Sepia landscapes

[bnnrcn]

These didn't work well in colour, so I tried Cyanotype Effect in PS CC and it didn't work either At last I turned the images into sepia. I hope they work fine this way

C&C appreciated



#1





#2

[Mike Buckley]

The toning works fine for me. I'm having a difficult time determining the subject in the first photo. The compositional technique of the second photo to hone in on the foreground detail is nice but I encourage you to look for other scenes that allow you to place even greater emphasis on that area of the image.

[flashback]

Binnur, while I think the sepia works well, is it possible to tone down the sepia? To me it kind of comes across a bit too strong in color (tone?).
As for the two images, I like #1. It has a very pastoral feel to it and to my mind the view is the subject. On the other hand #2 just seems...bland.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Mike and Jack for viewing and commenting

Mike for #2, I will try some other shots with sea and some plants in the foreground and upload them to CIC. After a while I get bored working on the other shots of the same scenery and that's why I think that, it is better to move on to another place and scenery and to try to improve myself there. Thank you very much for your valuable comments. What I understand is that, I'm not doing bad for the time being and my route is not wrong. So, good enough for me For #1 I don't actually have a main subject in the image, I like the pastoral look in the scenery as Jack says.


Jack, I will try to tone down the sepia if I can. I'm new into using some colour effects in PP so I will have to make trials for toning it down ( or may be I can do it playing with levels, I will see. ). So, if I can get something decent I will upload it for you My goal in #2 was actually to have some foreground objects like flowers and bushes but it seems that I couldn't get the exact effect I wanted , so I will try it again with other shots.

[Shadowman]

I like them, looks like a scene you'd see from a train.

[Scouse]

The sepia works just fine for me, and works with these shots.

I'm with John on this. Reminds me of when I was a kid taking the steam train across England.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you John and Ken. I'm glad that you liked the images

[deetheturk]

Hi Binnur, I think the sepia effect works well for these images

[bnnrcn]

Thank you David

[Kaye Leggett]

Binnur, I really like these and you sepia effect is better than the effect I achieved last weekend on my Granny's Bonnet - would be interested in how you got there.............................

I particularly like the 2 - the foreground is just dominant enough to lead the eye through the scene whereas the 1 doesn't quite achieve this.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Kaye I use PS CC and there is a sepia option in the 'hue and saturation' layer. I converted the image with this option. But before converting it I first edited in ACR and then I used the 'softlight' blending mode according to my taste in PS side. I also made some other adjustments like curves, levels according to what changes the image needs. I hope this helps

[Wavelength]

they are really excellent; the monotone really works here; things look very sharp

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Nandakumar

[travis4567]

Nice work Binnur, I like the sepia but maybe tone down just a bit.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Travis

Here is a toned down version as Jack and Travis suggested.

Nice work Binnur, I like the sepia but maybe tone down just a bit.

[Mike Buckley]

I also prefer the toned-down version but this is really a matter of personal preference, not authenticity. As an example, the three sepia presets that are shipped with Lightroom don't resemble anything that I would consider a classic sepia look. The fact that Lightroom ships three of them speaks volumes that there is no particular toning that all so-called sepia images should be to be considered sepia.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Mike In the hue and saturation layer in PS CC, if you choose sepia option ,preset value for hue is 35 and preset value for saturation is 25. I just decreased the saturation a bit for the toned down version. So, it can be adjusted according to the personal preference as you said.

I also prefer the toned-down version but this is really a matter of personal preference, not authenticity. As an example, the three sepia presets that are shipped with Lightroom don't resemble anything that I would consider a classic sepia look. The fact that Lightroom ships three of them speaks volumes that there is no particular toning that all so-called sepia images should be to be considered sepia.

[Mike Buckley]

Even when using my own custom sepia preset that I designed according to my likes, I often have to adjust it somewhat depending on the photo. Very often it's a matter of only changing the opacity but sometimes I tweak the color just a bit.