Howth Life Ring

• sharonl

  Member

  August 11, 2008 at 1:57 pm

  Hi all,

  finally took the plunge from film to digital and got my first DSLR, a 20D 2 weeks ago. I’ve never used photoshop before so I’ve just jumped right in and messed around a bit, converted to mono with channel mixer and popped the colour in with lasso tool. This is my first time posting for critique so please tear it apart, I’m new to this so lots to learn. Let me know what you think :oops: Hope the pic embedds properly, if not I’ll be back asking how to post pics :oops:

  sharon

  
  Liam2673

  Participant

  September 16, 2008 at 9:13 am

  Hi Sharon,

  Has embedded fine and looks to me like you did a good job with photoshop; though I am a film only person myself and wouldn’t be an expert. Its a good image, I would like to see the original colour version if you have it…..
  b318isp

  Participant

  September 16, 2008 at 10:14 am

  Although I’m not a huge fan of mono conversions with some colour left in, I think you’ve done this subtley and it works fine. I’d like to see a little more space around the image – try to get items of attention on thirds.
  Punk Rock

  Member

  September 16, 2008 at 10:46 am

  Would like to see more contrast in it.
  sharonl

  Member

  September 16, 2008 at 3:15 pm

  Thanks all for the feedback, although it can look tacky sometimes, I am a bit of a fan of leaving/adding a little colour in a mono conversion. Heres the original as requested.

  sharon