Nice Photos.

Ahhh.
Complaining already, is it a girl?

Nice one guy, enjoy?

Thanks B...a little girl it is - Johana (due to "Visions of..." and german ancestry)

Your daughter is beautiful :-)

The sunset viewed from Wilanow in Warsaw, on 27th. September.

ATB from George

Altana Chinska at the Wilanow Palace on my last day staying with Frank and Anna.

ATB from George

The sae wall at Seasalter north Kent -

Lovely image Tony...very nice.

Did you pull out the blue hues in photoshop/aperture etc to darken the sky?

Err..No Mat, just turned into Black & White in Photoshop Elements.

Should the sky be a bit darker then?

I don't know, should it Tony...?!

...it just looked a nice dramatic sky (often they're not, they've just had the blue darkened).

Nice remix there though SC.

So, did you just darken it all Steve, or something cleverer?!

Bit of both mate - mostly a levels adjust, then some selective contrast adjust (via curves) painted in various areas...then a bit of 'colour' into the shadows and mids to give it a duo-tone feel...

£100 ?

Seriously though, nothing fancy, just a bit of 'Danish School' (an expression in photojournalism from a few years back when the profession seemed flooded with Scandinavian photographers doing well - most of the pics looked the same and they were all doing the same trick - darken, whack up the contrast and most importantly, shooting on the angle and never having the camera straight..!! )

Steve.

I thought the original looked good but then the re-work looks fantastic

My nephew Thomas enjoying the falling leaves:



Tony

Steve

quote:

Originally posted by SC:
Bit of both mate - mostly a levels adjust, then some selective contrast adjust (via curves) painted in various areas...then a bit of 'colour' into the shadows and mids to give it a duo-tone feel....

Steve, I think you maybe overdid it a little. The original had very good composition but needed a little drama but maybe a halfway house between the original and yours would have worked better? Just my two cents and only a personal opinion obviously.

Cheers

Jim

About 40 feet undergroud

I guess you went here aswell Derek.

No - the lake level is down too low to get closer than a 2 mile walk and both of us are a bit decrepit now.

I know what you mean Derek. The lake level was down when I was there and the walk was just about manageable.

Truly amazing part of the world - I'd love to go back - having survived this last bit of the trip...

Great pics ,but where in the world?

Southern Utah.

Antelope Canyon, Northern AZ - just outside Page AZ - about 40feet below the surface in a Slot Canyon - ie one with a narrow opening at the top and an eroded lower level.

Oops, my first picture is from Antelope canyon too - I forgot it was just south of the Az state line.

Mine is of Rainbow Bridge which is off Lake Powell just inside Utah. Only acessible by boat and because of the lowering water levels in Lake Powell a quite strenuous hike as Derek says.

BTW it's BIG... the little green bushes at the foot of the arch are actually trees about 15 feet high.

The slot canyons are near Lake Powell. They are formed by flash flood water heavy with rock slurry eroding the soft sandstone walls. You are not allowed to visit them if there is the slightest chance of rain as a flash flood coming thru' under pressure would surely drown you.

This is another un-named canyon.



Geoff