What’s Your Preference?

earldean2020 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 07:03 AM

Hello Again!
Can anyone help me improve this photo. I shot this in jpeg and did post production to have it in b&w. any tips on how to get this right?

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camyam73 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 02:36 PM

I think it is a lovely shot. I would crop this on the left side so you leave the couple as the last in the shot on that side. That way you highlight them and their reflection in the subway glass. A quick sharpen of the platform might also be in order as well. I like this in B&W, and think this is quite a nice shot!

clockdoc · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 05:59 PM

I agree with Camyam's suggestion regarding the cropping. You may also want to selectively shave off some of the brighter right side for better visual balance.

Claudita · #4 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 01:24 AM

Here's a link on how to convert color pictures to black & white. I'm not sure if that's what you were asking for, but here it is anyway. I think it's useful but I haven't practiced any of the tips =P Good luck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAEq2idIn-E

Claudia

Miss Red · #5 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by camyam73

I think it is a lovely shot. I would crop this on the left side so you leave the couple as the last in the shot on that side. That way you highlight them and their reflection in the subway glass. A quick sharpen of the platform might also be in order as well. I like this in B&W, and think this is quite a nice shot!

Excellent suggestion! Love it!

earldean2020 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camyam73

I think it is a lovely shot. I would crop this on the left side so you leave the couple as the last in the shot on that side. That way you highlight them and their reflection in the subway glass. A quick sharpen of the platform might also be in order as well. I like this in B&W, and think this is quite a nice shot!

nice idea! thanks! how should i sharpen the platform? in photoshop? sorry, i don't know much on how to use photoshop

. when I made this B&W photo, i used adobe lightroom.

camyam73 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 02:35 AM

If you have PS it would be fairly simple to do. You can A)make a mask of the area to be sharpened and then apply the sharpen filter (Unsharp mask is best), or B) make a copy of the BG, sharpen the whole image and then arease areas you don't want charpened... you can do the same for blur... LR is great for developping, but not for retouching.

Cammy

tekla · #8 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 01:44 AM

LRT! nice shot, i like the combination of the straight lines all over the station and the curved lines of the train in motion.

Was the inclusion of the two people (seemingly) peering behind the couple intentional? If so, I think it does say something more about the picture, in a more journalistic sense...

earldean2020 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekla

LRT! nice shot, i like the combination of the straight lines all over the station and the curved lines of the train in motion.

Was the inclusion of the two people (seemingly) peering behind the couple intentional? If so, I think it does say something more about the picture, in a more journalistic sense...

thanks! my real intention was to capture the action of people getting off the train. I want to capture all the movements, face (with emotion), etc. When the train stopped, the security guard stopped me also from shooting.

lucky I also took this shot. thanks for the comment!