I haven't been shooting for quite awhile, other pursuits keeping me busy but here's a recent one I managed to get. A conversion to dark Sepia with various other adjustments, single image. Thoughts, suggestions welcome. I would be happy to post the color version if anyone is interested.
At first it seems a little heavy handed ... but then it kinda grows on you.
As you journey through it, you just kinda forget all about the PP and enjoy each of the "memory lane" aspects, that the different elements invoke ... a tasty smorgasbord of old stuff.
I think its great Barbara.
Plenty to savor. I like the busy-ness of it all.
To my taste the vignette bottom and the intensity of the sepia is a bit much. But that is only to MY taste. I would suspect it has good sales potential.
I appreciate all the feedback. Yes, I agree it's overcooked deliberately, catering to club competition, I did back off the saturation, contrast, vignette and opened up the shadows a touch. I have added the color version per Bob's request.
You mentioned the heavy handed approach due to a club competition. I cannot help but remember seeing the same trend in the club I belonged to a couple of years ago. At first the heavy processing got some attention. Then it became more and more outrageous. Finally the heavy handed approach went out of favor with the judges and other photographers. I also never understood the old car/old barn issue. I can't remember seeing anything approaching a realistic presentation for an old car. Every image seems to be heavy hdr, and/or Topaz and other effects to achieve the gritty, garish appearance. Plenty of the images were also converted to monotones. I guess the old saw is there is no accounting for taste.
Oregon Gal wrote:
I appreciate all the feedback. Yes, I agree it's overcooked deliberately, catering to club competition, I did back off the saturation, contrast, vignette and opened up the shadows a touch. I have added the color version per Bob's request.
Perhaps? Not sufficient space to level wo clipping car.
Camperjim, camera clubs have a way of liking the over processed images. I don't mind a well done push processed image but I really dislike seeing halos, or artifacts that can appear when an image is incorrectly processed. Appreciate the thoughts.
Bob, I did use perspective straightening in CS6, a little cropping and a touch of cloning. I agree it might be a tad tight in regards to the sides of the image. I do like your rendition.
Kent, thanks for the re-work and I like your approach.
Karen, never thought about processing the image like you showed. I really like the effect, plus the change in perspective and crop makes the image appear to have been shot from a lower angle.
