Fence in B&W-what can I do?

[PinkLens]

Hey everyone,

Ive been looking at this picture for a few days now and am convinced as much as I like this picture-its really, really lacking something. It was taken in colour on a very cloudy day and thus felt best to turn it into a black and white image.

What do you think? Should I up the contrast a bit? Should I be cropping anything? What changes could possibly/maybe/perhaps make this image 'pop'? With the EXIF details below, should I have taken it differently? What could I have done?

Or if its just 'one of those' which cant be saved?

Thanks heaps
Priya.



Exposure: 1/320
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

[sybren]

You could try applying an ND Grad filter to the clouds, to equalize the tonality between sky and ground. Then you can increase overall contrast and see what happens.

[PinkLens]

Thank you Sybren. I'll do that and see what I come up with. Its unfortunate that this picture isisnt much to work with, but for some reason, am terribly drawn to it.

Thanks for your help
Priya.

[kencaleno]

There you go-Just isolate bottom third of image with lasso,or other tool of your choice, and use shadow/highlight at default,twice:

[PinkLens]

Thanks Ken-Im going to use your tips and work on it tonight. Im so new to photoshop as well, so this will be something new to learn.

Have a nice weekend!