On Mon, Jan 2, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > 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
Thanks for the comment, Christine. I've had another look a toning down the highlights a bit on the pillars. I'm not seeing a conflict between them and the sky but I guess everyone sees something different in all photos - that's part of the fun! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > 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. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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.
