[Boon]

ok, so before ye all go atellin me i should slide this, move that, poke this, prod that, invert, overlay burn and blurr, i just thought i would put this up because i really want to see what others can do with it. I never seem to know just how far to go with these sort of things, so DJW are you listening. As you can see, i started it, but have come to an abrupt end, not sure where to go from here.


thanks, bye the way, no doubt for anyone who has been there, the whole ground is uneven and nothing lines up.

[minimeeze]

ooh - I like this shot - it has a very moody feel to it. look forward to seeing what 'star treatment' it gets!

[Venomator]

Hey there Boon ! Gotten used to the new nom de plume ?

What a great moody looking place you have pictured ! Love the style and your sky looks full of foreboding.

Anyway - I really hope you don't mind (and I am no DJW !) but I have never, repeat NEVER downloaded anyone's pic and played ! Till now !

You have the distinction (resisted temptation to say honour for obvious reasons) of being my guinea pig !?!

So here is my first play with someone else's pic ... and it happens to be yours;



I have only really tried to make it more pleasing for me - and I do not know what your original intention was. I have increased contrast, played with a few levels (almost randomly) and sharpened a tad.

I have also cropped out the slanty wall bit from the left side and a few spurious bits on the right. I don't yet know how to straighten stuff !

So ... what do you reckon at my go ?

Edit ... Ooops - first off downloaded the thumb sorry and now put right it looks a bit pixellated on my screen but I think you can see what I tried to do !

[P-E]

Just had a very quick go mate.

[mrgubby]

Going through my Blue period just now : -



Do you have it in colour or was it shot in B&W ??

[Matty]

Steve that is a VERY good shot to start off with there!

[mrgubby]

Originally Posted by Matty

Steve that is a VERY good shot to start off with there!

oops, forgot to say that

[P-E]

Originally Posted by mrgubby

oops, forgot to say that

Sorry me too.

[Boon]

hi all
many thanks for the kind remarks, did not expect that at all,
i have the picture in colour should anyone want to start from scratch, just ask,
i must admit, i would have thought someone would remove the boundry wire, it looks a mess to me, but a couple of nice takes on it there, i like both the smaller versions, but not to keen on Vens crop, definately look like something is missing in that one. I may even have another go myself.

great stuff lads

[mrgubby]

Got to leave the Boundary wire in or the Zombies will escape

[Boon]

they have already gone mate, too late, whooooaooaoaooao

ps who is the rider in your avatar, i used to marshal for the bikes.

[mrgubby]

Originally Posted by Boon

they have already gone mate, too late, whooooaooaoaooao

ps who is the rider in your avatar, i used to marshal for the bikes.

Me on my R6 , done a few track days on it , that shots from Rockingham.

[Boon]

have you been to donnington, mallory park, cadwell, brands, silverston, i also did a few airfields too, cant remember the names though.

[stepheno]

A bit belated but I couldn't resist having a go. Other than the usual I cloned out the vicar and a white spot on the front gravestone.



regards

[Boon]

now thats what i call eerie, real moody and i dont want to walk down that path. Well done Stephano, i like this a lot, hey what was that bump, i heard a bump, no it was definately a bump, i'm gettting out of here.

[jimandasideoffries]

Here's my effort.



Using adjustment layers I:

• Pulled in the levels
• Added some contrast with curves
• Boosted the contrast (with Brightness/contract) by 6%
• Used the burn tool (shadows and mid tones) in certain areas that needed emphasis, ei: the sky, FG grave stones ect.