Dark foregrounds: Looking for something to keep you busy? I found this quiet little corner today, but the weather was a bit gloomy, and to add to that, the foreground area is always...

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Looking for something to keep you busy? I found this quiet little corner today, but the weather was a bit gloomy, and to add to that, the foreground area is always well-shaded.

I think there might be OK shots in there somewhere with the right adjustments/cropping. Feel free to have a go and do whatever you think works best.

JPG here, DNG to follow.

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Garthdee Bridge JPG.

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Banks O' Dee JPG

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

DNG versions.

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Link to Garthdee Bridge DNG.
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Link to Banks O' Dee DNG.
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SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

I tried it as a color shot but it was a little too lacking in color so, here it is as a black and white, distorted, cropped with contrast enhanced.

Garthdee Bridge

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

SonyA580 wrote:

I tried it as a color shot but it was a little too lacking in color so, here it is as a black and white, distorted, cropped with contrast enhanced.

Wow. Now there's something I hadn't thought of. Nice B&W conversion and a very engaging atmosphere. Thanks SonyA580.

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

My contribution

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

wayne-03 wrote:

My contribution

Nice work Wayne!!! The downloads look excellent. And I like the novel frames (haven't seen that before). Thanks for your efforts :thumbup: .

joe west Loc: Taylor, Michigan

R.G. wrote:

Looking for something to keep you busy? I found this quiet little corner today, but the weather was a bit gloomy, and to add to that, the foreground area is always well-shaded.

I think there might be OK shots in there somewhere with the right adjustments/cropping. Feel free to have a go and do whatever you think works best.

JPG here, DNG to follow.

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nice shots, ill give it a go....my 2 cents worth

R.G. Loc: Scotland

joe west wrote:

nice shots, ill give it a go....my 2 cents worth

Thanks, JW. You certainly know how to jazz up a sky :) . It certainly seems to brighten things up quite a bit!.

joe west Loc: Taylor, Michigan

THANKS, i do my best to make a pic look good

Brian45 Loc: Melbourne, Australia

R.G. wrote:

Looking for something to keep you busy? I found this quiet little corner today, but the weather was a bit gloomy, and to add to that, the foreground area is always well-shaded.

I think there might be OK shots in there somewhere with the right adjustments/cropping. Feel free to have a go and do whatever you think works best.

JPG here, DNG to follow.

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Here's my rather quick attempt as my comfy bed is calling (I'm in Australia)

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Bob1190 Loc: Hatboro, PA

R.G. wrote:

Nice work Wayne!!! The downloads look excellent. And I like the novel frames (haven't seen that before). Thanks for your efforts :thumbup: .

:thumbup: :thumbup:

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Brian45 wrote:

Here's my rather quick attempt as my comfy bed is calling (I'm in Australia)

I see you've given them some much-needed colour. This is the sort of potential I hoped would be in there somewhere. Thanks for your efforts, Brian. (You'll probably be in deep sleep by the time I post this - lunchtime UK).

R.G. Loc: Scotland

It looks like this thread might have run its course, so I thought I'd post this shot of the "quiet little corner" that I took the above shots from. I say "quiet", but it's only yards away from one of Aberdeen's busiest junctions. Fortunately there's a stone wall to keep out most of the noise.

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rborud Loc: Minnesota

R.G. wrote:

Looking for something to keep you busy? I found this quiet little corner today, but the weather was a bit gloomy, and to add to that, the foreground area is always well-shaded.

I think there might be OK shots in there somewhere with the right adjustments/cropping. Feel free to have a go and do whatever you think works best.

JPG here, DNG to follow.

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R.G.
Careful I may be hallucinating!!

RBorud

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

rborud wrote:

R.G.
Careful I may be hallucinating!!

RBorud

HA!! That's no hallucination - it's amazingly close to reality! As you can see from the above picture in my last post, it's not exactly how it would have looked if I'd tried to shoot it like that, but spookily close. Thanks for a great effort, RB.