does this do anything for anyone?

really torn about heightening the contrast and saturation to make the image more vibrant...seems like the image would be more striking but then too far from faithful.
I might take a stab at a BW, if it seems to have enough potential.

feel free to re-post


Scott

Nice textures and colors and decay. I like it.

The tree at the bottom of the screen makes for an interesting balance with the upper
green corner on the opposite end.

I agree with Kaden about the balance of old green siding with foliage below.

There's something about weathered wood that seems to reflect skylight to give a gray cast to the image. You might try playing the the Adjustment Layer's Exposure panel to emphasize the weathered wood without the gray cast. Try perhaps Exposure of about +0.30, Offset about -0.0131 and a Gamma of perhaps about 0.92 and see if you like it better. A little sharpening might help the weathered texture as well. (Notice I didn't suggest more Saturation.)

what's "offset"?

(I have CS)

Sorry. Didn't realize you were using CS. In PS CS4 there is an Exposure Adjustment Layer. It's one of the new features I find quite useful.

Thx.
Any idea what "offset" does? There is usually another way to accomplish the same thing in PS.

Scott

I believe Exposure Offset is something line Baseline Exposure Offset in DNG conversion: See page 32 at

http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng_spec.pdf

"BaselineExposure specifies by how much (in EV units) to move the zero point. Positive values result in brighter default results, while negative values result in darker default results."

I'm uncertain how to achieve the equivalent effect in CS. Here's the result of applying the CS4 exposure changes I suggested to illustrate the effect I suggested:

Now that has some teeth to it although the image lacks interest for me..

Bob

The composition does not work for me. My eyes feel pulled in all directions without knowing the main focus. Scott

AuntiPode wrote:
"BaselineExposure specifies by how much (in EV units) to move the zero point. Positive values result in brighter default results, while negative values result in darker default results."


Another Adobe classic from their explanations for people who don't need them!

thanks, all
guess the composition is just too weak

happens

Scott