Railroad and drinks (B/W conversion suggestions)

judahjudah Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
edited May 7, 2007 in Landscapes
Hi,
here are a couple of shots I took last Sunday night while waiting for a live gig. The railroad is just outside the bar we played. The bottle caps were nailed on the front door. Lot's of'em. Anyway, I tried a new B/W conversion and would like to know what you all think about it.

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Cheers.

J.
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  • Mr. 2H2OMr. 2H2O Registered Users Posts: 427 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2007
    Judah,
    I like it almost. I wonder if the blown rail in the foreground can be tamed a little bit. I also am curious if your new technique can bring just a smidge more detail out of the shadows along the left side of the rail pic.

    I like it on the bottle caps.

    - Mike

    PS - your signature - me too
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2007
    Love, love, love #2.
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2007
    Mr. 2H2O wrote:
    Judah,
    I like it almost. I wonder if the blown rail in the foreground can be tamed a little bit. I also am curious if your new technique can bring just a smidge more detail out of the shadows along the left side of the rail pic.

    I like it on the bottle caps.

    - Mike

    PS - your signature - me too

    15524779-Ti.gif The first shot is not quite there....a little too harsh. I like the bottle caps alot, though.
  • judahjudah Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2007
    Mr. 2H2O wrote:
    Judah,
    I like it almost. I wonder if the blown rail in the foreground can be tamed a little bit. I also am curious if your new technique can bring just a smidge more detail out of the shadows along the left side of the rail pic.

    I like it on the bottle caps.

    - Mike

    PS - your signature - me too

    Hi 2H2O, thanks for your suggestions. The blown out rail was on porpouse. I'm just tryin' to get a film like B/W and this one's starting to gettin' me in teh right direction (or at least it looks like that to me). Regarding the details in teh shadow, you're perfectly right. I'm using a mix of color mixer, cross processing and levels in PSP and I think I went too far with the cross processing effect (it tends to close the shadow and burn the highlights quite a bit).

    J.
    Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me!
    I once was lost, but now am found;
    Was blind, but now I see.

    http://judah.smugmug.com/
  • judahjudah Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2007
    damonff wrote:
    Love, love, love #2.
    Thanks Damonff!

    J.
    Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me!
    I once was lost, but now am found;
    Was blind, but now I see.

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  • judahjudah Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2007
    saurora wrote:
    15524779-Ti.gif The first shot is not quite there....a little too harsh. I like the bottle caps alot, though.

    Hi Saurora, too harsh as in too much sharpness mask?

    J.
    Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me!
    I once was lost, but now am found;
    Was blind, but now I see.

    http://judah.smugmug.com/
  • BillyVerdenBillyVerden Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2007
    I Like them both. Number 1 is my favorite. Great shots.
    Location:Oklahoma
  • judahjudah Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2007
    BillyVerden wrote:
    I Like them both. Number 1 is my favorite. Great shots.

    Thanks Billy!

    J.
    Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me!
    I once was lost, but now am found;
    Was blind, but now I see.

    http://judah.smugmug.com/
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