Lunchtime to dusk with LR3

[petach]

Who knows why, but I converted a lunchtime shot from Heybridge Basin in Essex to appear as dusk using Lightroom 3.

I am learning how to use it by messing about rather than read up. Original shot with Canon 5D


The original shot converted to dusk by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Conversion


From day to dusk by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

 

[streetshooter]

Pete,
I will not say how much better and alive the b&w image is. I've been accused of pushing b&w and some think it's unfair. So I will not say how much more interesting the b&w is vrs the color......
Don

 

[petach]

Hey Don. I knew this one would pique your interest! I rather like it.

 

[streetshooter]

Pete, maybe it's time for you to start teaching. This is the perfect set to explain what photography is about.

The color image as nice as it is, reflects on reality. It reminds us of place in the world that is serene, a location that is fixed yet the ability to travel....and of course much more.

The b&w shows us a new world. It shows us a photograph that is not anything less nor more then a photograph. It exist without the need for the reality it was abstracted from. It is it's own.

Thanks Pete.....

 

[radical7]

What a great shot. Like Don im biased towards BW....But I would dodge the lower parts so that it is more balanced. Awesome photograph

 

[petach]

cheers guys, I just enjoyed the challenge of changing an anodyne and mediocre shot into something spiky.