Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Living in Bristol, I thought it was about time I got some shots of its most famous landmark!

As always, comments and criticism welcome!

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[LaFoto]

That bridge is impressive!
And I like the concept of the first photo.
All in all they appear to be quite flat.
Was this intentional?
I believe they might like some more contrasts, really?

 

[Indecent Exposures]

That bridge is impressive!
And I like the concept of the first photo.
All in all they appear to be quite flat.
Was this intentional?
I believe they might like some more contrasts, really?

It was a very very grey day on Saturday when I took these and I was disappointed with the way most of them came out.

I've had to tweak the brightness up a bit and turned them into sepia shots to try and make them look a bit more 'period'.

I agree with you that they look flat, I'll have to have a bit of a play around...

 

[NoteGraphics]

If you are using Photoshop - try using Curves adjustment layers to bring out more from your pictures - the curves controls can transform otherwise "flat" images, and with practice can acheive remarkable results.

 

[Indecent Exposures]

I've seen lots of people talking about curves adjustments and will definately give it a go... ...as soon as I can get my hands on photoshop!!

Chris

I should add - if anyone wants to play around with these and show me how good they could look, feel free!

 

[newrmdmike]

curves is nice, but don't forget levels, you can actually see where the black and white points will be, none of these have a true black or white. but they are otherwise nice.

 

[NoteGraphics]

could you post the original version of number 2 ?

( I'm not following you either !! )

 

[Indecent Exposures]

As requested.

Original 5mb version http://chrisroach.co.uk/bridgelarge.jpg (Camera accidentally set to ridiculously large resolution - oops!)
Smaller 150k ish version http://chrisroach.co.uk/bridgesmall.jpg

Have fun!

Chris

 

[NoteGraphics]

worked on curves from your version first posted -

will go get ther original now and see what I can ruin on it !!!

 

[NoteGraphics]

Depends what you want to do with it really...

 

[NoteGraphics]

we could cheat and add some clouds ! get rid of that big white space...
and boost the available colour...
Really..there's no end to it ! - hours of fun !

This version is too blue for my liking but I overdid it just to show you how the curves can bring out the tones...

 

[Indecent Exposures]

Thanks, I like what you've done. Will now just have to get photoshop...

Chris

 

[NoteGraphics]

Ahh, yes it is an expensive toy .... but worth every penny!
There's a lot of photoshop info available on the forum too which will help you when you get it !