Robert Cordivari
About the Image(s)
Title: Stonehenge
Specs:
1/100
33mm
f/22
ISO 400
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7 comments posted
Ed Ford
Hi Robert,
As I see it a good image of Stonehenge, though I confess to liking the color version better.
I find mixed feelings about the image in monochrome. I the color version as I can tell it is likely either at sunrise or perhaps sunset. In the mono version however I do not get the same feeling and the stones appear (to me) unnaturally bright. I think darkening them a bit would give the image more tonal balance.
I took the original into Photoshop converted it and worked on it in an attempt to bring out the detail (character) in the stones. I would be interested in your thoughts.   Posted: 10/11/2024 23:28:02
As I see it a good image of Stonehenge, though I confess to liking the color version better.
I find mixed feelings about the image in monochrome. I the color version as I can tell it is likely either at sunrise or perhaps sunset. In the mono version however I do not get the same feeling and the stones appear (to me) unnaturally bright. I think darkening them a bit would give the image more tonal balance.
I took the original into Photoshop converted it and worked on it in an attempt to bring out the detail (character) in the stones. I would be interested in your thoughts.   Posted: 10/11/2024 23:28:02
Robert Cordivari
Thanks, Ed. I knew I did not get the best result when I converted it to B&W. And I agree the color version is probably better, and yes, it was early morning light. But I wanted one B&W version and this was probably the best one. I think your processing version is more in line with what I was looking for - thanks for taking the time to work on it.   Posted: 10/12/2024 16:47:54
Jeff Manser
Hi Robert - I try to do my critiques without reading others but I messed up and read Ed's first. So with that as background, I would agree that the stones come across a little bright. Ed's conversion seems to have fixed both the brightness on the stones and the one cloud that looked a little blown out. I've always wanted to see Stonehenge in person and your photo is even more motivation to really make an effort to get there.   Posted: 10/12/2024 21:15:17
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Hi Robert! I think that the brightness of the stones adds a lot of drama into the image - I can imagine the ancient people watching in awe when the first rays of the sun made the stones glow. I love the mellow golden light in the original that may be hard to turn into black-and-white. - I took the original, too, and played with levels, curves and contrast in Affinity Photo, with a result somewhere between the original and Edīs edit. What do you think?   Posted: 10/13/2024 14:53:57
Robert Cordivari
Thanks, Kirsti. I think your version is a good mix between my original and Ed's processing. I appreciate it. I'll probably work on the color version for my own enjoyment and framing.   Posted: 10/14/2024 18:21:52
Trung Cang Nguyen
Jeff has done a good job to dark the stones   Posted: 10/14/2024 05:57:55
Albert Zabin
I loive the sky and the composition. I would lke to see the highlights brought down so that the testure would show and you can increase the testure by selective micro-sharpenng. The big white cloud on the right needs to come down for detail. I think the B&W is much more dramatic than the color, which is a nice tourist shot, but yopur B&W, I think, is real art.   Posted: 10/16/2024 02:02:09