01-20-2024, 06:36 PM
Hello all,
When I found out today that my SIL was coming over for a visit, I had to do some housecleaning before she arrived.
Besides sleeping in till late, I started the morning by baking some banana bread, so my kitchen was a mess.
We had a nice visit and finished with dinner at my favorite Chinese restaurant.
Now it is time to rest. The days go by so quickly, as do the weeks, months, etc.
Welcome back, Don. I am sure you brought home some great shots and am anxious to see them.
Rich, That is a great shot of the statue. It looks like an ice sculpture. I like the blue translucent effect. Nice looking building too.
Dave, I do remember the several shots you took of the back of these buildings on your morning walks. Maybe you were practicing on mastering exposure and mood.
This is the second Color Creative shot that I used for the club meeting this past Thursday, even though it was changed to a Black and White. I got a lot of good positive feedback on it including suggestions of the following:
1)crop away the right side of the composition to the middle of the big black tree in the center. This will result in the tractor being the star of the composition and not a battle between the tractor and barn being constructed in the background on the right hand side.
2) Change the whole thing to sepia tone.
and 3) use selective coloring and keep the tractor RED with everything else in B&W.
I thought of all three of those when I was using Topaz, Lightroom and Affinity. But I had no interest in doing #3, I am falling fast out of interest in that kind of effect. It looks too fake for me now. I did think to crop away the right-hand side, but found the barn and foliage to be as interesting as the tractor and my eye kept floating between the two subjects. And I did think that maybe SEPIA would have been a good effect, but since I was already being so abstract with the lines, blurs, etc., I did not want to add yet another change. I might try some of those now and see how they appear on the screen.
So, first, you will see the original and then the super-adjusted image.
Well, I tried some things and after trying their suggestions, I think I came up with something that I like better .
I combined two of their suggestion.
I changed the photo to a sepia-like tone, but boosted the warmth somewhat and then I also cropped the right side out.
Here is what I got.
What do you think?
When I found out today that my SIL was coming over for a visit, I had to do some housecleaning before she arrived.
Besides sleeping in till late, I started the morning by baking some banana bread, so my kitchen was a mess.
We had a nice visit and finished with dinner at my favorite Chinese restaurant.
Now it is time to rest. The days go by so quickly, as do the weeks, months, etc.
Welcome back, Don. I am sure you brought home some great shots and am anxious to see them.
Rich, That is a great shot of the statue. It looks like an ice sculpture. I like the blue translucent effect. Nice looking building too.
Dave, I do remember the several shots you took of the back of these buildings on your morning walks. Maybe you were practicing on mastering exposure and mood.
This is the second Color Creative shot that I used for the club meeting this past Thursday, even though it was changed to a Black and White. I got a lot of good positive feedback on it including suggestions of the following:
1)crop away the right side of the composition to the middle of the big black tree in the center. This will result in the tractor being the star of the composition and not a battle between the tractor and barn being constructed in the background on the right hand side.
2) Change the whole thing to sepia tone.
and 3) use selective coloring and keep the tractor RED with everything else in B&W.
I thought of all three of those when I was using Topaz, Lightroom and Affinity. But I had no interest in doing #3, I am falling fast out of interest in that kind of effect. It looks too fake for me now. I did think to crop away the right-hand side, but found the barn and foliage to be as interesting as the tractor and my eye kept floating between the two subjects. And I did think that maybe SEPIA would have been a good effect, but since I was already being so abstract with the lines, blurs, etc., I did not want to add yet another change. I might try some of those now and see how they appear on the screen.
So, first, you will see the original and then the super-adjusted image.
Well, I tried some things and after trying their suggestions, I think I came up with something that I like better .
I combined two of their suggestion.
I changed the photo to a sepia-like tone, but boosted the warmth somewhat and then I also cropped the right side out.
Here is what I got.
What do you think?