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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 12:22:56 am

Title: Venice
Post by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 12:22:56 am

Italy iron work >  at the docks

Title: Re: Venice
Post by: Steve Weldon on March 17, 2014, 01:57:29 am

Nice.  Normally I'd say a bit heavy on the contrast but for this image it works.

Another five minutes well spent..  :D

I hope you don't take this wrong, but many of the images you've recently shared have been previous works from  years past?   Did you re-process them, or leave as they were back then?

For me, I find one of two things happen:

1.  The monitor I was using 10-15 years ago did not profile nearly as well as my current monitors so what I thought I was seeing.. I wasn't.   Heck, and I let people see those images and all the while my color/contrast/illumination was off..

2.   10-15 years ago my processing skills were not as well refined, not was my style as well defined, and software has greatly improved.. so I can make a much better image from even a 10-15 year old file using my more current software/skills/style/profiled monitor..

You?

Title: Re: Venice
Post by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 02:18:59 am

Quote from: Steve Weldon on March 17, 2014, 01:57:29 am

Nice.  Normally I'd say a bit heavy on the contrast but for this image it works.

Another five minutes well spent..  :D

I hope you don't take this wrong, but many of the images you've recently shared have been previous works from  years past?   Did you re-process them, or leave as they were back then?

For me, I find one of two things happen:

1.  The monitor I was using 10-15 years ago did not profile nearly as well as my current monitors so what I thought I was seeing.. I wasn't.   Heck, and I let people see those images and all the while my color/contrast/illumination was off..

Starting back hope to get through the 70/80's this year ....

2.   10-15 years ago my processing skills were not as well refined, not was my style as well defined, and software has greatly improved.. so I can make a much better image from even a 10-15 year old file using my more current software/skills/style/profiled monitor..

You?

Hi STEVE --- I am rescanning them ... (* real pain -I have like 27 binders > full)   My scanner was better but my skills were not as now ....Still using the same tools CS4 /know how to tweak a little better

Title: Re: Venice
Post by: Steve Weldon on March 17, 2014, 03:24:57 am

Quote from: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 02:18:59 am

Hi STEVE --- I am rescanning them ... (* real pain -I have like 27 binders > full)   My scanner was better but my skills were not as now ....Still using the same tools CS4 /know how to tweak a little better

Thank you.    I really appreciate the difference in software for imaging processing from say 10 years ago to today.

Title: Re: Venice
Post by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 03:46:41 am

Don't really use much different tools ...just use them a bit better ,,,, the RAW converter helps alot...  Shadow/Highlights ,,,