Which is better?
Any thoughts?
All critique would be most appreciated!
Thank you!
Janice ~~~~~~~ Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good things...and if things don't work out, just take another shot.
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geoffellis wrote:
I love me a woman with curvesStealthy Ninja wrote: Have you heard of curves?
Thanks for your opinion, geoffellis, it's really helpful. It's good to know it doesn't make that much difference. I tended toward the darker one too, but I didn't know why.
And yes, Stealthy Ninja, I have heard of and even used curves some, but it seems to cause a grainy look if I'm not careful. I just play with it, and don't move too much. The tutorial will be quite helpful. Thanks you!
And thank you, John, for your suggestion! It is well above my skill level though, I don't know how to do layers yet. I really need to concentrate on learning that soon, though. It seems that a lot of my post processing problems can be solved in this way. I think I really need to sit in Photoshop school for a while, there is so much to learn!
Thanks again, all of you for your comments and suggestions!
Janice ~~~~~~~ Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good things...and if things don't work out, just take another shot.
This is the original untouched photo:
As you see, drab, dark, mostly grey, except the slight green of the grass. I chose the darker one to work, thinking it would do better on B & W. But I did take a second shot, different camera settings, and better compo.
Taking some of the suggestions from above, I worked it quickly last night:
I'm not sure if it's any better, but thought I'd post it up here anyway.
I've watched the B & W tutorial just now, but can't have the sound on at the moment (I will listen later). Thanks! I have tried to do this manually, but always seem to get a lot of grain when I do it, so I just use 'Auto', and then play a little in things like 'contrast' and 'highlights/shadows", this time 'curves'. I'll see what the tutorial has to say about this.
Thanks again everybody! You have all been very helpful!
Janice ~~~~~~~ Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good things...and if things don't work out, just take another shot.
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