Nice pictures. It's quite as museum. I've been there and taken many of the same of pictures from that part and other parts of the museum. It's a great photo op!

Barry

Taken 2 or 3 years ago by my daughter during a summer trip to South Africa.

Don't know the camera. Taken from the distance. So cropped and edited in Lightroom by me.

Barry

You need to use a level.

This is a striking photo. In my opinion it could use a tiny adjustment. (using the scale in Lightroom) consider boosting the exposure (only) the slightest amount... somewhere between .5 to 1. See what you think.

Barry

That works. I did just that with your pic. I put it in Lightroom and erased the junk and compared it with the original just as you did. (Though you were more careful!) My eyes did completely different things on different views.

And yet the floating stuff in that last pic is perfectly fine there.

Regards from Carrboro!

Barry

Very nice group of photos.

I have a strictly opinion question to pose about the second photo.

The question is about the floating stuff. Is it better to leave it there (because it is part of the scene)... or would it be better to process it out. There's probably no right or wrong answer. Just opinion.

I found my eye always coming back to the floating stuff. In my mind lessening the impact of the rest of the scene. Yet it's part of the scene.

I'd be interested in the opinions.

Barry

I had an interesting reaction to your bench pictures.

First of all… they are all very nice pictures… and well done.

Pictures 1, 3 to the end struck me as being very passive. Okay…There are the benches in nice restful settings.

Suddenly # 2 woke me up… a very active picture. It suddenly put me into the scene. I suddenly was not resting looking at the benches. I was put onto the bench… actively surveying the scene. I think the difference was photographing the bench from behind.

Too bad the dead tree was there. But you couldn’t do anything about that. I did put it into Lightroom and erased the dead tree. It helped the overall result. At least for me. Others might disagree. Fine.

Barry

Yes... that sure is Vermont. What lake is it?

Lake St. Catherine is special to me.

Barry

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I gave this a try. About all I did was (in Lightroom) use the erase tool.

I don't believe you would want to do much more than to eliminate the the scratches an, etc. I believe you should try to keep is as a 1940s snapshot (with some touchup.) I would not try to colorize it... or anything like that. It's vintage. Keep it that way.

IMHO

Barry

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How many pages of nonsense will we see?

Actually I did crop on my entry. Not severely... but some. Maybe 1/5th. I'll experiment with some severe cropping just to see what I get... or don't get.

No. But I saw them for sale.

So you suggested monochrome as a possibility. I went back to Lightroom and did it that way. Not bad. Actually better than I thought it would be. But it needed more contrast in monochrome. So I'll post it that way below. Personally I like it better in color.

BTW... when I examined it at 800%... the "kite" was not a kite. So it's gone!

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The black dot was not a kite and is destined for deletion.

I'd be interesting to hear what you might have done differently or how you might have improved it.

Barry

Visiting friends nearby... seeing the sights. My Nikon left at home. Took this with iPhone XR and processed it with Lightroom. Nothing special. Just trying to see if a decently composed pic was possible on the beach where good composition is hard to come by. I took it mainly for the leading lines. Found my thumb in the upper right corner. Hid it as best I could. (It was worse originally) The dot in the sky was a kite (I think.) Probably should be removed.

I thought it came out fairly well... considering. Any thoughts?

Barry

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