B&W Landscapes

[gopher]

Took this today, any thoughts, critique?



Cheers

Paul

[Mrs Fish]

I like it, alot

[simpo two]

Nice, it works for me. But there seems to be some kind of glow round the tree...

[gopher]

simpo two said:

Nice, it works for me. But there seems to be some kind of glow round the tree...

well spotted, funny that did not appear in the printed version!

here's another try..



Cheers

Paul

[simpo two]

Actually, now it's lost that ethereal effect, and IMHO the composition is spoiled due to the left side crop. I prefer 1!

[gopher]

simpo two said:

Actually, now it's lost that ethereal effect, and IMHO the composition is spoiled due to the left side crop. I prefer 1!

Ta!

ok this is my last go




Looking at the preview the glow around the tree seems to appear stronger after the upload to photo bucket, don't know if they do anything, but this version also has a bit of a glow, but the one on my desktop does not. Oh Well

Thanks again

Paul

[_dobbo_]

First and last ones have the look of selective levels having been applied to the tree on it's own - have you played or is this straight out of the camera?

Nice pic by the way

[rustybin]

Could it be the sharpening that is giving it a glow, particularly with it being quite a contrasty shape i.e. lots of edges to sharpen?

[beano500]

rustybin said:

Could it be the sharpening ...

Could be - what method was used?

[gopher]

The levels were altered, both prior to going monochrome and after, didn't sharpen the image at all tho'.

Also touched the curves slightly, just to increase contrast slightly, although contrast was quite high in the original.

Cheers

Paul