Curragh Cemetery

[joe_elway]

This is the entrance to an old British Military cemetery in the Curragh Plains near the Irish Defence Forces base in Kildare, Ireland. Shot with 350D, 18-55mm and Cokin P ND grad.

I've tried to make it moody and dark. The process I used:

Some curves, shadows/highlights.
Sharpened.
25% Red photo filter.
Custom Channels conversion.
Inverted oval shaped selection with 200 pixel feathering - darkened with levels and tiny amount of gaussian blur. This was to get a vignette affect.
Boosted contrast.

Any comments/critique/advice would be appreciated.

http://www.highwaycsl.com/Photography/IrishBuildings/CurraghCemetery/CurraghGraveyard4-BW.jpg

[Meaty0]

If you were looking for dark and gloomy, you achieved that effect. If you are looking for opinions on your PP then it would be more interesting to see the original photo....please :-)

Paul

[joe_elway]

.... it would be more interesting to see the original photo....please :-)

Paul

This is what it looked like before the conversion process:

http://www.highwaycsl.com/Photography/junk/CurraghGraveyard4.jpg

[paishin]

I like the lower right placement of the cemetarys entrance and the cloudy sky, it enchances the suppressing mood and darkness of the image.

What i find distracting is the road's dynamic on the lower left, i feel that the way its bent its leading the viewer's eye out of the picture taking away the impact of the cemetary itself.

i like the pp method you used, it does make the image much more moody.

[joe_elway]

I kinda agree about the lane. I considered trying to clone it out.

[Lin-z]

I prefer the color version. I am not distracted by the lane. It leads me to the cemetary