Cromford Canal

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Went out for a walk today and managed to get a few to stop me going rusty. It was freezing and my hands are only just beginning to feel warm.

1.

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2.

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3.

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4. And a B&W edit for fun

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[TwentySixDays]

Nice Set - that reminds I must go out myself.
The last one is brilliant.
Great sky in no 1 and reflection in No3 is like a mirror

 

[fido18]

Love the b&w image.

 

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Thanks guys, they are a bit hit and miss and I'm not overly keen on them (maybe because I've seen them too many times). But the comments people give me inspire me to keep going out and keep trying, even if there is no plan and the weather stinks. At them end of the day pictures are meant to be looked at.

 

[Will B]

Seems an interesting area, love number 4. Good stuff.

 

[michael23]

I quite like those. Cromford is a lovely stretch of canal. Not been up in a while. I really like the black and white edit of the tree.

 

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Thanks again. Cromford and the surrounding areas are great and much better in real life.

I seem to be drifting towards quite contrasty B&W images, not on purpose but it just happens to look better to me that way and the ones I didn't like in colour I seem to like more after conversion.

I have done a quick edit of one of the images above and feel its an improvment. Comments welcome. I tend to go quite heavy on the levels, but that's just me. Do you prefer the before or after?

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[michael23]

I like both of them, but the black and white version has the edge. I really like contrasty scenes converted to b+w.

 

[thischarmingMal]

The mono tree image is dazzling, a superb shot.

 

[clem]

i allways forget about cromford, only few miles from me really think i'll have a walk round next week
no.4 my fav

 

[moochas]

edit for fun??! i think its brilliant, the colour version would probably look a little plain but i love it in b+W

 

[Graham00]

I like #4, great effect almost supernatural eerie like

 

[martyp]

No 3 caught my eye and then boom number 4!!!

WOW. I love trees, mainly on their own frame filling and the lighting from behind really does as Graham said gives a supernatural look to it. Also like how the shadow is straight underneath the tree, almost looks like a reflection.

Very crispy detail too. Wall print for sure.

 

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Thanks guys. the comments are much appreciated.

The tree image i keep thinking of it as the god tree

I did another B&W conversion for the relection one. Seems to look better to me.

[/url] IMG_3315-Edit by Ben_Lee, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[michael23]

That looks really good in black and white too.

 

[TwentySixDays]

...I did another B&W conversion for the relection one. Seems to look better to me....

The B&W processing works really well in this image

 

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Thanks guys, looks like B&W is the way to go

 

[JohnC6]

The B&W's are excellent.

 

[DannoBoy]

Loving number 4 and the b&w conversion of the relection is bang on for me dude