Church Altar

[PeterArboinePhotography]

Hey everyone, i took this image at my church the other day of an altar that we dont really use, its next to a window, so i saw the rays of light hitting it through the window and I had to snap it!



However I wanted to make it look a little more interesting. I put it into lightroom, adjusted the tones and the exposure a little, desaturated it a tad, then put it into photoshop and edited out the background and darkened the image a little more. Here's the end result:




Original EXIF:

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
Lens: Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II


What do you guys think?

[gturner]

I like the change but it looks a blown on the right. Not sure if you can sort that out so it evens up a little

[PeterArboinePhotography]

I agree, it does look a little blown out, i tried to adjust it by reducing the exposure in lighroom, but it affected the whole image too much. I reckon i could put it into photoshop, and select the area, so that way it would only affect that part of the image i guess

[Trigger]

I like the second version,suit its character


cheers

[ridzadi]

I do not find any (whoa) difference as much.

Though I notice something in the background (image 1)..

??

[sbunting108]

Nice I like what youve done with the photo it really suits the alters character.

[ISO/f/deltaT]

recently read an article on adding rays of light to a photo. your pic of the altar made me do this:



i know its corny but i just had to try this technique.

here is a link to one of many such tutorials:

Photoshop Tutorials - Ray of Light | Photo Manipulation | Photoshop Tutorials

[PeterArboinePhotography]

Originally Posted by ISO/f/deltaT

recently read an article on adding rays of light to a photo. your pic of the altar made me do this:



i know its corny but i just had to try this technique.

here is a link to one of many such tutorials:

Photoshop Tutorials - Ray of Light | Photo Manipulation | Photoshop Tutorials

haha not corny at all! i rather like it, thanks for your input!