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Any thoughts most welcome

http://users.bigpond.com/r.s.mullens/im ... 08rm03.jpg

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Ray

I quite like it. Nice work.

Good use of depth of field. Interesting subject. Good composition and lighting.

Nice!!!

I like this in Black & White. I would imagine the image would not work in colour.

Did you do the conversion in Photoshop? If so did you just set the image to grayscale? I am trying to figure out the best way to convert images to B&W at the moment.

W00DY

Thanks all

Yeah Killa the colour Ver has no were near the impact.

Woody, I have been thinking of wrighting something up on converting to B&W & putting it in a Photoshop Techniques
Thread in the Tips & tricks.
I will Wright something up tonight.

All I done was used two Hue, Saturation adjustment layers & one Levels Layer. Going this way gives you total control over the whole tonal range of the image.

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Ray

Ray,

Yes, I can't imaging this working in colour. It takes some thought to pull it up to B&W for a different perstpective.

A couple of observations ... give the image a nudge - maybe two or three degrees - clockwise to align the post so that it's parallel to the picture's edge, and perhaps crop a little bit from the rh side to move the bubbler's body closer to the rh third of the image

On second glance I don't think I am to fond of the border / frame you used.

IMO it starts to distract the viewer from the image (I found myself looking at the frame over the image).

What are peoples thoughts on borders??? I tend to feel the simple borders are better.

Cheers,

W00DY PS: Would love to see that tutorial on B&W conversion.

Really like it Ray, great shot, best I have seen of a bubbler (maybe the only shot I have seen of a bubbler ). I think B&W works for this.

Thanks Gary

I had to rotate the image in the first place & didn’t spend enough time getting it right.

Woody!! Thanks for pointing out the frame mate, I’ve been tossing up weather I like it or not “You just answered my “Q”
Just had another go at it with your suggestions & tis much better.

http://users.bigpond.com/r.s.mullens/images/bubrm01.jpg

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Ray

Raydar wrote:Just had another go at it with your suggestions & tis much better.

Yeah I like this much better. But this is just my opinon, some people might prefer the bigger frame.

Cheers,

W00DY

Me to mate, made me try something ells.

Thanks

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Ray

Ha all

I would like your thoughts on this image please.
I am making up some photos for the family Xmas gifts & was thinking this would make a good on for the Grand parents.

http://www.darwinonline.org/displayimag ... &pos=-1900

Thanks for the input

Cheers
Ray

Ray,

Can you bump the dynamic rang/contrast up a little?

Just my opinion, but I think a little mor contrast would add a bit more punch to this. Talking in terms of B&W paper (traditional photography), I'd be priinting this on something two grades harder to make the blacks a little blacker and the whites whiter, so to speak.

Look at the sleeves on the girl's t-shirt and use that as the basis for a true black; a true white might be the whites of the boy's eyes, then adjust the contrast from there.

Thanks Gary you hit the nail on the head
I thought it was missing something & that was it.
updated image link below.

http://www.darwinonline.org/displayimag ... m=41&pos=3

Cheers
Ray