The color version has a warm richness that is lost in the monochrome version--the latter looks cold and wintry. Very nice photo.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> > Subject: PESO - Poplars > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 6:03 AM > G'day all > > These Lombardy Poplars along a drainage channel caught my > eye a year or > so ago. They had not yet come into new leaf and the trunks > and branches > took on a silver/gold appearance in the late afternoon > light. > > Image processing disclosure - cropped top and bottom, > mainly because of > a dark shadow in the foreground. Some cloning along the > bottom edge, > due to the same shadow. Slight boost to contrast. > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/114205/Poplars.html > > > I thought the trees might look good in black and white. > This is mainly > the > red channel. > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/114207/Poplars_in_Black_and_White.html > > > Comments and suggestions most welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use > your own > > > -- > 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. -- 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.