Hi Brian, I prefer the original. I have sen light that would look exactly like that - I would like to see more light like that when I have time to take pictures, but that is another thing!
I asked my wife which one she preferred and she said the one that hasn't been photoshopped. When I asked her which one that was she said the second one. After a bit more discussion she said the sky was wrong in the second one - you get that colour of sky near the sun not in nearly the opposite direction. After loading them onto her computer (LCD Samsung screen, I have a CRT Phillips) she prefers the original - no neither screen has been fully colur managed. She did also complain that the second image is very slightly differently croped and that was distracting for comparison purposes. End result, unless you plan on selling the image - and quite possibly even if you are - do what you are happy with. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Brian Walters wrote: > Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions on this image. > > Most comments thought that the colours in the image were over-saturated. The > colours *are* strong, but that's due to the rusty tones and the very warm, > late afternoon light. I'm not adverse to nudging the saturation from time to > time but this image didn't receive any extra. Of course the image might > benefit from a slightly less saturated rendering so the link below has a > version with a 10% reduction (and I took a bit of blue out of the sky as > well). I have to say I still prefer the original which is more like I > remember the scene, and which is also shown for comparison: > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/Abandoned/index.html > > Also on this page is a black and white rendering - something suggested by > Dave Brooks. It seems to have possibilities but I haven't nailed it yet and > I'm not sure exactly where to go with it. > > The distracting background was also mentioned. It was difficult to get the > right angle with this image. There was a road sign and an old shack that I > was trying to conceal. There was also a large, hyperactive hound behind a not > very substantial fence about 50 metres away so, bugger the background, I was > a bit distracted as well... :-)> > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney, Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > http://www.blognow.com.au/peso1/ > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Free pop3 email with a spam filter. > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
