I agree with Jack about the harshness of the highlights. Also, the clouds are very dramatic--my eyes are drawn to them immediately, so to my eye the clouds upstage the pillars a bit, but that's probably just me. Love the blacks and gray tones! Overall, very dramatic, Brian! Cheers, Christine
On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012, at 01:43 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >> I love good contrast and deep blacks, but in this case the whites are >> somewhat blown out. Think I'd dial back the contrast and go for a less >> harsh effect. > > > That was one of my concerns. There were no blown highlights according > to the Levels but those areas do seem a bit harsh. I'll take another > look at them. > > >> I haven't downloaded the image and tried it myself, so my advice may be >> fallacious...as it often is. > > > Not at all. Thanks for the input. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> >> Jack >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 1:19 PM >> Subject: PESO - Pillars >> >> G'day all >> >> First PESO for 2012 and I've delved into the archives... >> >> I've been playing around with some black and white conversions and this >> image from 2009 seemed to have sufficient contrast to make an effective >> conversion. I'm reasonably happy with the result but comments would be >> greatly appreciated: >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3091bw-peso.html >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
