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too busy to clearly distinguish the bridge from the trees easily, I'd be interested in seeing the colour version.

Black and white doesn't help this shot. Your subject gets lost in the woods.

Oh this totally reflects what I remember from a bridge in my childhood days........love it...........just as it is.......

karobinson wrote in post #13623938
Oh this totally reflects what I remember from a bridge in my childhood days........love it...........just as it is.......

Thanks!

works for me!

I like the look of the meandering bridge. I agree that it does get lost in the B&W setting, though. If this is a crop, you might try leveling the original first (hopefully not clipping off the left-most corner of the footbridge). It might be worth playing with selective color on this one (leaving the bridge more or less natural wood color while retaining the black and white woods). Although selective coloring can be overdone, the wood tones against B&W might be subtle enough to work nicely. It would be tedious work, but you might test it on just a section of the image to see if the effect works. Good eye for a subject and a good run at composition on this one (maybe give the bridge a little more room on the left?

Regards,
Mark

ImageMogul wrote in post #13625614
I like the look of the meandering bridge. I agree that it does get lost in the B&W setting, though. If this is a crop, you might try leveling the original first (hopefully not clipping off the left-most corner of the footbridge). It might be worth playing with selective color on this one (leaving the bridge more or less natural wood color while retaining the black and white woods). Although selective coloring can be overdone, the wood tones against B&W might be subtle enough to work nicely. It would be tedious work, but you might test it on just a section of the image to see if the effect works. Good eye for a subject and a good run at composition on this one (maybe give the bridge a little more room on the left?

Regards,
Mark

Thanks, I've been thinking of re-visiting this one...

Color and different crop

This one needs to be rotated to counteract the lean. Might check white balance on your cam to make sure it isn't set to an odd setting as this image is quite red. Getting the white balance right will also help the image to look correct when you convert to B&W.

"Straightened" image with some "quickie" work on white balance (still retaining a bit of red tint - could be improved further):

ImageMogul wrote in post #13627041
This one needs to be rotated to counteract the lean. Might check white balance on your cam to make sure it isn't set to an odd setting as this image is quite red. Getting the white balance right will also help the image to look correct when you convert to B&W.

"Straightened" image with some "quickie" work on white balance (still retaining a bit of red tint - could be improved further):

Black & white image made from white balance "corrected" image (notice bridge doesn't get "lost" as bad in this B&W version):

Regards,
Mark

Thanks, for the edits, and I see what you are talking about. I added some red and brown toning for the color version so that would explain the red, maybe not such a good idea in retrospect, but seeing how you got the B&w is inspiring. The straightining, just grabs the shot...

Well, would you look at that. When I did a quick B&W conversion in Smugmug, it apparently changes the original color version to B&W as well... My fault for not interpreting correctly what would happen in Smugmug when I performed the conversion. I'll re-edit the color version if I have time. Sorry for the confusion...

Mark

Re-edited B&W and Color:

colour is better

Shadow on the Door wrote in post #13629655
colour is better

Thanks!