Route 66 Road Trip

Normally I don't use excessive post editing so I'm interested in your

suggestions with this one. This photo was taken mid day in Arizona so I

thought the post editing "solorization" made the photo more pleasing. All

criticism & suggestions are welcome. Please stop by my "Autos" folder

and comment on those as well as I'm trying to improve from the expertise

in this community....thanks! Scott

Scott,

Sorry, but it's a bit overdone for my taste!

Cheers,

Jim j.

Hmmm.  At first I thought this was HDR from the obvious colour shifts, but I see you used solarize.  The reverse sky pattern does come across as a bit overwhelming, and I'd like to see some of the subtle colour shifts on the body of the truck--much of it is lost in clipped black patches.  Perhaps using layers to scale back the solarization effect a bit? Or, blending a regular and a solarized image might give you more colour and texture here?  I like the 3/4 shot and the composition, but would like to see some other versions of the developed photo.

Hopefully, you will see the image I started with....still learning the nuances of posting.   Thanks, Scott

We do indeed! I'm guessing you didn't shoot an HDR series on that. As with my original impression, I think this old truck is begging for an HDR treatment. However, you may still get some striking results by combining and blending these two images as layers. 

You've given me some good ideas...thanks.   While I don't use photoshop, (I use Aperture and the Nik suite) there are some other options I can incorporate.   I'll give those a shot. 

Made a few adjustments based on Photo.net feedback.   Is this moving in the right direction?

Definitely!