Old Log Cabin...which do you prefer? (Page 5): This! A lot depends on how we view these images. If you're looking for a retro-type image, you could bring up the grain to emulate an...

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SueScott wrote:

Personally, I think the B&W fits the picture. Maybe you could try it in sepia as well.

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A lot depends on how we view these images. If you're looking for a retro-type image, you could bring up the grain to emulate an older film image. Adding a mild sepia toning enhances the aged look of the cabin.

If you opted for the color image, you can fade the colors to accomplish a similar projection.

We all have our favorite ways to project images, and you just have to be happy with the way we captured what we saw with our eyes and in our minds.

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

jederick wrote:

I cloned out the red thing in the last B&W version posted here. Don't know how I could get an infra-red image from this image...is there a filter for that? Thanks for looking and commenting!!

A digital infra red image I think requires a special sensor and therefore a dedicated camera equipped with this special sensor or perhaps the camera is equipped with an internal IR filter of some sort. But I know that I have seen IR images posted by other "Hoggers" in the past and I believe they used a dedicated camera for taking IR images. Perhaps someone will chime in.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

B&W looks great...

Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA

I like the color photo the best but the plastic pinkish thing does disturb me. I presume it is possible to turn just that part B/W but do not know enough to do that yet. I DO love the B/W version immensely too however. Great shot, congrats.

I have an old house I have been photographing for the last 20 years as it slowly falls into ruin. It looks great in B/W

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

Black and white does suit the subject better than colour.

jederick wrote:

I've gotten some responses on my images of old structures to try them in B&W. Really enjoy B&W photos but I'm lousy at processing them so have always hesitated to try my hand at them. Anyhow, here are a couple more shots of the log cabin I posted a couple of days ago. The color image just grabs me, not so the B&W...what do you think, does it need more processing? BTW, I started with an orange filter on the B&W image to keep the image as bright as I liked.

Linda S.

I definitely prefer the BW. The log cabin is so old and broken...the color gives it life...which IMVHO contradicts or fights against the sense of old/broken/decrepit...Just my two cents worth, hope it helps!

broncomaniac Loc: Lynchburg, VA

jederick wrote:

I've gotten some responses on my images of old structures to try them in B&W. Really enjoy B&W photos but I'm lousy at processing them so have always hesitated to try my hand at them. Anyhow, here are a couple more shots of the log cabin I posted a couple of days ago. The color image just grabs me, not so the B&W...what do you think, does it need more processing? BTW, I started with an orange filter on the B&W image to keep the image as bright as I liked.

Black and white.

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

Color.....I’m a detail guy.

samantha90 Loc: Fort Worth,Texas

B&W I think old cabins work well, just my personal taste.

jederick wrote:

I've gotten some responses on my images of old structures to try them in B&W. Really enjoy B&W photos but I'm lousy at processing them so have always hesitated to try my hand at them. Anyhow, here are a couple more shots of the log cabin I posted a couple of days ago. The color image just grabs me, not so the B&W...what do you think, does it need more processing? BTW, I started with an orange filter on the B&W image to keep the image as bright as I liked.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

I love the B&W Jederick. I would just darken the blues in the sky just a bit and boost the whites. I use Topaz B&W effects and this is very easy to do since it allows you to manipulate each color separately. Linda’s suggestions were great.

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

The color and B&W versions each tell a different story. Which version you prefer seems, to me, dependent on which story resonates with your paradigms.

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

The color and B&W versions each tell a different story. Which version you prefer seems, to me, dependent on which story resonates with your paradigms. As presented, I prefer the color, but if the B&W version had lighter tones in the light areas and more dark in the dark areas, then that would be my preferred version.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Tracy B. wrote:

Black & White. I see this photograph in an old wood frame.

Thank You Tracy, appreciate you looking and commenting and, yes...on old wood frame!!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

SpyderJan wrote:

I agree with Linda on this one. I like the B&W better but it does need a little more punch.

Thanks Jan, I did add a little more punch in the last version.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

DJ Mills wrote:

I like the color.

Thanks DJ...getting a variety of opinions on this one!!