G'day Dave On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:45 +1300, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a followup from last week's cycling photos. I've grabbed a couple > that I'd left out of the galleries and converted them to B&W. > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/bw/2257.html> > > I showed the original version of this last week: > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/out-take-1.html> > > You'll see that I've cropped the B&W version slightly.
I like that much better in B&W - the riders stand out nicely from the low contrast background. The cropping works - it's not much, but reducing the extent of the sky was a good move. > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/bw/2380.html> > I left this one out because the sharp focus is on the rider's chest > instead of his face. But I liked the curves of the drainage channels on > the road surface. Yes - the way the wheel is following the groove in the road makes for an interesting image. The slightly out-of-focus face doesn't bother me - it adds a feeling of movement. > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/bw/2515.html> > Another one that I'd left out due to blur on the front rider, but I like > what's going on behind him. Plus there was a break in the clouds so I > had some shadows. > > Here's a colour version, which I think I actually prefer: > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/bw/2515-colour.html> > I think I prefer the colour version slightly. There seems to be better contrast between the riders and the background. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- 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.
