ojai, california; early AM

Angelo

hungry for feedback.


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Tim Kirkwood

#3 and #4 are my favs


Nice work.

Angelo

Thanks Tim.

Tim Kirkwood wrote:

#3 and #4 are my favs


Nice work.

snapapple

Some nice views here. Very pretty landscape. I'm wondering why you chose B&W. It seems like there might have been lots of green in those hills. As B&W photos, the mist is greying things out. I would like to see them crisp and a little more bright. As a landscape, I like No.3 the best.

I also see some nice lines in No.1 and some nice light. But, the roof line is too dark. I find it distracting. If it were taken out, the landscape would stand out better. Very nice composition with the deck lines.

cmr164

Angelo wrote:

hungry for feedback.


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I would really like to see you play with the levels/curves on these, particularly on the 2nd one.

Angelo

thank you all for the valuable input.

cmr164 wrote:

I would really like to see you play with the levels/curves on these, particularly on the 2nd one.

Angelo

Hey Snaps: Well, I've always liked b/w work and wanted to try my hand at it. These were all 35mm shots. What isn't showing so well in this forum is the dappled effect of the sun cutting through the morning mist (although it's very evident in my actual prints). I have "duplicates" of these shots in color and the impact just doesn't seem as powerful.
In #4, do you see the varying light from light-to-dark, top-to-bottom? That's natural, not PS. On #1, I agree about the roofline but can't decide how to remove it. Since it mirrors the deckrail line I thought it was ok. (this shot actually won an amateur photo contest at a local gallery)
Thanks for your input. Would love to share more. Angelo

snapapple wrote:

Some nice views here. Very pretty landscape. I'm wondering why you chose B&W. It seems like there might have been lots of green in those hills. As B&W photos, the mist is greying things out. I would like to see them crisp and a little more bright. As a landscape, I like No.3 the best.

I also see some nice lines in No.1 and some nice light. But, the roof line is too dark. I find it distracting. If it were taken out, the landscape would stand out better. Very nice composition with the deck lines.

Angelo

Thanks Charles:
I'm not much of a PS person so I'm not certain what that means. But I want to learn more. Care to elaborate?
Angelo

cmr164 wrote:

I would really like to see you play with the levels/curves on these, particularly on the 2nd one.

snapapple

Hi Angelo,
I had a feeling we were not seeing these in their best light. (Pun intended) The first one especially. I can just about see some detail in that roof line, so I know it's there. How did you get them into your post? Did you scan prints? They just seem to be lacking that POP. I can imagine more sparkle in all of them.

Charles must be feeling the same thing. If you are using Photoshop, click on Adjustments, then click on either Levels or Curves in the list that pops up. Play with the the sliders a bit to increase the contrast or bring out the details in the shadows. It works much better than just a "brightness or contrast" adjustment.

I really don't see the light in No. 4 that you mention. That's what I'm hoping to see after some adjustments. Maybe the conversion to digital just lost all the sparkle.