Bedham church revisited

[pschlute]

IMGP3773 copy by Peter Schluter, on Flickr

[ST1]

Your choice of B&W fits nicely with the subject Peter. The composition works too


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[Chataignier]

Great image and very nostalgic for me. I lived in Wisborough Green for some years half a lifetime ago.

[pschlute]

I lived in Wisborough Green for some years half a lifetime ago.

I drive through there a lot when out enjoying my car. Beautiful part of England.

[DanK]

I like this--both the composition and the textures. B&W seems like the better choice. My one suggestion is to play a bit with burning, dodging, and contrast. As it stands, the stone is relatively low contrast, while some of the surroundings are brigher or higher contrast--particularly the sky and trees. I think it would be improved if you made the stone pop more and tone down the surroundings. I'm cheating--editing while I should be listening to a Zoom meeting--so this is a VERY rough edit, but it shows what directions I was thinking of. See whether you think these directions are worth pursuing.

[Manfred M]

+1 to Dan's comment regarding dodging and burning.

The image has potential, but the shot looks flat. The colour image that you posted earlier had the colours to help separate the trees from the ruined church. Here you only have shades of gray, which is going to take some time to open up the image to get it to work better.

[pschlute]

Thanks for the comments. I was trying to get a moody/sinister picture which is why I didn't want the building to "pop" too much. I think I will have to wait until winter when I can get a foggy or winter scene.

Unfortunately since my last visit the landowner has put wire fencing and a big "keep out" sign in front of it

[pschlute]

I had a go at darkening the surroundings (maybe too much) but it gives me more of the shot I was after. Any thoughts appreciated.

IMGP3773 copy_2 by Peter Schluter, on Flickr

[mugge]

I do like this edit. I think, however, that the shadows are too strong. Maybe brighten them a tad. Not too much though.
Cheers Ole

[Chataignier]

I agree with Ole, right idea, but taken too far - I prefer Dan's version.

[Manfred M]

I'm in agreement with both Ole and David - directionally, Dan's version works best for me, but he did a very "quick & dirty" edit, so more refinement would be good.

I find that your latest version is too much "brute force" on both the background and on the church. It's a beautiful building and setting and that really needs to show up in the PP work.