Trim Castle, Ireland

[Jimmeh]

Not my usual series of shots..

I stayed in Trim Castle Hotel for a few nights back last year, was sent by work for training. I found some time to wonder the grounds and take a few snaps..

Maybe more to follow..

See what you think.. (I have been trying to new processing technique a friend showed me....)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/jimredclio/DSC03059.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/jimredclio/DSC02923.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/jimredclio/_DSC2971.jpg

[Shane]

How did you do No1? I really like the effect.

[Jimmeh]

A couple of the clouds were burnt, the blacks were brought out, 'recover' and 'fill light' to their max, high clarity and contrat, low saturation, high vibrance. Lightroom / Photoshop Elements.

Thank you :)

[Busby]

:thumbs:Works for me, first one is stunning.

[HuntingMartians]

Nothing works for me here, the clours are just weird, the photos are too dark and they all look like they have been taken to a very cheap processing lab for 35 mm film. For me they just don't work.

[CraigDouglas]

I really don't like the processing one the first, but i'd be interested to know the technique used because I think it's more to do with being the wrong subject for the technique than being a bad technique.

The processing suits the second one better but the composition is slightly off by cutting the top of the arch :)

[Didgi Widgi]

like the second one the best the others look a little too dark for me..........

[Pirate Neilsouth]

Second and third one for me , the first one doesn't really do anything for me

[Jimmeh]

Thanks for the comments all..

All three of the images look shocking to me right now, I've had to fire up the tower-PC at home, conencted to my 32" Samsung LCD. Being sat behind 32 inches of TP isn't a bad thing, but the quality on images is terrible!!

Anywho..

I realise the bad composition of the arch, it wasn't so much a crop tbh, I had to rotate it slightly.. thus losing a bit off the top. It was a 'bad' photo in the first place.

[Charlie C]

wow at no 3, amazing shot, brilliantly original and superb!!

the others are nice shots, but 3 stands out a mile for me! well done

[CraigDouglas]

Thanks for the comments all..

Could you briefly explain the processing used? Or do you want to keep it secret?:bonk::thumbs:

[Jimmeh]

here you are, http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1094

[Les McLean]

Good composition, especially the first, but totally ruined (IMO) by the horrendous processing.

[Shane]

here you are, http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1094
thanks for the link :D