Opinions needed on Everyone Has Gone Fishing BW Monochrome conversions

[bnnrcn]

Have you seen what Mike says in post #20 yet? There are ways to move the bird higher if you want

Anyway, it is a very nice image with or without the 'assaulting' bird.

Binnur thank you and sorry for all the confusion, it was getting late and I got so excited that I was able to remove it I have now numbered both and changed the order so that they are the same. I am still trying to decide if I prefer with or without the pelican just wish he had been in same vicinity but a little higher.

[Barbara Ponder]

And that's one of the best ways to learn. Well done.

Thanks Donald!

[Barbara Ponder]

I find #3 to be the best....nice work.

Thanks Erik!

[Barbara Ponder]

I've not read any of the conversation up to this point and just looking at all four photos, I like #3 the best. The crispness just stands out to me.

Thanks David!

[Barbara Ponder]

There's always an 'undo' key! Sometimes I do something and sit and laugh at how I could have got something so wrong but learning what doesn't work is as ( if not more ) valuable than learning what does and it all adds up until it becomes instinctive. Well almost.

I like the tinted one and #4 best of the above.



Lovely evocative work.

Sharon, so true not only in photography but in life Thank you!

[Mike Buckley]

so true not only in photography but in life

Two maxims worth considering:

• Photography is life.
• Wine is food.

[IzzieK]

Barbara #1 and 3 for me...for the reasons already stated above (after I had made my choices, that is...) The others are all good too but I like #1 first for the calmness of the green with it. Worst comes to worst, you can always google the words for the tutorial that you like and choose from there the article/tutorial that suits your understanding...it's what I've been doing for a long time...

[Barbara Ponder]

Barbara #1 and 3 for me...for the reasons already stated above (after I had made my choices, that is...) The others are all good too but I like #1 first for the calmness of the green with it. Worst comes to worst, you can always google the words for the tutorial that you like and choose from there the article/tutorial that suits your understanding...it's what I've been doing for a long time...

Thanks Izzie! Google and I have become VERY good friends of late

[FootLoose]

If I hadn't seen the first set with the problematic pelican I would think the second set was quite ok. But having seen the first set with it in there, the second set seems to have something missing. I think the solution could be to move the pelican up a tad and to the left - maybe resize it, too.

You have produced 4 different images with 4 different feelings to them, Barbara. The 4th feels a bit flat to me, but that maybe because we have the first 3 to compare it to.

I'm not keen on the tinted vignette in the first one. Maybe it is just a little too much tint, though.

I like the 2nd and 3rd and probably prefer the 3rd. I would also try pushing the brightness and contrast further on that one - that is not to say it make it something better, but just another possible version of it.

[Barbara Ponder]

If I hadn't seen the first set with the problematic pelican I would think the second set was quite ok. But having seen the first set with it in there, the second set seems to have something missing. I think the solution could be to move the pelican up a tad and to the left - maybe resize it, too.

You have produced 4 different images with 4 different feelings to them, Barbara. The 4th feels a bit flat to me, but that maybe because we have the first 3 to compare it to.

I'm not keen on the tinted vignette in the first one. Maybe it is just a little too much tint, though.

I like the 2nd and 3rd and probably prefer the 3rd. I would also try pushing the brightness and contrast further on that one - that is not to say it make it something better, but just another possible version of it.

Thanks for the input! That naughty pelican will have to wait til my PP are a little better. I am leaning to his needing to be there as well.