Sauna

[BlueFightingCat]

Hey,

I took this photo of my grandmother's old sauna. By turning it into black and white I want to achieve an old touch to it. However I added the blue/green colour to it for a nice little twist.

This is my first major attempt at making a "great" photo. So please be as critical as possible so that I can learn. I was also thinking of touching up the photo. As you can see in the colour photo the real blue/green paint on the real building (on the columns on the left and righ) has started to fade away. I want to touch up the photo so that the columns and the window have a nice even layer of paint. I use GIMP so any tips in GIMP would be appreciated. However tips in photoshop would also be appreciated.

Here is the before:



and here is the after:

[constructivecriticism]

I certainly enjoy the thought behind it. The only thing I have to say is straitening out the picture by rotating it a tad bit in order to align the vertical lines in the photo (walls and poles) with the sides of the picture.

This might already be the case, and I'm just looking crooked. But a consideration nevertheless.

Keep at it.

[BlueFightingCat]

Thanks for the quick feedback. I have to admit I noticed that too. I will definitely have to fix that. Thanks for the tip.

Here it is fixed. I also added more colour. However I am not happy with the result. The colour looks a little too solid especially when you zoom in to 100%.



BFC