cosmic_c

some interesting interpretations already posted. Was not sure whether to build on the monochromatic nature of this image or find some colour. In the end went with a painterly effect - so straighter and crop, then color efex pro to bring out some colour, followed by curves to increase contrast, sharpening and application of "Ocean Ripple" filter.

Like Glenn, thought I would concentrate on the right of the image Lightroom - cropped and slight rotation of -1.41. Basic global adjustements of contrast +9, highlights -100, shadows +100, blacks -26, clarity +52 adjusted white balance -10 and -23 tint, increased aqua and blue saturation and luminance Applied 2 graduated filters and 3 lots of brush for local adjustements

Processed in Lightroom 5 - Auto vertical adjustement, Cropped, then worked on clouds using brush applied high sharpening, adjusted white balance -100 highlights, +48 shadows, -23 whites, -54 blacks, and +85 clarity, +69 vibrance to bring out details

Nice picture but a little cluttered. Cropped left right and bottom and cloned out heads at bottom for a bit more space Used Color EFEX pro 4 filters - Tonal contrast and Pro contrast. Applied White Neutraliser using "Wedding dresses" setting

Nice picture - decided I would emphasise the barges and foliage by cropping and using a couple of filters in Color Efex pro - Tonal contrast and Low Key

Your welcome, I suspect your right, it may have changed when you switched units to metric.

You need to check the units your using - what you show above is in cm, so please keep in mind that 300 ppi (pixels per inch) is very different to 300 pixels per cm

Very nicely done - what application/filters did you use for the conversion?

Here you go - cropped then processed with color efex pro4. Applied tonal contrast, pro contrast and foliage filters

<p>Any "lossless" format such as TIFF provides a reasonable format for archiving, however its the storage medium that is used which will show degradation over time. As such you might want to store those on different media types (keep at least 3-copies of your data and store at least one copy in a different location). Which media you use will depend on your total storage requirement - and make a new copy of the media at least once a year.<br> <br /> You could also generate JPEG's and store those on DVD/USB sticks to give to family.<br> <br /> If you scanned prints, there will not be 2400dpi worth of information in the original images</p>

<p>In that case you should check the black level (labelled brightness on many monitors) and the white level (might be labelled contrast) - you might need to reduce the white level. If your not going to use a hardware calibrator there are many sites with test targets that might help - do a search - the targets at link below might help<br> http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php<br> NB make a note of your current settings before changing them so you can always get back there</p>

<blockquote> <p>With the image above, to me, the black seems to be too black (if that makes sense) particularly on the shoulders and pants. I have lost the creases on the shirt and pants. Also looks a little too much noise on the face. However, if I increase the noise slider then I lose some of the sharpness on the rest of the image.</p> </blockquote> <p><br />Your image looks fine to me, what makes it are all those creases on the shirt and pants - if you cant see them perhaps the luminance level of your monitor is too hight, what do you have it set at ? The face could be brightened a little using the "brush" in LR with a touch on the exposure or shadows slider if you want. I would not worry about noise in this particular image - it helps with the subject matter, but just my opinion</p>

<blockquote> <p>Cosmic thanks for confirming what I thought was the case. I did not want to delete files due to inexperience.<br /> Kind regards, Frank</p> </blockquote> <p>Hi Frank<br> Just in case your not sure how it works, the LR catalogue does not hold your image files, just the "editing commands" and metadata changes you make to your image files. So whatever you do, dont delete your image files unless you really want them gone because LR does not make a copy when you import them - it uses the original file</p>

<p>You can do what you describe or you can just select "new catalogue" from the file menu and create it in a new folder. LR will then use the new one by default and when your happy with it, delete the old one</p>

<p>Depends on your software but Lightroom and PS for example can deal with "light fall off" automatically by selecting the profile for the lens your using. If its not in the lens database then there are manual controls to correct lens distortion as indicated by Stephen Lewis above</p>