AV, +1EV >> >Shot in raw, converted to tif(16bits) with Pentax photolab >> >Converted to B&W with Channel Mixer, Some curves&levels >> > >> >Comments appreciated. >> > >> > >> > >> Great mood - I like it a lot -- but every time someone says they >> converted a shot to black and white I get >> curious about the color version :) I have a feeling it would work well >> in color too. >> >> ann >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
