Jerry Snyder
November 2024 - Fallen Tornado
About the Image(s)
My monochrome image titled Fallen Tornado is attached. The image was taken in an abandoned amusement park that was damaged by flooding of a nearby river. you can see some of the branches still stuck to the ride.
The image was taken hand-held with a Canon 50D. The exposure settings were f/5.6, ISO 200, and S=1/320 sec. The focal length was 37 mm.
5 comments posted
Yes you make several points here in my view. It's reminiscent of Charlton Heston's discovery of the Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes! (If my dodgy memory serves me this morning).
Flood damage. You've probably read of the recent floods in Spain, which were dramatic and unprecedented. Climate change is gathering pace, I do hope that certain prominent people in America and their followers realise it is part of the only world that we have. My first and probably only grandchild will arrive in a couple of weeks, and I worry a lot for his future. Sorry for being political, but it affects us all, it's very important.
Anyway, I like the picture, but would suggest some lightening of the ride itself to lift it from its environs. As it is, I think it is rather obscured and disguised by the grass and trees.
Posted: 11/14/2024 08:36:36
Flood damage. You've probably read of the recent floods in Spain, which were dramatic and unprecedented. Climate change is gathering pace, I do hope that certain prominent people in America and their followers realise it is part of the only world that we have. My first and probably only grandchild will arrive in a couple of weeks, and I worry a lot for his future. Sorry for being political, but it affects us all, it's very important.
Anyway, I like the picture, but would suggest some lightening of the ride itself to lift it from its environs. As it is, I think it is rather obscured and disguised by the grass and trees.
Posted: 11/14/2024 08:36:36
Thanks for the suggestion Stuart. I went back to the mono image in Lightroom and found that I had created a radial filter around the ride, but didn't go far enough. A version with you suggestion is attached. Is this closer to what you were suggesting? Posted: 11/14/2024 14:55:15
Sort of. The filter lightens the whole area you selectit appears (I don't use Lightroom). I'd meant more selectively than that - alas more work. I've done the attached rather crudely, but hope it shows what I meant. Posted: 11/14/2024 17:14:15
I like the story, Jerry, and I think it lends itself very well to monochrome. I agree the first rendering needs the subject to pop more. By using layering and masking within photoshop or with Selective tools in Lightroom (LR). It is my opinion that the Radial Edit tool in LR was overdone in the second reducing so that the brightness of the Tornado and the areas within it that can be seen through the Tornado went too far. Stuart's approach allowed the amusement park device to work better. In using Lightroom (LR) I think the new selective edit tools where you can simulate layering with the AI Subject, Sky and Background separate tooling, can achieve the tonal adjustments that get the Tornado brighter, the surround background and forground to be separately edited and even the Sky, perhaps. Posted: 11/14/2024 17:40:13
It is a really worthwhile historical image to have and the content is totally original so to me that's worth something. I do agree the machine needs to pop out more from the foliage so playing around with some contrast controls could be beneficial. In your second attempt the 'popping out' is overcooked but Stuart's edit, however so crude, is rather good and leads in the right direction. Darkening the foreground & triangular patch of sky near the left corner MAY also help with emphasizing the subject so that could be worth exploring. Posted: 11/18/2024 09:19:08