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Now this shot would look great in a duotone, sepia or something similar, awesome shot Dan.

Just for fun I did one up for you, hope you don't mind. And also I would add, you have a very good eye for someone of your age, keep going and you will do great things in the future.

 

Mike Brown

Melbourne Australia

hmm, interesting color. I dont think i've seen that effect before.

 

 

Thank you very much for each of your comments on my pictures.

Excellent angle of view here Dan. And I much prefer your original B&W version. I think some people get far too carried away their digital toning where a very light hand would be preferred.

True. That is why i usally dont like to use tonin, special effects or too much post editing aside from exposure and sharpening, because i generally go too far if i play with a picture for too long...

 

Thanks for the comment Andre.

Dan, I think toning has its place and is just another brush in the artists' pallette. I myself like a tiny bit of it in some of my still-life work. I am not as anti-digital as some photographers around here are; I just prefer to use cameras that are at least as old as I am! But I am really turned off by the garish over-use of digital "sepia" that seems to be all the rage these days. A typical case of too much of a good thing quickly becoming cliche.

true, i see your point. There is a time and place for sepia though (and i say that really because i have one in my portfolio...)

taken at an airshow, and im too lazy anymore to clone out the

background clutter. Is it a real show stopper though?

 

 

comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

I wouldn't vote for sepia on this one and if I did, I would say that Michael went way over the top with it. Effective sepia toning is usually where you barely notice that it isn't neutral b&w. The reason I wouldn't vote for sepia is that the wide-angle view and glossy aircraft would make this unconvincing as a vintage picture and if it doesn't look vintage, I don't see the point of sepia. Better that it be what it is, a contemporary b&w study.

 

As for the merits of the picture itself, it's a very good angle for showing the distinctive lines of the Corsair. Not just the wing, but the characteristic fuselage shape as well. And the tonal range is good, although in color, I bet this is a nice symphony in blue.

 

Flaws? Some:

- Canopy cover (bugaboo of a Corsair shot I recently posted as well)

- Background object behind right wing spoils the clean line of the wing bend; somewhat mitigated by the highlight along the top of the wing, but it would still be better if it weren't there

- Legs and feet of person at right, easy to retouch out.

- Rudder guard, could be retouched out with care.

 

All small stuff, just makes the difference between a very good and a perfect picture.

thank you very much august. You're critiques and comments are always helpful. If you view the color version i actually had all of those BG things cloned out... i dont know what happened when i converted to BW other than that i got too lazy to go back and do it all over again.

 

Thanks again.

For future viewers of this image, the image I attached in a previous comment is NOT a sepia toned image, duotone yes, but not sepia.

 

Sepia is but one type of duotone, you can have many other colour combinations.

 

I have attached a sepia toned image for you to see the difference.

 

I will also add, I did not upload the alternative image as a better version, just an alternative, I personally like the B&W better as well.

 

August, I have to disagree with you on one point, sepia toning (darkroom printing, not photoshop) is relative to the photographer (or printer), yes you can sepia tone where you barely notice the difference, but I have also seen sepia toning quite strong, it depends on the subject matter and how much you bleach the orignal B&W print.

The feet in the corner were bothering me, alot so i removed them