peterneibert

Matt,

I tried a couple of quick lighting adjustments on this. I think you'll like it better, lighter.

If you're not familiar with LEVELS, go to PS top menu, >IMAGE >ADJUSTMENTS maybe take a quick look at >AUTO LEVELS, undo that in the EDIT MENU, and then try it yourself, manually, in >LEVELS.

Wish it was my frog.

Well done.

Very strong composition.

Alex's comments are apt.

If this image looks as good as it does on the web, it must be a really great print.

Mihai,

Great composition.

Can you do something with the moon?

Checked it in PS, somewhere along the line it got saved in RGB, which is where it is now.

This often happens automatically in Photoshop. On the other hand, it sometimes works better to save B&W print scans with the ink cast intact.

If not from a print then its an anomaly (not uncommon) of scanning period. Doesn't seem to help things on my screen.

Tony, thanks for reminding us that a sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but you needn't concern yourself about keeping viewers/me from looking for something that isn't there. With all due respect, you don't know what isn't there. Once you let the image loose for others to see, whatever I see in it is mine and thankyou very much. The abstract form of the rail, the tone and the mood are all mine now. Again, thank you.

This one is haunting. Light, color and tone come together at full size. I have no original suggestions how to improve on this powerful image. Kenneth Kwan's suggestion to leave out the trees and concentrate on the cloud scene is intriguing.

Needs to be repurposed for the web.Even in photo.net "Large" view this comes across too dark.

If you don't want to rework the light in the duotone (and one can understand why you might not), then at least crop some of the shadow at the top - and maybe a little from the bottom. Height to width ratio might work well at or near 1:1, IMHO

I like the Tritone approach to this image, although I'm not sure how to interpret the settings.

But, as I see it on the screen, the resulting wood texture between the shadows seems too sun-bleached.

Perhaps this brightness is faithful to the original event, but the image is entitled to a life of its own now.

No?

Peter Neibert

Great picture. Agree the model's too close to the bench. So now what? move which, where?

would appreciate a comment from the maker on his methods.

if photoshop, seen better.

if darkroom, full marks.