Sunkissed

• Ali

  Participant

  January 4, 2007 at 3:08 am

  Alot of discussion going on about framing in camera. This is a shot i took a while ago, just after buying my D200. I usually try to frame in camera myself, but alot of the time i am forced to crop 10×8. Anyway, no cropping on this one. Comments and Critique welcome as always.

  
  terry

  Member

  January 4, 2007 at 7:43 am

  Hi Ali,

  Lovely shot you have picked up a lovely shade in the sky. Lovely subtle tones all round.

  Terry
  Roberto

  Member

  January 4, 2007 at 7:51 am

  I realy like the composition of the photo.
  I think that in b&w it would look good.
  Ali

  Participant

  January 4, 2007 at 12:43 pm

  Thanks for comments Terry and Roberto. I tried it in black and white but i have to sit down and do alot more work on it.
  Rob

  Member

  January 4, 2007 at 12:47 pm

  Ali

  Love the colours in this (and great framing by the way!) so I’d be wary of faffing about with
  bw conversions to be honest. I imagine the image would lose a lot of the tonal range that
  makes your original so appealing. Just my opinion anyway… very nice work.

  Rob.
  Brian_C

  Participant

  January 4, 2007 at 1:55 pm

  Lovely image, I love the tracks as a lead in line and lovely composition. Sky is lovely to with a kinda pink and purple hint to it. Nice!
  andy mcinroy

  Participant

  January 4, 2007 at 2:00 pm

  Super Ali,

  The light in the foreground is wonderful and compliments the dark green tones behind.

  The sky wouldn’t be completely believeable to me but it seems to compliment the dark greens. Was this filtered?

  Andy
  Ali

  Participant

  January 4, 2007 at 6:05 pm

  Thanks a mil all :)

  Rob: You’re definitely right, i find it rare that i get a shot that works well in both b/w and colour. this shot would need a completely different treatment.
  P.S: For anyone that wants to take their hand at converting it, please do and post the results.

  Brian: Thanks a mil :)

  Andy: the blue sky did absolutely nothing for the image so i added a hue and as you said, i think it worked well with the green and adds a certain warmth to the image.
  No filter was used

  Thanks all for the feedback :)
  Roberto

  Member

  January 5, 2007 at 9:35 pm

  Ali, I have tried to convert to b&w and here is the result.

  
  terry

  Member

  January 6, 2007 at 2:58 am

  Hi Rob,

  You have done a great job on this and yes it is a strong composition in b/w but i think it loses some of the eye catching content of the original. I think the glow of the sun and the subtle hues are lost in b/w and the image looks somewhat stormy, which as I say works too if you are looking for a different take on it. Just my take on it.

  Terry
  Positive Pressure

  Member

  January 6, 2007 at 4:23 pm

  The warm colours add lots to this image; I don’t know why you you want to lose them. :) Another great shot Ali.

  +P
  Roberto

  Member

  January 6, 2007 at 4:32 pm

  I just wanted to show that the theme and Ali’s composition is strong for monochrom version as well.
  Ali

  Participant

  January 7, 2007 at 8:37 pm

  Thanks a mil Roberto for taking the time to do the conversion and displaying it. Really like it. What conversion technique did you use?
  Terry and Peter, thanks a mil for the feedback. :)
  Roberto

  Member

  January 7, 2007 at 9:38 pm

  Ali, I used very simple technique.
  I converted the photo to greyscale in the mode section. After that back to RGB colours and adjusted the contrast and brightness (using PS elements2).