Mary Hinsen, BPSA
July 2026 - Firewood for Sale
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About the Image(s)
Camera settings: focal length 35mm, 1/250sec, f/9, ISO2000.
I saw this sign a friend had made for his firewood business, and thought it would make an interesting image. It was under a dark verandah, so I increased ISO. I felt any increase in noise would add character, allowing me to maintain sharpness across the image with the other settings.
In Photoshop, I tidied - especially the shelf and its shadow in the lower RH corner. I used adjustment layers to selectively lighten, darken and increase contrast. I then decided to give it a bit more of an 'old' look, and added an image of rusty metal as a texture. I converted the texture to black and white, then used the color burn blend mode.
The only other thing I did was to give it a slight crop.
2 comments posted
The area you edited on the right bottom now has turned black, which seems out of place. Did the remove tool in photoshop not work well, or did the blend mode do something to that area?
I like this image, and that you saw the potential in this scene.
Posted: 07/06/2026 23:46:19