2nd February 2010

[Wiener]

Just passed this on my way home today...

 

[waloszek]

Nice setting and section. But I think that a little more contrast would be fine. However, when I tried auto color correction in PSE 8, I nearly got a b&w photo:



Best regards, Gerd

 

[odklizec]

Nice one Andy but I somehow agree with Gerd. A bit more contrast would suit this photo better.

 

[Wiener]

Thanks for your advice Gerd and Pavel.
It is much appreciated!
Normaly I am not inspired by Baroque architecture (which my more knowledgeable partner assures me it is) but this room really has something!
I agree that higher contrast would be desirable, but was concerned that the noise would take over if I increased the exposure any further. However, I have added more gama, increased the black level considerably and maximised the contrast... :?

 

[Roni G]

The high contrast version is beautiful
If not the EXIF, I could swear it was a black and white film scan.

 

[lensman]

Andy,

Very nice shot, I rather like the first less contrasty image, I wonder if sepia also look good [ I'm into sepia at the moment!]

You certainly have more photogenic route home than I have.......mostly bridges over the M6 :lol:

David

 

[waloszek]

After you praised Pavel's and my advice, I am somewhat reluctant to admit that I am not quite content with your result. When I compared all three versions, I must admit that I tend to like your first attempt better, because it is more like an "old-fashioned" low-key photo. Or, in other words: In your new version, the dark image portions are a little too dark to my taste. But I have to be careful with such judgments, because we cannot really trust our screens and color profiles...
Anyway, I liked the lighting in my own, nearly B&W version, and as someone opted for sepia, I tried to give this image a sepia-like look (whatever that means - I just selected a yellowish hue and desaturated the image a bit in "Farbe Anpassen" in PSE8/Mac. Moreover, I lowered gamma to 0,9 (as far as I remember...).
And below you will find my result!
Best regards, Gerd

 

[Wiener]

After you praised Pavel's and my advice...And below you will find my result!
Best regards, Gerd

Gerd,
I think I need to sleep on this! And thanks for making the time to explore the potential of my original image!
For me, it is also a mood thing and, perhaps, a daylight thing. I am sure that some images look very different when my desk here is lit by daylight than by lamp light...
I have a long way to go before I am really up to speed with this 'light room' stuff but it is great fun and certainly not boring to delve deeper into software development possibilities...
Cheers for now!
Andy