From: Brian Walters > Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions on this image. > > Most comments thought that the colours in the image were > over-saturated. The colours *are* strong, but that's due to the > rusty tones and the very warm, late afternoon light. I'm not adverse > to nudging the saturation from time to time but this image didn't > receive any extra. Of course the image might benefit from a slightly > less saturated rendering so the link below has a version with a 10% > reduction (and I took a bit of blue out of the sky as well). I have > to say I still prefer the original which is more like I remember the > scene, and which is also shown for comparison: > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/Abandoned/index.html > > Also on this page is a black and white rendering - something > suggested by Dave Brooks. It seems to have possibilities but I > haven't nailed it yet and I'm not sure exactly where to go with it. > > The distracting background was also mentioned. It was difficult to > get the right angle with this image. There was a road sign and an > old shack that I was trying to conceal. There was also a large, > hyperactive hound behind a not very substantial fence about 50 metres > away so, bugger the background, I was a bit distracted as well... > :-) >
The truck looks better desaturated as in image 2, but the background sky looks better in either image 1 or 3. Neither of the B&W conversions does much for me, but the lower contrast version is the better of the two. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
