Broughton Mills

[iangreenhalgh1]

It was a horrid day, very dark and gray, but I think I overcame it. All with Opton Biogon 2.8/35 on NEX-3.


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[cooltouch]

Very nice. Colors are well saturated for such a dreary day. They look almost HDR -- did you apply some HDR to the color images?

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers Michael. They are all HDR actually.

Here's the originals as they came out of Photomatix, before I applied PP to brighten them up, makes it clear what a gray dull day it was:

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[cooltouch]

Well done HDR. I like it when it is used to enhance an image. I'm kinda lukewarm to the more surreal HDR images you often see.

[Attila]

Great work Ian !! A joy to see them!

[iangreenhalgh1]

Thanks guys. I'm glad you like the HDR Michael as I feel the same - I don't care for the surreal type and my interest lies in using it to enhance shots, especially those taken in less than ideal light, which is sadly, what I often have to work with.

[miran]

I like these a lot more than some of the previous ones. Especially the first two and the one with the door in black and white.

[Orio]

I like them all except the house, which I think looks better in the "natural" image.
You are doing big steps in perfectioning your HDRs. Most of them do not look at all like HDR - which for me is a definite plus.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Thankyou. Orio, it is actually a church - St Mary Magdalene.

Here is a third version of it that might be more to your taste:

[Orio]

Improved on the first edit, but as far as I am concerned, I still miss the deep shadows of the original file.
Actually, I tell you what Ian... If I had to do anything to that image, then I would enhance the bad, making it
more bad, instead of toning bad down.

Something like this Harry-Potter-inspired version that I quickly sketched down:



It is my belief that when it comes to images, if you have to make a global edit, it is always better to enhance features,
even if you don't really like them, rather than toning down to reach a quiet compromise.
Pictures born out of compromises are rarely remembered, bold pictures have more chances.

[RSalles]

[Attila]

Orio is correct about house, polished version just ruined it, Harry Potter like theme nice hint , worth to try it ,also B&W

[iangreenhalgh1]

Thanks guys.

Orio, many thanks for that, very useful input, makes perfect sense to me and I will, in future, try to find some suitable subjects that I can apply similar 'horror movie' processing to.

I tried to do something along those lines, first one just has some vignette, second I have processed further:




I also did a vintage sepia conversion, which I think I like best of all:

[Attila]

#2 and sepia to me, well done!

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers, I shall revisit this concept in future, I think it will work well with ruined and derelict buildings/

[Orio]