Downtown Milton

[stoneylonesome]

Milton CT is an unincorporated village of Litchfield CT.

http://www.flowingriverphotos.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Milton5_pst.jpg

[James P]

What a nice looking shot. Was the sky really like that or did you add it in PP?

[stoneylonesome]

Thank you. The sky was very overcast but didn't quite look like that. This was shot in RAW and I than after downloading, dragged and dropped it into photomatix and did some tone mapping on it to bring out more detail, sort of a single photo pseudo HDR. :D

I've found you can get some wonderful results doing this, than just some minor tweaks in PS or PSP12

[dadecountyanthony]

Wow......great shot and awesome tones.

[yoyoer13]

My favourite thing about this photo was the small detail of the tractor lines that fit with your comp.

Great pic;)

[SoCalAl]

I don't usually like this type of processing for this kind of pic, but I really like it.

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks all for the wonderful comments. This one came out even better than I anticipated:D, Has a sort of old fashioned hand tinted photograph look about it.

[Borna C]

you're sky looks a bit over-processed.

good thing to do with overcast sky is just some basic burning.

ergo, you open in PS. add a new layer, fill with 50% grey and set the blend mode to overlay. than take a brush, set the opacity to 30% or so and paint the sky with black.

the key step is to apply some gaussian blur to the layer (10-15px) so the line between the sky and the trees wouldn't be as visible as it is in this picture, screaming PP.

the composition of the pic is very nice

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks for the tip. Truth is this is the look I was actually going for, I wanted the sky to look ominous and dark. You might call it a bit of artistic license.

[Borna C]

I understand what you were going for, I do the same thing ( http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1418/hnkzanabogcs9.jpg ), it's just that the border between your sky and the trees is too visible, and it looks a bit fake.

it's just my opinion, and it's as important as any other

[zacker]

great shot.. i happen to love the sky.. and the colors are awesome.. yeah it looks pp'd as does 99.9% f all the shots posted hre on potn but its still a great shot.
good jopb stoneylonesome!!

[Jnic335i]

My favourite thing about this photo was the small detail of the tractor lines that fit with your comp.

Great pic;)

+1 them leading directly to the shack is very nice. Gotta love photomatrix :D nice picture!

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks Zacker and Justin, I rather like the sky and really don't think it's to far off from what you can see at times, it was PP's to add a little more interest and drama to the photo.