[JMitchell]

This was the sky outside my window a few hours ago. Took it originally as an HDR shot, to be combined with another image, then realised how much time it would take without dedicated software, so ended up with this surreal looking, strangely USM effected (I didn't use USM), pic, not the best shot I know, but the sky was cool eh!




Thanks

Jack M

[Charlotte]

Actually Jack, the buildings impress me more so than the sky does You got real depth there I would crop an inch or so off the top to emphasize the lovely pinky shades of the sky a bit lower down, 'cos I think there's not much happening in that top part of the sky. Even cropping the top off right down to about 1cm above the aerial at top RHS to give a letterbox crop would give this image much more impact - have a look + see what I mean by scrolling your browser window to cut out the part I've suggested, I think you'll like what you see

[JMitchell]

I know what you mean, I will do it and show you (you and I are making quite a team aren't we?), but I can't crop off with my browser window, I've got my resolution set to high, it only takes up about 1/3 of the screen .

[JMitchell]

Is this what you meant?

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by JMitchell

... you and I are making quite a team aren't we? .

We are, aren't we

I thought something a bit more like this :



Cropped more off the top, increased colour temperature, altered the tint for more magenta, decreased contrast, + finally sharpened @50%.

Perhaps a bit OTT re: colour, as I look at it here, but you get the idea of what I visualised.

[JMitchell]

Originally Posted by Charlotte

Cropped more off the top, increased colour temperature, altered the tint for more magenta, decreased contrast, + finally sharpened @50%.

Perhaps a bit OTT re: colour, as I look at it here, but you get the idea of what I visualised.

Oooh! But I really like that orangey, almost teracotta tint! wow! Thanks for that! Yes I realised upon upload I'd done the crop wrong

[Charlotte]

LOL it's your image Jack, so you didn't do the crop 'wrong', but I know what you mean You might not even like that I've taken half the sky away, since that was your initial main subject, as opposed to the buildings which I've placed the main focus on in my version. Anyway, it's good fun sharing different ideas on one image, + makes photo sharing that much more interesting

Er, it's not s'posed to be teracotta, it's s'posed to be a warm glow of the setting sun reflecting off the buildings ... <Charlotte nips off to re-calibrate her monitor >

[JMitchell]

No don't worry! It is like the setting sun, just a lot more orange than the original! And to be honest, it's probably my monitor Will do what you did to original file soon ! Thanks for the advice!

[Rob Barron]

I like the colour there, perhaps just a touch too much as it is becoming pixellated so you might need to run it through the noise filter to smooth it off. The only prob is the sharpening which is too strong, it has put a halo around the edge of the chimneys and rooftop. But the point is made perfectly well so adjusting the original should be able to produce a fine shot without the halo but with the stronger colouration. I like the diagonal line created by the rooftop. I prefer Charlotte's crop down closer to the top right aerial as it gives a diagonal from corner to corner without dividing the picture.

Good work both of you

Cheers,
Rob