Jon Allanson
About the Image(s)
Taken in a patch of ancient woodland in the Peak District National Park, UK on my GFX50 with 63mm lens, f9, 1/25 sec ISO 800.
Basic correction and straightening was done in Lightroom and then the mono conversion was done using a series of Black and White and Curves adjustment layers followed by selective sharpening using High Pass.
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7 comments posted
Becca Cambridge
Oh, dear. I'm not connecting with the black and white. I don't know where to look.
I like the color better as I see a more accentuated diagonal line. I'm also not connecting with the lower left big rock in either version. In the color version, I like the additional interest of the light green moss from lower right to upper left.
I like other mono conversions you have done better. But that is totally subjective.   Posted: 11/15/2024 16:55:43
I like the color better as I see a more accentuated diagonal line. I'm also not connecting with the lower left big rock in either version. In the color version, I like the additional interest of the light green moss from lower right to upper left.
I like other mono conversions you have done better. But that is totally subjective.   Posted: 11/15/2024 16:55:43
Brad Ashbrook
I agree with Becca on this one, perhaps because there is so many similar tones in the mid range. The diagonal is seen OK since it is the darkest area but not enough to carry the photo. The old tree is interesting but not a lot of impact or a strong composition.   Posted: 11/18/2024 15:27:38
Lauren Heerschap
Wonderful tree. I would start over with processing - maybe mask the tree and blur the background? Then work on layers of foreground and the tree to make it higher contrast. I will try to present an example.
  Posted: 11/19/2024 19:56:50
  Posted: 11/19/2024 19:56:50
Lauren Heerschap
  Posted: 11/19/2024 20:32:22
Lauren Heerschap
Ok, what I did here was a quick and dirty version. I took it into Lightroom, masked the tree, and blurred the background. Then in Photoshop, I created a dodge and burn layer, used the black brush at 20% and darkened the lower part of the branches of the twisted tree. I used the remove tool to take out the newer straight trees behind the twisted one. Back to dodge and burn, I increased the size of the brush, and at 30% on white highlighted the foreground ferns. I think if you spent more time than 20 minutes on this you can get a really cool tree photo.   Posted: 11/19/2024 20:35:56
Jan van Leijenhorst
You sure did a lot of work on this image. I like the compostion but would suggest a linear gradient along the bottom of the image to focus more attention on the trees.   Posted: 11/21/2024 20:15:22