p.1 #1 · To crop or not to crop. That is the question
A recent visit to Cottage Grove OR resulted in many interesting architectural shots. This one is of a turn of the last century bordello currently under extensive reno. Not sure which shot works best or if it works at all. Comments and corrections welcome. Posted the original for the curious.
p.1 #5 · To crop or not to crop. That is the question
Thanks. Oddly, I traveled to Cottage Grove with Oregon Gal and we commented to one another how helpful your suggestions always are. Thanks so much. Rita
p.1 #7 · To crop or not to crop. That is the question
Thanks S. The second one finally shows the punch I wanted. I don't have your tools, but it is good to see the results anyway. I guess I am fond of BW because it suits the era of the building... and the purpose. Building Noir...
I am annoyed at the blown out white clapboard which I can't fix. It is distracting to my eye, even in the BW.
p.1 #11 · To crop or not to crop. That is the question
My pleasure.
For the crop, I went to the crop tool, selected the ruler and clicked along the length of the bottom of the sign, making it horizontal. I checked to see if there was any more room to maximize what was left before accepting the crop.
p.1 #12 · To crop or not to crop. That is the question
Notwithstanding the backstory I think the sign is the focal point and the building a distraction from it. What I did to make the sign a stronger focal point was crop as if it was hanging from the top right of the frame and blurred the building (a quick and dirty edit). The use of selective color is to hint at its more "colorful" past
I just duped the layer, desaturated it with Hue/Saturation, adjusted it with Levels and masked out the sign by hand with selection tools and fill and brush. I boosted the saturation in the color layer.
