I walked by the dog and it was very old and had a hard time moving around. There is another dog with them that you can't see.
The image appears a little dark now that I see it here. I need to play around with this machine some more. I went back and looked at the original large file and it doesn't seem to be this dark. Hmmmm.
KCook wrote: With Chrome the exposure is Ok. Could use a little more contrast.
Kelly
Interesting. I thought this was a very contrasty image to begin with. Different tastes I guess. I tried your suggestion of adding contrast but I didn't like it. Thanks for the input though.
For me, it could use more tonal range and contrast. Everything seems to be sitting in the middle gray area. Not seeing much in the way of highlights, nor much shadow. Agree that the sharpness is nice.
garyrhook wrote: For me, it could use more tonal range and contrast. Everything seems to be sitting in the middle gray area. Not seeing much in the way of highlights, nor much shadow. Agree that the sharpness is nice.
Gary
I have to say I'm surprised by the shadow comment. Look at the woman walking and the lady's pants next to the dog. Those are some intense blacks. I may be able to pop the white's a little more but when you add more contrast to the dark portions, a lot of the image starts blocking up with no detail. It's good to hear other opinions, but I will have to disagree on dark contrast portions of this image
Shadowfixer1 wrote: I have to say I'm surprised by the shadow comment. Look at the woman walking and the lady's pants next to the dog. Those are some intense blacks. I may be able to pop the white's a little more but when you add more contrast to the dark portions, a lot of the image starts blocking up with no detail. It's good to hear other opinions, but I will have to disagree on dark contrast portions of this image
I didn't explain myself very well. Yes, there are dark shadows; there just aren't enough of them relative to the midtones. I brought the image into PS and the histogram drops quickly in the lighter half of the range. A quick levels adjustment and I got this, which to my eye pops a bit more. No contrast changes, just levels.
Oh, and I leveled it The PT compression doesn't do it justice. In PS I could still see the folds of the woman's coat (?) (next to the emaciated dog).
I did the same thing, Gary, but you beat me to the post. I thought the original image had some black but practically no white. From my B&W darkroom days, I want to see some real black and some real white. I set a black point on the coat of the woman in the center and a white point on the brightest part of the car door to her right . Just a levels adjustment ... and our results are similar. That procedure is something that I do to virtually every B&W conversion.
EDIT> If you made your levels adjustment "by eye" ... you have a good eye!
Shadowfixer1 wrote: I have to say I'm surprised by the shadow comment. Look at the woman walking and the lady's pants next to the dog. Those are some intense blacks. I may be able to pop the white's a little more but when you add more contrast to the dark portions, a lot of the image starts blocking up with no detail. It's good to hear other opinions, but I will have to disagree on dark contrast portions of this image
I didn't explain myself very well. Yes, there are dark shadows; there just aren't enough of them relative to the midtones. I brought the image into PS and the histogram drops quickly in the lighter half of the range. A quick levels adjustment and I got this, which to my eye pops a bit more. No contrast changes, just levels.
Oh, and I leveled it The PT compression doesn't do it justice. In PS I could still see the folds of the woman's coat (?) (next to the emaciated dog).
That's what I was referring to in my second post. The image appears dark on this forum, but the image you show is what my original file looks like when I pull it up in Photoshop. I don't know if this is a Photobucket issue or an issue with this forum. Thanks for everybody's input. I appreciate it.
I think it's an issue with online posting as I have noticed changes as well on my images...BTW, Randy, It was nice talking to you at the Paulding County Photo club meeting the other week !!
Screamin Scott wrote: I think it's an issue with online posting as I have noticed changes as well on my images...BTW, Randy, It was nice talking to you at the Paulding County Photo club meeting the other week !!
It was good to finally meet in person. I wish I would have had more time to chat. Maybe we will meet again sometime.
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