Walt sent me a version off list that inspired this different B&W rendering and crop, which I thinks works a lot better: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859115960/in/set-72157629275228340
I also twiddled, and recropped the color version. Thanks Walt for the ideas. LRC On Mar 22, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 3/22/2012 2:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> A couple days ago, I had a few minutes to kill after lunch so the Insurance >> agent's office would be open on my way past, and I played with my camera at >> our local covered bridge. One picture that I attempted was of a tree >> against the sky. I tried processing it a couple of ways to bring the tree >> out against the sky. >> >> I'm not sure whether it works or not, and if not, what to do to fix it. >> Suggestions? >> >> colo(u)r: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859015704/in/set-72157629275228340 >> black and white: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859016230/in/set-72157629275228340 >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > My vote goes to the color shot. I'm not sure what I'd do to improve it any. > My instinct is to deepen the shadows and /maybe/ nudge the contrast up a bit > on shots of this nature to bring it out a little more against the blue sky, > but that's my own aesthetic quirk/crutch. > > I do like the look of that gnarled limb, right about the center of the scene. > If I were to do anything compositionally, I'd maybe lop it off right at the > elbow of the L-shaped limb near the left edge of the image, but that seems > like it may actually bullseye the most interesting element of the scene > (gnarled limb). > > I'm sure you found all that immensely helpful, of course. > > -- Walt > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
