Gray

[djengizz]

Winter in Holland is not really kicking in and all we get is gray, wet, moody weather. Looks more like autumn then winter .

A little impression:
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

 

[danir]

I like #5 the most

 

[Mohain]

Ooh, yes! These are great! Captured the mood of the day perfectly. I think no. 5 & no. 7 are excllent :thumbup:

 

[Sw1tchFX]

6 is my favorite, it looks depressing.

 

[djengizz]

Thanks for your comments .
I know it looks a bit depressive but i was trying to capture the mood of the weather (which was a little depressive as well).

 

[brujeria]

nice shots i like the mood, sweet silhouettes in nr2!

 

[LaFoto]

Your method of partial desaturation helps a lot to underline the general mood, mostly so in Photo 6 (7, too, though not quite as strongly) - Photo 6 and its subject (broken off and fallen over trees) and the POV very much speak of "down", "broken", "dark"...

But I also quite like Photo 5 - same process, very interesting! - though that one conveys different feelings. The colour cast fascinates me there as well. Very much so. Would you like to describe what you did?

 

[Jeremy Z]

Very nice. #s 1 & 5 are my favorites.

 

[1986]

2,4,5,6 are my favorites, but they all look great nice job

 

[myopia]

all OUTstanding shots

 

[Tantalus]

1 and 5 are really nice and moody. I watched the news last night, terrible weather all across Europe just like here in Vancouver couple of weeks ago.

 

[djengizz]

Thanks again everyone .

The color cast fascinates me there as well. Very much so. Would you like to describe what you did?

It's pretty easy:
-I underexposed all pictures and metered for the highlights which already mutes the colors a bit.
-I did a high contrast B&W conversion.
-I added the B&W as a separate layer to the original and set opacity to 50%.

1 and 5 are really nice and moody. I watched the news last night, terrible weather all across Europe just like here in Vancouver couple of weeks ago.

Yup, i got stuck in a storm last thursday (all public transportation was cancelled for the night) and it took me 6 hours to get home from work .

 

[LaFoto]

I must try that technique! Sounds good ... I hope I CAN add a separate layer to a colour photo ... I am venturing into layers as of late but don't really know what I am doing (and in many functions on offer don't yet see the point and fail to see much difference between one or the other, so I am generally still all confused).

 

[surge]

i might try that out that technique too djengizz, interesting

although i'll need to put the compter down and go out the house first... (one of those days)

no.2 is definitly my fav
- lovely abstract clouds

 

[lostprophet]

excellent series, hard to pick a fave