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    Bent Tree and Barn

    This afternoon having looked and commented on a post of Donald's, I decided to reprocess (I had originally just carried out my usual colour PP work flow on the image)an image taken in February during a trip to New Zealand.
    It was rather a dreich day when we were travelling from Motueka to Greymouth, when I spotted this scene and decided to capture the moment.
    This isn't a processing approach that I'm comfortable using, probably because I don't process many of my images in B&W.

    Hopefully I will get some hints and tips on how to improve my processing of this type.

    #1. Original Image.

    Bent Tree and Barn

    #2 Having read the feedback comments on my original posted image this is my reworked image. Hopefully I've picked up all of your suggestions.

    Bent Tree and Barn
    Last edited by ST1; 5th November 2017 at 11:16 AM. Reason: Additional image added.

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Am I seeing some sort of fringing effect around the edges of the broken tree top? Maybe the light around the barn roof also seems a bit on the strange side?

    Composition looks good to me, also focus is fine on a potentially tricky scene.

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Nicely seen and captured.

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    I agree with Geoff. Perhaps you could back-off the contrast. The trees in the distance to the left of the barn have a nice diffuse look; perhaps you could make the barn and foreground tree more diffuse to blend in with the background, rather than having them stand out.

    I hope you had a memorable trip to my home country. I get back there every few years but it's been a long time since I've been down to that part of the country.

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    Nice shot in general. I also agree with Geoff, although I guessed that these are sharpening artifacts rather than contrast.

    I'd also crop a tiny bit from the top and quite a bit from the bottom. The bottom area isn't interesting, and there is so much of it that it's a distraction. I'd place the bottom third line somewhere in the barn. This version might be too extreme, but it shows what I am thinking:

    Bent Tree and Barn

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    Am I seeing some sort of fringing effect around the edges of the broken tree top? Maybe the light around the barn roof also seems a bit on the strange side?

    Composition looks good to me, also focus is fine on a potentially tricky scene.
    Thanks Geoff I've posted an edited image following the feedback received.

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    Nicely seen and captured.
    Thanks John

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony M View Post
    I agree with Geoff. Perhaps you could back-off the contrast. The trees in the distance to the left of the barn have a nice diffuse look; perhaps you could make the barn and foreground tree more diffuse to blend in with the background, rather than having them stand out.

    I hope you had a memorable trip to my home country. I get back there every few years but it's been a long time since I've been down to that part of the country.

    Tony
    Tony, thanks for commenting, much appreciated. We had a brilliant time in New Zealand thank you, it's a photographers dream.

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    Re: Bent Tree and Barn

    Quote Originally Posted by DanK View Post
    Nice shot in general. I also agree with Geoff, although I guessed that these are sharpening artifacts rather than contrast.

    I'd also crop a tiny bit from the top and quite a bit from the bottom. The bottom area isn't interesting, and there is so much of it that it's a distraction. I'd place the bottom third line somewhere in the barn. This version might be too extreme, but it shows what I am thinking:

    Bent Tree and Barn
    Thanks Dan for taking time to look and comment. I have added a reworked image to my initial post on the thread. Hopefully I've captured all of the feedback received. Thanks again.
    Last edited by ST1; 5th November 2017 at 11:26 AM. Reason: smelling mistake corrected

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    Your edit looks better to me, Peter. A nice scene now.

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