At a loss. How would you PP this almost monochromatic shot?

[JBW]

this is exactly as it came out of the camera. I have a second shot taken at the same time so combining is possible. Aside from a sharpening and possibly a frame I am at a loss how to bring out the best.

Okay I lost the green, added some pop and a frame.

[ST1]

Brian I'm at a loss too, my only suggestion is to lose the spot of green (triangle) at the lower left quarter.

[Shadowman]

A bit more contrast and a touch more brightness. Nice capture.

[JBW]

Brian I'm at a loss too, my only suggestion is to lose the spot of green (triangle) at the lower left quarter.

that is a possibility.

[ajohnw]

Depends what you want to do Brian. For instance



First thing was add an alpha channel and then levels. There isn't much histogram space at the dark end so I set the output pointer to 15 to make some room at that end. Then slid the input bright point about 1/2 way towards the end of the histogram and made marginal changes to the centre pointer until I liked the look of the contrast and brightness.

Next wavelet decompose. You may need to install that. It's tucked in filters some where. I check all of the options and left the layer count at the default 5. This produces a copy of the image decomposed into several layers. If you click on the eye of the top layer with the shift key pressed down it will leave that one visible and the rest hidden. You will see what detail level is in that one. Click again with the shift key and all will be made visible. Try the same thing on the next lower layer.

So at some level you might want to enhance the detail in it. Just double the layer. I did the top 2 on this one and left opacity at 100%. What you do is up to you. You can of course use levels after this rather than before but creating a bit or room for further work is often a good idea. You can also mess with brightness / levels or what ever after detail enhancement. Just do a new from visible and work on that.

I've just let you in on one of my deep dark secrets. Don't pass it on. Wavelet decompose is usually used to do exactly the opposite - remove detail at some level.

I've had a feeling of late that you are tending to produce images which are a touch too dark but that may be down to my monitor settings.

John
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[cuilin]

either go fully monochromatic or use something like lab color to pop as much color as possible. a third option would be split toning. personally i like john's processing.

[JBW]

either go fully monochromatic or use something like lab color to pop as much color as possible. a third option would be split toning. personally i like john's processing.

so do I. he brought out the feeling without adding glare like I did. he does good work.

[JBW]

Depends what you want to do Brian. For instance



I've just let you in on one of my deep dark secrets. Don't pass it on. Wavelet decompose is usually used to do exactly the opposite - remove detail at some level.

I've had a feeling of late that you are tending to produce images which are a touch too dark but that may be down to my monitor settings.

John
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Wavelet decompose... I won't tell a soul. I do seem to fall into the habit of dark pictures.

[bnnrcn]

Your edit looks enough and fine Brian

[JBW]

Your edit looks enough and fine Brian

I am going to continue to play with this shot. Subtlety has never been my strong point and this shot requires the deft touch.