C&C Please.

Terry Leach · Jul 19, 2011

I would like some C&C on this photo.

johnh2005 · Jul 19, 2011

/sigh About all I can say is, "I like it" but I would try my best to get rid of the powerlines. They kill the old time effect of the photo for me.

tirediron · Jul 19, 2011

I agree, clone out the powerlines for sure. i would also suggest stepping back the processing a little. I think a traditional black & white or sepia would work well, but this sort of soft, blue-grey doesn't do the image justice IMO.

480sparky · Jul 19, 2011

tirediron said:
I agree, clone out the powerlines for sure. i would also suggest stepping back the processing a little. I think a traditional black & white or sepia would work well, but this sort of soft, blue-grey doesn't do the image justice IMO.

There's no blue in it. It's all shades of gray.

I'd say ditch the powerlines, too.

Terry Leach · Jul 19, 2011

Ok, so I took some advice and cloned out the power lines and made some color adjustments.

johnh2005 · Jul 20, 2011

Good job with the power lines. I like the way the first one looked better (temperature wise) I think the image is MUCH stronger now without the power lines!

bazooka · Jul 20, 2011

I'm bothered that there are almost no shadows on the building, almost like you shot it with on-camera flash. I think I see halo's as well, on the roof and the door. Not sure what's going on here, but the PP is a turnoff for me.

KmH · Jul 20, 2011

The lighting looks very flat, like from an overcast sky.

The church looks under exposed and the sky looks blown out.

The second edit looks better, but it also looks over sharpened.

Was the original shot in monochrome mode or as a color image and then converted to B&W? JPEG or Raw?

Terry Leach · Jul 20, 2011

The sky was very overcast. It was shot in monochrome in raw. After mentioning about it being "over sharpened" I went back and looked again and I agree.

KmH · Jul 20, 2011

Raw records the colors, and the camera converts the Raw to monochrome.

You have much more control of the density and contrast if you don't use the camera monochrome setting and convert to B&W using image editing applications like Photoshop.