Cheers Ray, I found this location about a month ago, and today was my first chance to get back to it. Shot with a 7D, and 400mm 5.6L. Regards Gary
One of my favourites. Taken in the State Library in Sydney. _IMG1548_Staircase by Ray Allen, on Flickr
Here is another of my favourite (I have a few of them!) mono images. A staircase in the QVB (Queen Victoria Building) in the Sydney CBD. It was quite difficult to get this composition. _IMG1421BW_The_Staircase by Ray Allen, on Flickr
your elements in the photo work well and the yacht stand out nicely , an excellent black and white photo
Thanks for your input guys. I do agree with the end of the wharf contrast. When I viewed the image on my laptop, it looked a tad flat and washed out straight out of the camera. Not sure why, maybe I was trying to produce something from nothing. But I will have another go when I get the chance to get back out there. Gary
Gary, I downloaded a copy on your jetty photo and put in into Photoshop, tweaking the exposure, brightness and contrast I think it would not take much to improve your shot, if you don't have Photoshop there are free programs that let you change the exposure etc , The changes I made are a personal choice. By darkening the photo gives it a moody look but this is a personal view
Craig, you are more than welcome to have a go to improve this image. I think you have a better result than what I have achieved. At some point, I will go back and have another go at this image. I will do a little chimping as well. I know part of my problem is not really knowing how to process these images. I have Adobe Elements, but I tend to use the presets to convert from colour to mono. I should learn how to convert these images manually. I am sure that I would end up with a better result. Thanks for your input. Gary
Actually, I did a similar tweak on Craig's Boat sheds at Cornelian Bay. I hope you don't mind, Craig. This just how I would have processed this image. It does not mean that the way you did it was wrong. It is just different to how I would have done it. Feel free to comment. Boat Shed At Cornelian Bay_Adjusted by rayallen posted Sep 3, 2018 at 6:19 PM
Gary, For me, most of the work occurs in post processing. But if the starting image has some good contrast that will help. You can only do so much with a flat image. I have never worked with Adobe Elements so I can't offer any assistance there. I expect that it could do similar adjustments to those in PS. There is always more than one way to achieve your objective. Here is an image that I processed with a free program called FastStone Image Viewer http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm _IMG7867_Darling_Harbour by Ray Allen, on Flickr
That's alright Ray, if my photo gets you or anyone else to try and improve it in post then this is a good thing. I hope others think along the same line of thought.
Gary the more you have a go at processing your files in Photoshop or similar programs the more you learn and develop, I also recommend you go on YouTube and look at a site called Phlearn of all the sites this is the one that I found easiest to learn from about photoshop
This is a shot I uploaded some time ago and I think it lends itself to black and white so what do you think.
It has potential. But for me, I would rather the two people and dog on right to be a little closer to the center and not right on the edge. Maybe also include the top of the trees, so a portrait rather than landscape format. Just my thoughts. Gary
Craig, I agree with Gary. The B&W tones are great but the people and the dog should be walking into the image rather than out.
