[icemanonline]

Just a few........tried an effect called Metallic......because the weather was so changing all the time........and it looks better I think with it being so cloudy on min and then sunny for a few secs and back to grey!!

Anyway.......

1. Rail Bridge...

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...licresized.jpg

2. Forth Road from a distance

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...licresized.jpg

3. Rail again..

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...licResized.jpg

4. Road bridge again.....and a wee bit of the toon and boats

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...licresized.jpg


Cheers


icemanonline

[tontoshorse]

ooh err, not too sure of that process.
Looks almost like a negative.

[Ultima]

#2 is great...moody sky yet calm silky water.

Martin

[Dennis Leighton]

Interesting - but I would loved to have seen them in their natural colouring - as tontohorse says they're almost negative

[PoisonJam]

Not to my tastes.

Would like to see the originals, though...

[icemanonline]

Originally Posted by PoisonJam

Not to my tastes.

Would like to see the originals, though...

Ok......here are those shots......

1. http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0308resize.jpg

2.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0288resize.jpg

3.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0299resize.jpg

4.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0302resize.jpg

As requested......

icemanonline

[stevegreen]

I really like the effect that processing has on the skies but I really don't like the effect on the bridges.......reminds me of severely overdone HDR. The before and after comparisons are interesting though.

[bodoman]

Dont like the mettalic effect myself, still we have to try these things though

The originals are lot better

[Dennis Leighton]

Now they are so much better I particularly like #3. They all remind me of my days spent at R.A.F. Pitreavie.

[icemanonline]

Originally Posted by stevegreen

I really like the effect that processing has on the skies but I really don't like the effect on the bridges.......reminds me of severely overdone HDR. The before and after comparisons are interesting though.

Hi Steve, The skies do look good......I do like the metal process I have to say...... I see them as Arty!

Looking at them in full on a 22inch tft makes them look even better IMO

Thanks


icemanonline

[icemanonline]

Originally Posted by tontoshorse

ooh err, not too sure of that process.
Looks almost like a negative.

Hey Tonto.....I don't think they look negative! I do have a setting for negative and they look totally different. Like I say, personal taste and as I have already said.....I really like them! And at the end of the day, in photography is for yourself really although its nice to put them on show

Thanks for the feedback Tonto....

icemanonline

[PoisonJam]

Originally Posted by bodoman

The originals are lot better

Agreed

[bodoman]

Originally Posted by icemanonline

Hey Tonto.....I don't think they look negative! I do have a setting for negative and they look totally different. Like I say, personal taste and as I have already said.....I really like them! And at the end of the day, in photography is for yourself really although its nice to put them on show

Thanks for the feedback Tonto....

icemanonline

Excactly right Iceman, we are all different and like different type of photographs, you only have to look at the different styles in the comp entry, but at the end of the day we take our photos for ourselves, but when we stick them on the forums they are open to opinions from people with different likes and dislikes.
First and foremost keep on doing what you are doing for your own pleasure

[onefivenine]

I like the metallic effect of the first lot. Looks better than the originals. Maybe they are PP-able and get great results but not with my photoshop skill level.

[icemanonline]

Originally Posted by onefivenine

I like the metallic effect of the first lot. Looks better than the originals. Maybe they are PP-able and get great results but not with my photoshop skill level.

Cheers onefivenine,

I do like the original shots but with this bloody weather were having the now......I didn't think they turned out great, not even great actually, they were......... or are,alright! So I had a bit of experimenting to do to make them better.....IMO and after changing the originals using contrast, brightness and all the usual PP stuff........I tried some metal looks and settled on this metallic look............and I really do like it. I think the sky in all of them has more life to it for 1......it looks really angry in 1 of them, and just that textured look.....I think is good.

I also changed them to B&W and Sepia and a few others but this metallic look is the best, for the subject.

Matter of taste i guess...

icemanonline

[jonnypb]

i quite like the processing in 2 & 3

[icemanonline]

Originally Posted by bubble502

i quite like the processing in 2 & 3

Cheers Bubble..........It is a nice effect, better viewed on a bigger screen I think!

Cheers

icemanonline