Abandoned crane in Berlin

[Iron Flatline]

Dude, where is the image? Can you link to it, or - even better - embed it in your post?

 

[JamesD]

LOL Whoa... like WTF? Okay.. fixed.


Oops... :lmao:

 

[Iron Flatline]

That's pretty subtle. I'm really trying to see the difference, but the photo is pretty monochromatice to begin with, so it is hard to see extreme differences. Thanks for doing this.

 

[Dylan]

Awesome, love it. I like that you had some light. My image was taken in late July, at around 10 PM - hence the weird light. If you shot the crane, I assume you also turned around and got the Oberbaum Bruecke...

Actually I really like the light. It adds to the mood of the picture. It's a great shot too. I won't bother trying to edit it as my Photoshop skill are mediocre but everyone did a nice job.

 

[JamesD]

That's pretty subtle. I'm really trying to see the difference, but the photo is pretty monochromatice to begin with, so it is hard to see extreme differences. Thanks for doing this.

I didn't really intend anything extreme, as the original and my interpretation of your intent are pretty close. I tried to bring out some of the warmer colors, while leaving an overall cool cast. If you look at the ground and the buildings, they're a tad warmer (reddish, or minus-blue-ish) than the original. The sky is also more of a magenta color than the original cold blues. I didn't want to go overboard, though, so, yeah, I tried for a bit subtle.

 

[machine]

heres my version of it .

wanted to go with a night type look , a cold one

 

[Mohain]

^^^ Well I think that's the best yet! I tried to have a play with it but couldn't come up with anything. I think it might have been better if you had a much lower POV to make the most of the converging lines on the ground and maybe moved the the left a few feet.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Hey, that's really good. Well done!

 

[West_Berliner]

i don't think i took very many pics of this crane when I was in Berlin, but I did take a lot of the Oberbaumbruecke.

here's my edit. I did some levels adjustments, created a new layer, and put in black-to-transparent gradients. i then changed the opacity of the gradient layer.

im so bad at explaining, im sorry.

here's my edit

 

[Arch]

I thought i'd go for something different. So with the theme of making it cold looking, i went for a Tri-Tone image using black, blue (pantone 2728c) and pantone cool grey (1c)...... did a load of other things, including a few curves adjustments, layer masks, shadow highlights, sharpening and vignetting.... i think i quite like it.

 

[Remi M.]

Wow, I like Archangels edit the most. How did you do the tri-tone? Black and white first than reintroduce blue?

Edit:

Nevermind I found it. Image: mode: Duotone

 

[Arch]

Nevermind I found it. Image: mode: Duotone

yep, you got it.... change it to 'tri' or 'quad' or whatever, then choose your pantones.... its a good alternative for certain types of image.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Wow, nicely done. I step away from the computer for a few days, and you guys are going to town on this.

West_Berliner, I like it.

Archangel, very cool! Thanks for sharing the technique. I will go and try this, too.

 

[Unmanedpilot]

I took a try, let me know what you think.

Its not the best but I think it may hit the look you wanted. Now that i really look at it it may need some contrast, not shure but something wasnt quite right.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Good stuff Unmaned. What did you do? Mainly dial back the brightness?