I prefer the color version; things seem to stand out from the background more, and I can better appreciate all the detail that you captured in this fine image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks for all the helpful comments on the original post. It was a difficult > conversion in that there isn't a lot of color in the scene. But I made a > second attempt. First, I warmed up the tones in the original RAW file quite a > bit. Then I did the conversion in the raw converter rather than PhotoShop and > played with the sliders and curves until I was pleased. I also extended the > exposure a bit and pushed the black slider. Finally, I added a bit of > vignetting. > > Here's the original post: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14945375&size=lg > > Here's the new BW version: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14949697&size=lg > > And here's a color version for Ann :-) > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14949696&size=lg > > I like it in color, btw, but I was in the mood to play with bw. > > Paul > > > -- > 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.