B&W picture

[ftmftm]

i took this at christmas 2005 at sunderland wild fowl park, bloody cold day, hope you like, thanks for looking
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/ftmftm1/wildfowlpark33.jpg

 

[Boo]

Its lovely. The only thing and I'm not sure if its my monitor but overall it looks a bit dark if it is my monitor then I apologise as its a very textured picture that works quite well

 

[CT]

I agree with Boo - it's a lovely shot, but it lacks a bit of sparkle. Have a play with the levels.

 

[DJW]

Also try the Unsharp mask at about 40-50%, radius 25 pixels, threshold 0, then pull that Levels centre slider to the left , to make your photo really pop

 

[jewel]

Looks like a christmas card David. I like this shot very much so! :thumb:

Jewel

 

[Joe T]

It is dark, but maybe thats the effect the OP was going for?

However, definitely worth playing with the levels imo.

 

[ftmftm]

thanks for the reply's here is the same picture but with the levels, played with, i was going for dark and moody in the first picture.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/ftmftm1/wildfowl.jpg

here is the colour version aswell

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/ftmftm1/wildfowlpark2.jpg

 

[SammyC]

I'm seeing some really strong halos around the bushes in the foreground. Unsettling for a good photo. Too much sharpening?

 

[CarlOgden]

Personally I liked the first one and on my TFT screen it didn't look too dark and also reminded me of a Christmas card.

Carl.

 

[DJW]

Here's a version with Grad effect to sky....you lose the imposing clouds though.

 

[DJW]

I'm seeing some really strong halos around the bushes in the foreground. Unsettling for a good photo. Too much sharpening?

To get around this, duplicate layer before sharpening. Sharpen top layer & then use mask to run along halo line to bring back original shot. Works most times, otherwise other option is to burn highlights back on halo.

 

[ftmftm]

all the picures were done on my TFT monitor aswell Carl, i like it DJW good conversion m8