Stick no bill

[abhi]

Canon 300D, 50mm @ f/8 for 1/250s, ISO 1600

C&C please.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot of an aging structure. We have many old buildings in the U.S. that still have painted advertisements from the 1920s.

[abhi]

Nice shot of an aging structure. We have many old buildings in the U.S. that still have painted advertisements from the 1920s.

Thank you, John. This one's actually still in use. It is the rear entrance to an old manufacturing facility.

Did you find the image is over-sharpened or over-saturated? I can not make up my mind about it.

[rob marshall]

WOW! That's a coincidence. I was processing a shot this morning that I took last week which is very similar to this, except mine does have a bill on the door. I like the blue in yours, but the stonework looks a little too bright in places to me. It might look better with more subdued tones. Maybe.

[jiro]

I like the blue in yours, but the stonework looks a little too bright in places to me. It might look better with more subdued tones. Maybe.

+1 on what Rob has said. Abhi, your choice of subject and composition is really improving a lot. Keep up the good work.

[abhi]

WOW! That's a coincidence. I was processing a shot this morning that I took last week which is very similar to this, except mine does have a bill on the door. I like the blue in yours, but the stonework looks a little too bright in places to me. It might look better with more subdued tones. Maybe.

Thank you, Rob. I will try that. It will probably help to bring out the text. What do you think about the sharpening? I am wondering if it is over the top.

I took this shot yesterday, and was not really happy with the light when I took it. It was another overcast evening and shadows were soft with little contrast. I was surprised at what I was able to get out the image by mostly just bumping up the black level. This is what I started with:

[Shadowman]

Thank you, John. This one's actually still in use. It is the rear entrance to an old manufacturing facility.

Did you find the image is over-sharpened or over-saturated? I can not make up my mind about it.

Abhi,

i think the sharpness is fine.

[rob marshall]

Thank you, Rob. I will try that. It will probably help to bring out the text. What do you think about the sharpening? I am wondering if it is over the top.

I took this shot yesterday, and was not really happy with the light when I took it. It was another overcast evening and shadows were soft with little contrast. I was surprised at what I was able to get out the image by mostly just bumping up the black level. This is what I started with:

I did a quick edit of the original you just posted. I boosted the contrast in RAW edit, and increased the vibrancy to get more colour. I think yours was a little too sharp, and I just applied a small amount of sharpening in Photoshop.

[abhi]

I did a quick edit of the original you just posted. I boosted the contrast in RAW edit, and increased the vibrancy to get more colour. I think yours was a little too sharp, and I just applied a small amount of sharpening in Photoshop.

Thanks, Rob. The text does stand out much better in your edit. Now you make me wonder if I plug the door from my original post if the two would compete for attention. Here's my edit with subdued stonework. I went back to PS and painted a mask with a black brush set at 50% opacity. Though, I think I prefer yours for the stonework.



PS: I think I have certainly oversharped this edit.

[abhi]

+1 on what Rob has said. Abhi, your choice of subject and composition is really improving a lot. Keep up the good work.

Thank you, Jiro. I really enjoy both your and Rob's work, so it means a lot coming from the two of you. I am just trying to really work on identifying good light for a subject. I have had my eye on this door for some time now. Even yesterday, I almost passed on it as I felt that the contrast was not enough.

[abhi]

Abhi,

i think the sharpness is fine.

Thanks, John. So that's one vote for fine, one for over-sharpened (Rob), and one for neutral (Me). So, I guess I will consider this borderline OK.

Maybe, we can have an option to set up polls in our threads.

[rob marshall]

Abhi

Here's my shot that I mentioned. Mine was taken in subdued indirect light, which helped the exposure (nothing too extreme)

[jiro]

Abhi, if you may, here is my grungy interpretation of your image.

[abhi]

Abhi

Here's my shot that I mentioned. Mine was taken in subdued indirect light, which helped the exposure (nothing too extreme)

I like it. Thanks for sharing, Rob. Maybe I should have pasted a bill on the door before taking the shot.

Regarding lighting, I do have trouble deciding how much contrast is enough for taking a shot. Mine as I said was taken under very soft evening sunlight, and the light for your shot seems similarly soft. The door photos you had posted earlier (it was the Welsh doors thread), were I think taken under stronger light. What would be a good rule of thumb to decide if the scene has enough contrast, or maybe too much?

[abhi]

Abhi, if you may, here is my grungy interpretation of your image.

Hmmm, I like this one too. A different kind of mood, almost intimidating any potential miscreants. And a relatively rare exploration of the darker end of the histogram from you.

[rob marshall]

Regarding lighting, I do have trouble deciding how much contrast is enough for taking a shot. Mine as I said was taken under very soft evening sunlight, and the light for your shot seems similarly soft. The door photos you had posted earlier (it was the Welsh doors thread), were I think taken under stronger light. What would be a good rule of thumb to decide if the scene has enough contrast, or maybe too much?

If you get a scene such as this that doesn't have much contrast, and you shoot RAW, it doesn't matter too much. You can squeeze quite a lot of extra contrast out of RAW editing without distressing the IQ. For scenes that have lots of natural contrast, it's OK so long as you try to avoid the areas that may come out as blown.

[abhi]

If you get a scene such as this that doesn't have much contrast, and you shoot RAW, it doesn't matter too much. You can squeeze quite a lot of extra contrast out of RAW editing without distressing the IQ. For scenes that have lots of natural contrast, it's OK so long as you try to avoid the areas that may come out as blown.

Thanks, Rob. I used to keep wondering if the tonal contrast was sufficient to get a good shot. Now, one less thing to worry about.

[Shadowman]

Thanks, John. So that's one vote for fine, one for over-sharpened (Rob), and one for neutral (Me). So, I guess I will consider this borderline OK.

Maybe, we can have an option to set up polls in our threads.

Abhi,

I voted yes because although they are not central to the image, I think the foliage would suffer if left untouched. The clarity of the leaves just add to the overall impact of the image.

[abhi]

Abhi,

I voted yes because although they are not central to the image, I think the foliage would suffer if left untouched. The clarity of the leaves just add to the overall impact of the image.

John,

I find this interesting as I had not really thought of any processing for the leaves except for reducing their saturation. I got lucky this time, but I need to pay more attention to details in every step.

[Steve S]

How about a straight forward edit abhi...............................color and contrast