cley Windmill Norfolk

suggs · 6 Mar 2017

Quick snap taken on a family day out as we walked past the mill..

DSC_6756-Edit-Edit-Edit by Harry Picturebike Lessman, on Flickr

Rosedale · 7 Mar 2017

Lovely - I've walked past that scene many times and never achieved anything so good

suggs · 7 Mar 2017

thanks, just a lucky shot really. We had walked there from Blakeney then popped into a pub and got the bus back..

Paul Cronin · 7 Mar 2017

You certainly got some nice moody sky, tones and details out of the clouds although I'm not sure of the colour conversion. Nice though

ian-83 · 7 Mar 2017

Really nice shot, just as above the colour conversion on it doesn't work for me. Would love to see the colour version.

suggs · 7 Mar 2017

thanks, i wish i could show the colour version but it was the only picture i took that day and i backed it up on the hard drive but cant remember where i put it lol it will show up sooner or later. I just have the mono version but i do have another conversion of it

DSC_6756-Edit-Edit-Edit by Harry Picturebike Lessman, on Flickr

SKM · 7 Mar 2017

Straight mono looks better but that's a great windmill which does look better in colour - were there last summer and shot very similar

suggs · 7 Mar 2017

there was a tog there when i walked past, i had the family with me so i just turned around and took a shot whilst walking, came out better than i expected defo more luck than judgment lol. I live in Norfolk im about an hour from here..

Deckard · 8 Mar 2017

Definitely prefer the straight B&W version. I've shot a very similar picture of the mill in the past, and at this time of year the drab lighting can mean a mono is the better option vs colour.

ancient_mariner · 8 Mar 2017

I prefer the blue-toned version, which looks deeper and richer - by comparison the 'straight' conversion looks a little flat & dull - looks to me like there's more difference than just a toning.

suggs · 8 Mar 2017

ancient_mariner said:
I prefer the blue-toned version, which looks deeper and richer - by comparison the 'straight' conversion looks a little flat & dull - looks to me like there's more difference than just a toning.

it was done with split tones in lightroom, i did the normal conversion first then at a later date i put it back in lightroom and adjusted the tones and tweeked the clarity a bit more and ended up with how it is now

Screen Shot 2017-03-08 at 13.15.13 by Harry Picturebike Lessman, on Flickr

ancient_mariner · 8 Mar 2017

suggs said:
it was done with split tones in lightroom, i did the normal conversion first then at a later date i put it back in lightroom and adjusted the tones and tweeked the clarity a bit more and ended up with how it is now

Screen Shot 2017-03-08 at 13.15.13 by Harry Picturebike Lessman, on Flickr

Thanks for confirming - that'll be the difference.

Assuming that's a screengrab from the processed virtual copy, you know you can make another virtual copy & remove all the editing (hit reset) to give you access to the original colour version?

suggs · 8 Mar 2017

ancient_mariner said:
Thanks for confirming - that'll be the difference.

Assuming that's a screengrab from the processed virtual copy, you know you can make another virtual copy & remove all the editing (hit reset) to give you access to the original colour version?

i just edited it again in the same way as when i did it the first time then took the screenshot, i saved the split tone adjustments as a preset to use on other images. i only have a mono version until i can find where i saved the original file...