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Cemetry in old gold mining town of Walhalla.

Can't see the point in this colouring...

Err... it's original. But how does that coloring serve the subject or the mood? Looks rather gratuitious and what's left is a rather ordinary picture.

Toby, my PS skills are shocking! So, I am not one to comment on your end result here... However, I think that you probably could have chosen a more interesting subject for experimentation... What was your intention in reworking this...?

This cemetry in Walhalla is very strategically positioned on the side of a

steep hill and is prominent in the small township.

The original shot wasn't that good, but I liked the strong feel the two trees

gave as if they were sentinels and the high aspect giving a feel of depth to

the shot. I played in PS a bit to try to give the shot an unnatural, surreal

feel. To me this has been achieved by the cool protective green contrasting

with the distant, aggressive threatening red. Like the scene in the

movie "Beelejuice" where the souls of the dead couldn't leave the sanctuary of

house, the green served this purpose. A little deep, I know. I was interested

in the responses, to guage whether the shot conveyed the above message. I don't

think it did, and probably failed for this reason.

 

 

Hi, Toby... Interesting to read your explanation... Yes, I also think this failed. But now that I know what you were going for, what do you think about posting the original on this page ? That way, we could maybe try to see whether there's a way to achieve what you tried to achieve... Regards.