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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on May 15, 2012, 08:42:58 am

Title: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on May 15, 2012, 08:42:58 am

combinations of the above

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: shutterpup on May 15, 2012, 10:49:13 am

Are you and I related  ;)  I ask because our choices of photographic subjects are so similar  :)

I like the first 2 very much because of the arcs that dominate. Not wild about #3; no drama like the first two.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on May 15, 2012, 01:24:27 pm

Nice textures and lines in these Armand- have you tried a B&W conversion? The subject seems perfect for it. To me anyway.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on May 22, 2012, 07:46:12 pm

Quote from: shutterpup on May 15, 2012, 10:49:13 am

Are you and I related  ;)  I ask because our choices of photographic subjects are so similar  :)

I like the first 2 very much because of the arcs that dominate. Not wild about #3; no drama like the first two.

That I don't know but I'm sure I have soul mates out there (in photography that is)  :)

Quote from: Riaan van Wyk on May 15, 2012, 01:24:27 pm

Nice textures and lines in these Armand- have you tried a B&W conversion? The subject seems perfect for it. To me anyway.

I'll try, it should work about the same. I really like that shade of green though.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on May 25, 2012, 12:58:28 pm

And here are 2 bw interpretations

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Bruce Cox on May 25, 2012, 06:03:06 pm

I like black&white #1 better.  I might like it even more if it were black, instead of brown.

Bruce

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: shutterpup on May 26, 2012, 11:00:43 am

I like bw#1 best. I don't know what Bruce is referring to about brown in #1?

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on May 27, 2012, 10:53:46 am

Quote from: shutterpup on May 26, 2012, 11:00:43 am

I like bw#1 best. I don't know what Bruce is referring to about brown in #1?

Ok, I'm not the only one trying to find the brown  :)

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: amolitor on May 27, 2012, 12:08:53 pm

Are y'all joking, or can you actually not see the toning?

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Bruce Cox on May 27, 2012, 02:50:32 pm

My old iMac is a bit crispy around the edges, but it has been pretty stable when I checked it every now and then with my Spyder 3 Pro [a calibration device from Datacolor].  It's loaned out, so I can't recheck right now.

Bruce

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on June 02, 2012, 01:23:34 pm

It's not that much brown, more a subtle interplay between red and green but to satisfy the curiosity here are 2 versions with no toning.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Bruce Cox on June 02, 2012, 04:04:47 pm

The contrast in v1 [and more so in v2] seems to be reduced compared to the toned version and I think it does not help.

Bruce

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: armand on June 02, 2012, 06:48:34 pm

The only difference between the first posted version and v1 is no toning. The perceived lack of contrast is the reason I chose the toned image in the first place. I can boost the contrast in v1 but I'm not sure it will help.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Bruce Cox on June 03, 2012, 09:55:22 am

For the attached image I processed the toned version with CS5's black & white converter, tweaked the contrast in levels, and then brightened it some.

Bruce

P.S. to the one viewer before I remembered to sharpen: It is now sharpened

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: Bruce Cox on June 03, 2012, 10:20:01 am

This B&W is derived from your color version after using "apply image, overlay" and levels first.

Bruce

P.S.  to the one viewer before I remembered to sharpen:  It is now sharpened.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: shutterpup on June 03, 2012, 05:03:29 pm

Finally, I see the brown tones to the original conversions from colors. Really like the crispness of Bruce's second one.

Title: Re: Green, light and rain
Post by: luxborealis on June 03, 2012, 05:44:07 pm

Much prefer the B&W v1 - exquisite.