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Hi Doc. Nice to know you on PN. Well usually 10 minutes conversation with a psychiatrist ends up having a prescription from him .... lol. I am a surgeon BTW.

 

About the image the tonal range that you achieved is very good. Lighting exposure is very good too. The composition however may have been a little better. There is considerable lack of detail in the upper and lower right 1/3rds. Edge of the wall on the right is blown out too which is rather distracting but this can easily be cropped off. A slight adjustment of highlights and sahdows along with midtone adjustmewnt and curves will improve the same picture.

 

Kind regards.

Alternate version. Excuse my editing on your photo I hope you will like it.

 

 

Kind regards.

I think that you have imporved the original greatly! - Thanks.

 

I really aught to get to know how to use photoshop, because this kind of "light room" adjustment really appeals to me. I suppose I'll have to buy another big book, and start reading!

OK here's my shot at this. Nicholas, I hope you do not mind and look upon all this fiddling with your picture as a sign that it is an interesting shot! I see PS as really an extension of creativity into what used to be the printing stage of a photo and allows all sorts of things to be done, many of which are of dubious value but the basic abilities (in this case 'levels' and 'sharpening') would have been to some extent possible to an experienced printer in 'wet' photography.

No need to buy a big book just log on to any website with PS tutorials and you will learn to manipulate your photos....

 

 

I think a little more detail in the wall will make this more intreresting. Like if we convert it to sepia and increase the tonal range the roof and walls will show more detail..... Please view the sepia version with more tonal range. I have done the plastic surgery of the wall on the right and also removed the noise. Deliberately made the image a little softer to create a different mood. Hope you like it.

 

 

Kind regards.

Zafar and Colin, I'm flattered that photographers as acomplished as yourselves are taking such an interrest in my humble offerings. Its extremely helpful to have such a tutorial, as I am trying to get to grips with photoshop, and its good to see what can be acheived with my own images.

 

The only problem is that I like all your suggestions. The only image I don't rate is the original!!

 

Thanks again, Nick.

Any futhur advice or critique would be welcome.

I like very much the new version of the picture. I give rating to the original where everything starts.

I don't know why rating failed, even if I think is not so important I would inform you

Hi Nicholas - Your original stood on it's own and would look better printed (on the right paper) that viewed on a screen. However, Zafar and Colin have taken your original and molded it into very dramatic images - but one still has to have the starting point. Nice composition.

Very interesting photograph and all the other versions too. You could put it into No Words thread that I started.