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 12/16/2005 10:48:03 AM · #1
Comments a Critiques Please as I try to improve my editing skills.

12/16/2005 11:05:05 AM · #2
What a great looking old house. Nice editing job too. Love the poem you put with it. The roof seems a little flat looking. Maybe add a little highlighting on it would help.
 12/16/2005 11:10:27 AM · #3
I am not the foremost expert in photography or digital imaging, but I left you a couple of ideas.
 12/16/2005 11:17:36 AM · #4
I agree with the person who suggested trying this in B&W. It is a cool old house, but it's got the same tones as the background. I think you could make it stand out more in B&W.
 12/16/2005 11:18:22 AM · #5
Is this the picture of the before
Then along comes Norm Abram and after some light re-modelling
.. voila

12/16/2005 11:23:00 AM · #6
I can't believe I'm offering Photoshop advice. I'd use the lasso tool to only select the house, and increase the contrast and saturation of the house. There are some subtle colors in the house that can be brought out a little more.

I'd love to see Bob Villa try to fix that thing up! LOL!!
 12/16/2005 12:08:58 PM · #7
Thats Good, I like it.

Cambece
 12/16/2005 12:38:24 PM · #8
I really like it, but I also think the house should stand out a little bit, so I hope you dont mind but I played with it a little. I hope you like what I did. very simple magnetic lasso and then adjust contrast on it, and played with sat. But your version is awesome. Great perspective and wonderful eye. Would make a great print.





Edit to add BW conversion.

MattO

Message edited by author 2005-12-16 12:50:22.
 12/16/2005 12:41:23 PM · #9
i think it would be cool in b/w, but might not have enough contrast. i don't have time to play right now, unfortunately :(
 12/16/2005 12:49:36 PM · #10
Originally posted by MattO:
I really like it, but I also think the house should stand out a little bit, so I hope you don't mind but I played with it a little. I hope you like what I did. very simple magnetic lasso and then adjust contrast on it, and played with sat. But your version is awesome. Great perspective and wonderful eye. Would make a great print.



MattO

Very nice job. Here is the original saved as jpg. As you can see the photograph is full of details (scratching my head asking why is there a PVC pipe coming out of the left tree).

I'm not good at dodge and burn. If anyone would like to play with it feel free. Taken with canon 50mm f/1.8 II and it rendered good detail. But I also believe it needs some pop as suggested. The histogram does show a lack of tonal range.

Original RAW converted to JPG.
 12/16/2005 01:51:11 PM · #11
Is this any better?
12/16/2005 01:56:23 PM · #12
Nice photo, Scott!

Originally posted by BrenB:
Love the poem you put with it.

LOL Bren, you just made me feel ancient!!! What you call a "poem", I recognize as the lyrics to a very old song.
I am so showing my age here *grin*
 12/16/2005 02:06:11 PM · #13
Originally posted by Beetle:
Nice photo, Scott!

Originally posted by BrenB:
Love the poem you put with it.

LOL Bren, you just made me feel ancient!!! What you call a "poem", I recognize as the lyrics to a very old song.
I am so showing my age here *grin*


Beetle by looking at your picture, if you're ancient I'd hate to hear what I'd be called. :) Who sang the song? I didn't recognize it when reading it. BTW I'm 51 or 52 or somewhere around there. At this age you start forgetting how old you are without doing some math.
 12/16/2005 02:26:09 PM · #14
I played with it a little. It might do even better sepia but I didn't try it.


I went back and converted it to sepia. I think I like it even better.


Message edited by author 2005-12-16 14:34:31.
 12/16/2005 02:28:19 PM · #15
cool looking old house, if you have photoshop its a good picture to playaround with the filters u can make it look like a painting....

Message edited by author 2005-12-16 14:31:33.
 12/16/2005 03:18:54 PM · #16
Originally posted by BrenB:

Beetle by looking at your picture, if you're ancient I'd hate to hear what I'd be called. :) Who sang the song? I didn't recognize it when reading it. BTW I'm 51 or 52 or somewhere around there. At this age you start forgetting how old you are without doing some math.

I'm 42 (40 1/2 in the photo), and that song came out in the 50's.
True, I wasn't around then, but I love the golden oldies.
Who sang it? Heaps of different people, I have no idea who did the original. A quick google came up with: Stuart Hamblen, Rosemary Clooney, Shakin' Stevens, etc.....
 12/16/2005 03:56:36 PM · #17
OK I have played with it a bit. Which version looks better to you? feel free to comment.
Version 1 >
Version 2 >
Version 3 >
12/16/2005 04:16:07 PM · #18
Personally this one is my favorite hands down.



I wouldn't change a thing about the processing. I think the composition could be a little bit better, but that's not what you were asking. FWIW, it feels a little "chopped off" on the right and bottom to me.
 12/16/2005 06:17:05 PM · #19
Most of the time I prefer color, but in this case the sepia really suits the photo.
 12/16/2005 06:30:43 PM · #20
I like the second one best. :-)
 12/16/2005 09:22:58 PM · #21

Original Edit

This is a great image with a lot of warmth. I've been experimenting with de-saturation lately and selective color enhancement, which I tried with here. I desaturated the image and played with selective, red, green and yellow(maybe blue too?). Then I added a sepia filter and played with the colors some more...ping ponging around a bit then I adjusted the contrast and added a little usm. I also burned the roof and thr tree a little.

In general, I like what you did but I wasn't too crazy about the greens...they seemed too brite and maybe a bit too strong, next to the gray hollowness of the shack.

Message edited by author 2005-12-16 21:28:35.
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