I moved to southern Illiinois this summer from the central Willamette valley in Oregon and never in my life have I seen snow fall so early. Goodbye fall!
I moved to southern Illiinois this summer from the central Willamette valley in Oregon and never in my life have I seen snow fall so early. Goodbye fall!
I like the warmth of the first followed by the more bleak washed second. Is the vignette added? it is quite dark on my iPad.
Now that I see it on my phone, it looks much darker than in Lightroom and on my Surface. I may have to fiddle around with my screen settings. I am a bit disappointed about how orangey the first one is and I’m probably going to play with it again later. I liked the bleakness of the second pic, too. Honestly, I detest winter, cold temps and especially snow. I rarely go out in it but now that I live where it snows regularly in winter, I want to at least try to explore it more photographically. Thanks for all the input, I really appreciate it!
I have to constantly switch between devices and platforms to try and see what others see. I use Srgb but it still looks different. I am starting record what works so I may be able to store presets in Darktable.
I removed some of the orange and the vignettes. I still like the other one too but does this look better?
Yes, a lot less heavy vignette and some warmth removed which has revealed the green mixed with Autumnal orange.
I like the originals; Perhaps a little less saturation, a slight magenta desaturation, and the adjustment of the vignette. The photo reminds me of an old stylized lens from times long ago and almost looks in motion.
It also reminds me of an image I've been toying with over the past few nights, so I might be a little biased.. :)
I adore the look of old photos, like hazy tin types and speckled old 35mm snaps with all their imperfections, film scratches and blurs. Honestly, the modern trend of photos that have utter technical perfection are somewhat boring to me. It's all the same churned out, too perfect, unreal ideal of reality. Sometimes its the 'imperfections' that can make a moment in time truly unique and beautiful.
Thanks for your input, Joe! I appreciate it very much.
We are of the same mind set, I completely agree. In my mind there is a clear difference between a Photograph, a Image and a Graphic. All have their place of course but images can be processed completely over the top.. and I feel, they loose a little of their soul. Sure things should be cleaned up, adjusted, and tweaked if need be... but.. I feel if someone is using 50, 100, 400 layers in photoshop... That's above and beyond.
All personal preference of course.
I even built my own lens using the glass from an old projection TV set. First response was, I should just buy a canon lens for $1500 as it will produce a far better image. Technically, they are correct. Technically... With all our "perfection" where has our "soul" gone? :)
Hope you don't mind but I tinkered a little. Just for ideas, nothing more. :)
Tinker away! It's fascinating to see how someone else can interpret an image and change the mood and tone. Its not sacrosanct, lol... just a fun snap. You made it look a bit more ominous, awesome!
That is so cool that you built your own lens! Re-purposing shows so much heart and ingenuity and adds another element of backstory in a way to each visual story you can tell through it.
In a way it's poetic... That repurposed lens has had millions of images cast thru it, but will end it's life seeing the world...