Greenfield and Fontanelle, IA

hokies2379 · Feb 5, 2017

1.

I've passed this for 5 years, first time I stopped to take a picture of it.

2.

I made all 4 kids stop with me on the side of the road to get this.

3.

I used to own a small town newspaper, so its probably more exciting to me than to you.

4.

Yep, a water tower

5.

I probably like this one more than most of you will. But I see this view twice a week, every week and never really took it in.

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itsjustbreality · Feb 5, 2017

My favorite is the newspaper building!

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480sparky · Feb 5, 2017

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!

alexis.alvarez · Feb 5, 2017

I like the images very much, but color tonality seems off in almost all of them. #1 and #3 have a magenta cast to them, and #2 is a bit too warm. #5 is also a bit too warm, but it looks like color grading, and works -- kind of. And in #4, there seems to be an aura around the tower. Plus there's a spot on the left that needs cloning.

hokies2379 · Feb 5, 2017

alexis.alvarez said:
I like the images very much, but color tonality seems off in almost all of them. #1 and #3 have a magenta cast to them, and #2 is a bit too warm. #5 is also a bit too warm, but it looks like color grading, and works -- kind of. And in #4, there seems to be an aura around the tower. Plus there's a spot on the left that needs cloning.

Thank you for the feedback.

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hokies2379 · Feb 5, 2017

I did some additional work, is this more to your liking @alexis.alvarez ?

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Krell0 · Feb 6, 2017

Mostly looked at 3. Slightly magenta and a little crooked I think. Sorry for skimming through

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Krell0 · Feb 7, 2017

Came back and I really like the barn and windmill but that one blade comes juuust a little to close to crossing the edge out of frame. Needs some room on that side (which means a little on the left if you want the barn centered. If it wasnt a crop I wouldnt discount that picture in any way its still quite good imo

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greybeard · Feb 9, 2017

Love #2

KmH · Feb 10, 2017

If you have the white balance set to Auto on your camera I highly recommend you take it out of Auto.

Using Camera Raw (ACR- which is also Lightroom's Develop module):
White balance adjustments: Temperature -44, Tint -27
Presence adjustments: Contrast +20, Clarity + 30, Vibrance + 20.
I added a narrow black border using Photoshop.

waday · Feb 10, 2017

Nice pictures! I agree, it's nice to have pictures of things/views that we tend to take for granted every day. Good reminder of where we live.

That said, #3 is leaving me frustrated. The bottoms of the door and building are cut off.

Also, I favor the original crop of #2 (leaving out the wind turbine). I wonder if #4 would work better in portrait orientation?

hokies2379 · Feb 10, 2017

waday said:
Nice pictures! I agree, it's nice to have pictures of things/views that we tend to take for granted every day. Good reminder of where we live.

That said, #3 is leaving me frustrated. The bottoms of the door and building are cut off. Also, I favor the original crop of #2 (leaving out the wind turbine). I wonder if #4 would work better in portrait orientation?

Yeah, I'm going back and trying #3 again this weekend.

I did #4 in portrait as well and liked it better with the extra blue. Maybe it was just me.

Thanks for your feedback!

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hokies2379 · Feb 10, 2017

KmH said:
If you have the white balance set to Auto on your camera I highly recommend you take it out of Auto.

Using Camera Raw (ACR- which is also Lightroom's Develop module):
White balance adjustments: Temperature -44, Tint -27
Presence adjustments: Contrast +20, Clarity + 30, Vibrance + 20.
I added a narrow black border using Photoshop.

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