B&W from Glasson Dock

Just two of a series that I took at Glasson Dock, which is near Lancaster in England…

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It seems like I’m the 1st to make a comment on your latest pictures. Like me, it looks like you are catching up, digitising your stock of negatives.

I personally feel the shadows in the first one need brightening slightly. After that comment, I will let you kick me around the forum.

The second picture. Just one thing I notice is that the cloud that continues past the dark mast of the boat on the left looks a lot greyer. I wonder if any modifications did not go past the dark mast.

Please accept my apologies for my comments.

Me to think the shadows should be brightend more.

George

Interesting that you think they are scanned film. They are actually from my first digital camera, a Nikon D100.

Mutter, mutter :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: (See my comment to George)

That’s clouds for you. the only real adjustment on the sky is a quite strong red filter.

Here is a screenshot from PL, which shows, more clearly, that the darker cloud comes in from the left and then dissipates as it passes the mast…

It is just coincidence that the mast and the transition are in the same place.

It looks like I can’t win whatever I do :wink: I had an “arty farty” photographer at the club insisting that the shadows should be black. I don’t like his photography, even though he is slightly known - it is what I call “soot and whitewash”.

Personally, I try to make it so the shadows show detail but are still as high a contrast as possible, which is where the Shadow Fine Contrast slider comes in so useful.


Just had another fiddle…

As you say. Interesting. As you are now in France I assumed that the place the pictures were taken, must have been in your film days. Just shows you. Never assume.

Your larger picture makes it obvious, and the reason for the cloud at the top being darker.

To me it still tends to draw the eye out of the picture

May be my grandfather had too much influence over me as he was an artist (painting). Probably the reason for my comments (just take no notice) By the way I still think you’re winning… It’s a good job you don’t live next door otherwise you would be coming in and pinching my wife’s marble rolling pin rolling pin and that don’t half hurt.

I must admit this latest version, like your log version gives a lot to explore and makes them very interesting (my type of picture). Any how you keep doing what you like doing which I know you will.

It’s all a matter of taste. Old BW pictures I like are mostly soft. More detail in the blacks.
When I developed and my own film I had the choice between hard and soft photopaper. There where 5 gradients. I choose mostly rather soft. Only when the image asked for it I choose a harder gradient, more black white, less grey.

George