Tacoma, Washington Cityscape
Aug 6, 2019 19:01:55 #
Howdy everyone! I've attached two photos of a building in Tacoma, taken a few months ago in the later part of the afternoon. Outside of one being color and one b&w, there are a few differences between them. Anyway, the original color photo was quite boring with a clear sky and muted colors. But, with the help of Affinity Photo and Nik Silver Efex, I "pasted" in some clouds from Arizona, did a bit of dodging in the tree & bushes, some tonal adjustments to the building, brightness & contrast to the overall pic, and added some depth to the clouds. So, comments are welcome. Good, bad, or otherwise. Thanks for viewing. Ken
Aug 6, 2019 19:06:03 #
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Aug 6, 2019 19:17:51 #
The color one is best to me, though as someone who lived in the PacNW, the sky should be matte grey. :-)
Aug 6, 2019 19:31:02 #
BlueMorel wrote:
The color one is best to me, though as someone who lived in the PacNW, the sky should be matte grey. :-)
We get enough of the matte grey skies from mid Oct. to mid April thank you ; )
Aug 6, 2019 19:58:59 #
Aug 6, 2019 20:48:35 #
Photobum wrote:
Howdy everyone! I've attached two photos of a bui... (show quote)
Black & White (or greyscale) is ideal for architectural images. I would suggest the application of a radial filter in the tree on the left to open up shadows and show hidden detail.
Aug 6, 2019 21:19:33 #
frank west
Loc: los angeles, ca, usa
I think the images look quite good. I do wish you might have included the 'before' image so I could see the differences. But, the final images both look quite good. I hope you enjoyed your desk time as much as you did your photography time. For me, the actual darkroom of film was far more interesting and fun than the digital darkroom of today. You did a very fine job, here. Well done.
Aug 7, 2019 07:10:05 #
I like them both; if I had to choose one, I’d side with the black and white.
Aug 7, 2019 08:37:51 #
I prefer the warmth of the color shot. It has an inviting feel. Your workmanship is excellent. Clouds get around. No, telling where they'll show up.
Aug 7, 2019 08:39:46 #
Photobum wrote:
Howdy everyone! I've attached two photos of a bui... (show quote)
I think in this case the color shot works best. Very nice work on background substitution.
Aug 7, 2019 10:48:51 #
Ken, you wanted the building as your center of interest and you had no issues achieving that. Adding the clouds was a nice touch because they offer a great contribution to the visual design of the image.
I can hardly see details in the shadow areas perhaps because the scene brightness range exceeds the sensor dynamic range but I am not 100% sure on this one. In your b&w image I see lots of contrast and also a sky which clouds could benefit from some extra brightness.
Perhaps using the spot meter feature of your camera metering from the shadow areas and then the bright areas could have offered you lots of information regarding the exposure of this cityscape.
I can hardly see details in the shadow areas perhaps because the scene brightness range exceeds the sensor dynamic range but I am not 100% sure on this one. In your b&w image I see lots of contrast and also a sky which clouds could benefit from some extra brightness.
Perhaps using the spot meter feature of your camera metering from the shadow areas and then the bright areas could have offered you lots of information regarding the exposure of this cityscape.
Aug 7, 2019 11:20:56 #
Both are nicely done, but I'll join those who prefer the color.
Aug 7, 2019 11:58:13 #
Thank you all for your nice comments and suggestions. Its all much appreciated.
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