Opinions needed on Everyone Has Gone Fishing BW Monochrome conversions

[Barbara Ponder]

Mike, Binnur and Greg made a suggestion to go BW with this photo I could not decide one on of these. I rarely do conversions, I know which ones I like but would value any and all input.

#1 with bird


#2 with bird


#3 with bird


#4 with bird

[Mike Buckley]

Nice job on all of them! The third one is my favorite. I see that I wasn't successful in talking you out of getting rid of the pelican between the father and daughter.

[Barbara Ponder]

Nice job on all of them! The third one is my favorite. I see that I wasn't successful in talking you out of getting rid of the pelican between the father and daughter.

Mike, I would have but my PP skills are not there yet. The top one was easy as it was in a place where the solid color was the one between was much more involved. I will need to get better at PP before he will be able to fly off

[Mike Buckley]

Try just using a healing-type cloning tool. That's what I did and it worked like a charm. It wasn't even content-aware. If you have one that is content-aware, it will probably be even easier.

[Barbara Ponder]

Try just using a healing-type cloning tool. That's what I did and it worked like a charm. It wasn't even content-aware. If you have one that is content-aware, it will probably be even easier.

I think I did it!!!!! Have no idea how but I think I did it!


#! without bird



#2 without bird



#3 without bird



#4 without bird

[jcuknz]

Just try Barbara .... the thing to watch is that using a clone or rubber stamp tool that you copy water to water and then for the top part of he bird use the white misty area and watch you do not use too big a tool size after enlarging the image so you can see what you are doing.

[Rebel]

I didn't see the original thread for this image, but what a lovely shot.

My favourites here are #1 and #3

[Shadowman]

I like the 4th image, with or without the assaulting pelican.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Barbara You changed the order of the images in post #5. In order to prevent complication I will give you the post number and the image number that I like. I like your second image in post #5, I also like the tint you used in the first image(in post#5 again).If you could apply the same tint to the second image, It might also look nice.

For cloning the pelican, members of CinC usually like nice and clear photos so I thought I agreed with Mike about cloning the bird. But after seeing your cloned composition, I think I prefer the uncloned one, because that pelican makes the composition stronger by flying low in front of them.

[Mike Buckley]

Well done, Barbara!

Any time I post more than three images in a thread, I number them to make it easy for the participants to quickly identify which photos they are referring to.

[Barbara Ponder]

Well done, Barbara!

Any time I post more than three images in a thread, I number them to make it easy for the participants to quickly identify which photos they are referring to.

Thanks Mike! I have gone back in and added numbers on both posts and made the order the same in both.

[Barbara Ponder]

Hi Barbara You changed the order of the images in post #5. In order to prevent complication I will give you the post number and the image number that I like. I like your second image in post #5, I also like the tint you used in the first image(in post#5 again).If you could apply the same tint to the second image, It might also look nice.

For cloning the pelican, members of CinC usually like nice and clear photos so I thought I agreed with Mike about cloning the bird. But after seeing your cloned composition, I think I prefer the uncloned one, because that pelican makes the composition stronger by flying low in front of them.

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]

I like the 4th image, with or without the assaulting pelican.

Thanks John! "Assaulting pelican", love it!

[Barbara Ponder]

I didn't see the original thread for this image, but what a lovely shot.

My favourites here are #1 and #3

Thanks Matt! I had originally posted it in People and Pets.

[Barbara Ponder]

Just try Barbara .... the thing to watch is that using a clone or rubber stamp tool that you copy water to water and then for the top part of he bird use the white misty area and watch you do not use too big a tool size after enlarging the image so you can see what you are doing.

Thank you John for the tips and encouragement! I have found that if I just dive in I can do things I thought I couldn't! I make many mistakes along the way but the learning process is fun

[Donald]

I have found that if I just dive in I can do things I thought I couldn't! I make many mistakes along the way but the learning process is fun

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

[Daisy Mae]

I have found that if I just dive in I can do things I thought I couldn't! I make many mistakes along the way but the learning process is fun

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.

[Texas Dave]

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.

[TheBigE]

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

[Mike Buckley]

just wish he had been in same vicinity but a little higher.

Two days ago you didn't know how to remove that bird. Two weeks from now you might very well know how to move it a little higher.