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Post by katynoelle on Jan 23, 2012 15:33:36 GMT
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Post by katynoelle on Jan 23, 2012 16:44:14 GMT
Alright! I think that the first has lovely colors. The second has no subject but the B&W says a loud and cheery 'good morning!' to me. Does anyone else see that?  |
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Post by Stevewebb on Jan 23, 2012 17:34:22 GMT
I think the B&W is a bit depressing after seeing the colour ones to be honest. The first one is a beauty, now that says good morning to me in a very cheery voice with a hot coffee and a danish.  |
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Post by katynoelle on Jan 23, 2012 17:41:34 GMT
Thanks, Steve! That's helpful. I wonder if I should brighten the B&W up a bit? I'm struggling tremendously with images that seem too hard on the eyes when I brighten them up but too dull and lackluster, else wise.
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Post by Barry on Jan 23, 2012 18:16:33 GMT
Your first image is spot on for me, with those foreground grasses nice and crisp, and the remainder of the grasses fading into the background blue sky. Plus the inclusion of the brown grasses in bottom l/h corner, just keeps the base of the image alive.
Your second image looks too contrasty on my monitor, and the final B&W just does not work for me.
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Post by jeeperman on Jan 24, 2012 5:26:12 GMT
I am in with the #1 crowd....umm....you know what I mean. ;D
Well done Katy!
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Post by clactonian on Jan 24, 2012 6:46:31 GMT
Yep, it's No. 1 for me too.
Not all shots look good in black & white. In this case the soft complimentary colours are so well suited to the subject.
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Post by DonS on Jan 24, 2012 7:42:27 GMT
Definitely #1..
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Post by katynoelle on Jan 24, 2012 13:42:32 GMT
Thanks, all, for you input! As always it's so helpful. Barry, thank you, that helps - I'll work on it some more....I know....even though everyone said that they liked #1....  |
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Post by The Wirefox on Jan 24, 2012 20:22:18 GMT
I was at least hoping to see Harry and Frank in all their splendour...or was that the Field of the Cloth of Gold?
I have just seen a similar shot to the first one on Luminous Landscape..this is better. There is a lovely delicacy about the first image. there are too many mid tones to make this a candidate for successful b/w conversion and I think you have lost your trademark dreaminess in the second image. However they are all very well exposed in what are very challenging light conditions.
I note that there are 3 compositional layers at play here which is not immediately obvious but it gives the images subtle depth.
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Post by jjbacoomba on Jan 25, 2012 4:36:05 GMT
#1 |
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Post by Kay on Jan 25, 2012 6:00:07 GMT
Late to e party, I am sorry, but yes #1 is lovely.
The others do look 'hard' which maybe due to the contracts settings or sharpening, but either way they just don't work with the subject matter in the same way as the first one does.
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