dilapidated yet standing

[ied]

It was nestled in the bush and almost missed it.
I did some cropping and increased the contrast.
Comments as to how to improve it some more please.

Irene

[Kodiak]

Comments as to how to improve it some more please.

Hi Irene,

You kind of trapped yourself with this take…
Or should I say with your urge to render it in an other way than what it is!

Any north american is, by shared culture, sensible to the romanticism
and symbolic of such a scene! If you are looking for ways to explore
this photograph, may I suggest two things:

• try to remove the unflattering yellow overcast, and
• converting it to a B&W rendition will bring out even more the "pioneer" character
of the scene.

I believe that any other alteration you may try to "improve" will be to the
detriment of the essence of the subject and it very natural environment.

[ied]

Thank you Kodiak. Your comments / input are most appreciated.
As to removing the yellow overcast, I must say " I'm not too
photo shop savvy but eager to learn. " However, i had converted the
image to black & white and i quite like it.
Irene

[Mike Buckley]

I like the increased potential of the monochrome image but notice the detail that you lost in the foreground compared to the color version.

[Kodiak]

…but notice the detail that you lost in the foreground …

Indeed Irene, What happened to the foreground?

Do not think that you "must" be a photoshop savvy in the first place! …but tell
me: "What do you work your pictures with when you take them to your computer"
… which software do you use?

[ied]

…but tell
me: ?

"What do you work your pictures with when you take them to your computer"
… which software do you use?…

Thanks Kodiak.
Several years ago I purchased a Wacom tablet packaged with Photoshop Elements 9.
This package was /is used in my longarm quilt design business. The instructions
were to get the pictures from the camera card using elements organizer. The photos
go into “ my pictures (on Mac) “ I then use elements “edit” to retrive and work / design on them
using the tablet. I make very little use of the tools, consequently I’m learning editing
through tips and suggestions of this knowledgeble group, by trial & error and with YouTube.
I guess I need to go back and take a semester of Photoshop “ 101 For Dummies”.

[ShaneS]

Irene;

I agree that this scene is much better in black and white and could be a nice addition to you collection if you can get the foreground right. I can't address how to improve the image in PP beyond what Mike said as he and others here are much better at consistency producing amazing black and white images. I am also not familiar with Elements.

I will look forward to a more refined black and white for sure!

[Kodiak]

There must be a WB slider in PE9… a small tweak with it and your done!
…this will improve your B&W rendition too!

[bnnrcn]

Hi Irene I like the B&W version but I wouldn't crop the foreground bushes. I use photoshop CC and although I'm not very experienced in it, I can tell you that the 'layers' function and 'the blending modes' are very useful and it is not very difficult to learn it. Manfred suggested the book 'Adobe Photoshop CC, Classroom In A Book' in the past and I bought it. I have learnt how to edit my photos mainly with the help of it. I don't know Elements . But if you want to switch to PS CC , please don't worry to learn it, it is not that difficult

[Stagecoach]

•
There must be a WB slider in PE9… a small tweak with it and your done!
…this will improve your B&W rendition too!

Hi Irene,

After what Daniel (Kodiak) mentioned about WB and earlier the yellow cast I opened your image in ACR (the RAW start of Elements) and immediately noticed a significant difference between the posted CiC one and one opened in Elements side by side on my screen. Somehow your image has been downgraded by the method you have posted it.

But as for the image, lovely peaceful scene and it needs very little work to perfect

Grahame

[Shadowman]

Irene,

I like both versions and think the b & w version helped hide some of the distractions (such as the wire fence, poles) found in the original.

[ied]

Thank you Shane. I don't give up easily.

Irene

[ied]

Hi Irene,

Somehow your image has been downgraded by the method you have posted it.

But as for the image, lovely peaceful scene and it needs very little work to perfect

Grahame

Thank you Grahame, When I have a moment, I will bring up the original and try b& w again.

Irene

[ied]

Thanks Binnur, I will look into that.

Irene