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Post by chrisc on Jan 21, 2012 2:31:20 GMT
I know compostionally, this breaks every rule in the book, but I still think it is the best way to show this area...so, successful or back to the drawing board?  |
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Post by rasbury on Jan 21, 2012 3:14:03 GMT
Looks like a success to me.Very good conversion and don't worry about the rules as they are made to be broken sometimes.
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Post by katynoelle on Jan 21, 2012 3:15:51 GMT
Chris, I love it! Super!  |
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Post by jeeperman on Jan 21, 2012 6:21:52 GMT
Yep, sometimes it is good to break rules. I think it work for you here Chris. Also I think you tinkering with you B&W PP is getting better all the time.
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Post by Stevewebb on Jan 21, 2012 7:52:45 GMT
I like it compositionally. Have you tried it with the grass a lot darker so the pathway becomes almost like it is lit compared to the rest of the scene. Just a thought |
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Post by Barry on Jan 21, 2012 9:42:56 GMT
I do like this, the pathway leads you nicely into the image, great sky and plenty of detail in those trees, it would be nice to see the colour version, but I think the monochrome has worked very well.
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Post by chrisc on Jan 21, 2012 13:53:02 GMT
I like it compositionally. Have you tried it with the grass a lot darker so the pathway becomes almost like it is lit compared to the rest of the scene. Just a thought When I made the whole walkway stand out too much against the darkened grass, it was a bit on the garish side. I left the marsh grass as it was in the original, albeit with a bit of light highlight added back in for some variation, and darkened the grass substantially. What do you think of this version?  |
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Post by Barry on Jan 21, 2012 14:37:29 GMT
I think I still prefer the original, as the pathway is strong enough to hold it's own.
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Post by rasbury on Jan 21, 2012 15:53:22 GMT
Have to agree with Barry.The areas between the grass and boardwalk are dark enough to separate the two.
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Post by Stevewebb on Jan 21, 2012 17:07:21 GMT
I prefer the edit ;D
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Post by jjbacoomba on Jan 21, 2012 18:13:10 GMT
Very well done Chris!
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Post by jeeperman on Jan 21, 2012 18:43:23 GMT
I am partial to the OP, Chris.
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Post by cannockwolf on Jan 21, 2012 20:12:48 GMT
second edit for me, looks a lot stronger, i would 'gently' burn in the clouds also, i would want to make the path the most dominant part of the photo, also i recon there's a lot of detail to bring out of the wooden panels, or is it being lost from down-sampling?
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Post by Kay on Jan 21, 2012 20:55:41 GMT
Well my vote goes to the first edit.
But that aside, the composition just grabs me, it feels like a gladiator is on the path on his way to the colosseum with the trees as the crowd, anxious for his blood!
& no I haven't been into the medicine cabinet, but perhaps my interpretation is why I don't & shouldnt try landscapes.
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Post by chrisc on Jan 22, 2012 14:52:12 GMT
Oddly enough, I had a similar feeling when walking back toward the car (the skinny end) that I was on a journey which had no particular end...just wandering around the salt marsh for eternity...and not a bad place to be (except in a hurricane).
It was a particularly serene place, a housing development that never got past paver brick roadways and utilities in neat green boxes every hundred feet or so. One house in a development meant for at least 400.
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