motif: Fort DeSoto & Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Posted by Parrothead Pete on Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:28 pm

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This is full frame uncropped. How would you do it?

EOS 3 w/Canon 28mm 1.8 USM; Provia 100; converted to B&W with Fred Miranda action; exposure unrecorded.

"There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them..." - Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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by AForns on Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:44 pm

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Nice image Mike I like the flowing lines of the beach and clouds. Gives it a very nice balance and then having the bridge for the horizon area. Sure have a good compositional eye!!!!!

I basically cropped to my taste, used shadow/highlight to lighten the image. Curves to boost contrast, the used three selections feathering 70 pixels (making smaller sections top) darkening each a bit more to get a smooth transition. Also a little usm.

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by Paul Klenck on Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:58 pm

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First, a 1.3 degree CCW rotation. Cropped not as severe as Al's. I think I like a little more water underneath. I'm still not sure if this gives the right balance for the land and clouds that you captured so well. I punched up the contrast slightly in general. Then selected the bridge and punched that contrast a lot and the smudged it out to even the horizon I selected. Sharpen.

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by AForns on Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:36 am

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Paul I think I like your crop a little better and do love the treatment of the bridge. Significant improvement!!!!

Something I just noticed is the increase in detail I got on the trees that add to the image compared to the original and yours

I think If we keep at it Clive Butcher will be jealous