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Thanks to the comments below, I've now edited this photograph slightly. I've added an overall traditional s-shape curve in Photoshop to increase general contrast, and I've also added a seperate additional curve for the sky.
You can see the original here.
Any suggestions for improvement? (other than a re-shoot!)
posted by Daaave at 10:12 pm
4 Comments:
Try upping the contrast a bit, effectively printing at a higher grade. You might need to play around with brightness and intensity levels as well.
The other thought is how did you greyscale this? If you just desaturated or converted to greyscale try splitting the channels of the colour original instead. The red channel should instantly give you more contrast and a kick to the sky's details. Normally digital cameras will have most of their noise on the blue or green channel as well so you might find the picture smooths out a bit as well. And while you're at it try a tiny bit of unsharp mask to enhance the foreground detail. Sorry if i've rambled a bit. Prof. Scott signing off now.
I like to do my B&W conversions with Channel mixer or calculations. That usually seems to make the image more dynamic. There is not secret mix on either approach, but its pretty easy to play with the colors & set to your preferences.
My other thoughts would be curves & levels adjustment. Something to bring in a dark black point, and white point to add the range your looking for.
I love the shot, and think it has a lot of potential to be very dynamic.
what a nice angle to take the photo of this bridge...
Your processing tweaks have most definitely upped the impact value of this shot - one can clearly sense the 'air' of this image. There's a depth to the adjusted image that wasn't apparent in the original post. Good stuff!
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