Thanks, Leon I think I'm going to step back from this image for a while and then have another go at it.
I find I keep trying different suggestions and like them all! I think I need to leave it alone for a while....... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.blognow.com.au/peso1/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Brian, > > I prefer the original. I have sen light that would look exactly > like > that - I would like to see more light like that when I have time to > take > pictures, but that is another thing! > > I asked my wife which one she preferred and she said the one that > hasn't > been photoshopped. When I asked her which one that was she said > the > second one. After a bit more discussion she said the sky was wrong > in > the second one - you get that colour of sky near the sun not in > nearly > the opposite direction. > > After loading them onto her computer (LCD Samsung screen, I have a > CRT > Phillips) she prefers the original - no neither screen has been > fully > colur managed. She did also complain that the second image is very > > slightly differently croped and that was distracting for comparison > > purposes. > > End result, unless you plan on selling the image - and quite > possibly > even if you are - do what you are happy with. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions on this image. > > > > Most comments thought that the colours in the image were > over-saturated. The colours *are* strong, but that's due to the > rusty tones and the very warm, late afternoon light. I'm not > adverse to nudging the saturation from time to time but this image > didn't receive any extra. Of course the image might benefit from a > slightly less saturated rendering so the link below has a version > with a 10% reduction (and I took a bit of blue out of the sky as > well). I have to say I still prefer the original which is more > like I remember the scene, and which is also shown for comparison: > > > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/Abandoned/index.html > > > > Also on this page is a black and white rendering - something > suggested by Dave Brooks. It seems to have possibilities but I > haven't nailed it yet and I'm not sure exactly where to go with > it. > > > > The distracting background was also mentioned. It was difficult > to get the right angle with this image. There was a road sign and > an old shack that I was trying to conceal. There was also a large, > hyperactive hound behind a not very substantial fence about 50 > metres away so, bugger the background, I was a bit distracted as > well... :-)> > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney, Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > http://www.blognow.com.au/peso1/ > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Free pop3 email with a spam filter. > > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
