Coldwater Mill

Which do you think is the more effective shot? The second has been corrected for key-stoning in PS. Best, LM.

Your comments\critiques will be gratefully received. Best, LM.

My vote for the first version. The corrected version looks kind of untrue, and the low perspective is not bad for this motif IMO. Surely better in color :-)

Yeh, the first version for me too. Seems a bit more dramatic. I thought from the beginning that the keystoning simply made this one believable, as if the eye expected a bit of it when looking upwards at a building but I was interested in what others thought. Thanks for popping by. Best, LM.

I agree with Carsten

Thanks for dropping in. I guess the consensus is that the first, original, file is the most esthetically pleasing. Glad I'm not alone. To me, it means that just because you CAN do something it doesn't mean you should. Best, LM.

Hi Len, I must agree with you wholehartedly. The first version is authentic, natural, with great lines and colours. The second version just looks flat and slightly squished. Besides I'm biased! i'm so tired of seeing images that are created in photoshop or similar programs (even if I use some my self) and the perpetual serch for perfection, special effects, and a beauty caused by a barely perceptible unnatural look.

 

All the best

 

Al

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I too like the original offering though I doubt I'll ever use that film again. Look at the grain in the sky area, and this is the web version. This el-cheapo version of Kodak 200 (not to be confused with Gold 200) certainly has grain issues though usually only noticeable in large areas of mid tone. Thought I had a bargain at $1.99 per 24 exp. roll. Serves me right! After all these years I should know better. Now let's see, where did I put that Velvia? Best, LM.

Agree with Carsten, first one seems to replicate what one would see if they were standing in front, looking up. Like the colors.

 

 

Yah, the original is my favourite also.  Just because we can correct in Photoshop for converging verticals doesn't necessarily mean we should.  I remember taking two photos of a forest stream through a polarizing filter.  I dialed in the max. compensation in one and left the other untouched.  I preferred the uncorrected one because the sparkling highlights on the water were what attracted me in the first place and the max. polarizing effect left the stream bed looking flat & uninteresting.  Thanks for your interest.  Best, LM.