This old birs she still has wings

[jonnyquest45]

took this at the WWII event in Reading PA.
I like it but feel it is missing something. the sky was gray.
i think the focus is good. i guess is there any way to make it pop more

Camera Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Exposure 1/3200 sec
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 200 mm
ISO Speed 400

[ArmySoldier777]

Jonnyquest45,

First of all, I'd like to start by saying that I really enjoy this photograph and although it wasn't the best day for it, it still has potential. Of course when looking at something like this, most people are going to prefer to see it against a nice blue background, maybe with some white clouds, because that brings life to the photo, but there are things that you can still do to make it "pop."

I'm not sure how your Photoshop skills are, but if you don't already have it, you may want to check out a plugin called Color Efex Pro by Nik Software. They have a huge variation of presets that you can alter to really do some amazing things to your image. I went ahead and applied a few of these that I personally thought did the image justice so that you can see what types of things will hopefully give it that pop that you're looking for.

I uploaded the images to a private photobucket link secured with a password:
Login to a private Photobucket.com album

I didn't want anybody to think I was trying to steal credit for your work, so I will PM you the password and if you choose to share it, then that is your decision. I usually only keep images up long enough so that the original author has time to view them for his/herself though.

If any of the effects are what you're looking for, then just reply on here and I'll try to show you how to go about achieving them for yourself.


Good luck with any and all future photographs, I look forward to seeing more of your work.
David

[jonnyquest45]

sorry it took so long to get back to you, I am in the process of moving. your edits were cool. They gave me some inspiration.
i think i might add that blue sky myself.

[ArmySoldier777]

Glad to hear they helped you out a little. I look forward to seeing what you do with it

David

[rmettier]

Just one point on composition: I don't know how strongly cropped this image is, but I think that giving the plane a bit of space to 'fly into' would probably give it a bit more dynamic appeal.