Boats for Hire Original

No need to comment, but Peter (@peadar) asked to see yesterday's image but without processing. Well Peter, here it is, the jpeg file undoctored!

I tend to shoot in both RAW and jpeg these days and use Nik filters both Colour Efex and Silver Efex to enhance the originals. Guess my cover is now well and truly blown!!

[Peter H]

Felicity, thank you. I know it's all personal taste, but I actually like this better, or maybe even this in straight black and white. Anyway, I was very interested to see what effect the Nik filters had. Thanks, again, Peter.

[FBailey]

@peadar You're most welcome Peter. I am surprised at your preference but also reassured that maybe it wasn't such a bad photo to start with ... appreciate your thoughts as always. Felicity

[Bep]

I prefer this one. Beautiful colours.

[Suzanne]

I can't make up my mind which I like best, but its still a beautiful scene

[FBailey]

@gijsje Wow - thanks so much for your input, I am surprised at this.

[Michelle]

I love this, such lovely colours :)

[FBailey]

@suzanne234 Thanks very much for commenting Suzanne. I veer quite a lot to b&w these days and the free Nik filter download was serious good news for me!

[FBailey]

@bigmxx Thanks so much but do you prefer it to the b&w pse?

[Catherine Otley]

I vote for B & W!

[Michelle]

That's a hard one as I like them both, but if I had to make a choice it would be the coloured one :)

[FBailey]

@bigmxx Thanks very much for your input - I am very grateful but so far surprised at the reaction. The b&w wins hands down for me ...

[FBailey]

@redandwhite Thanks Catherine, me too!!

[sally agnew]

I love the colour version as well :)

[Sue]

Personally I prefer the black and white version, it's the sort of processing I like to do

[FBailey]

@hermann Thanks for your input Sally.
@suesouthwood Thanks Sue, am surprised at the reaction here:)

[KWind]

Such a beautiful scene.

[FBailey]

@kwind Thanks v much but which do you prefer pse?

[*lynn]

This is lovely ...the colors are so pretty with the flowers, greens and red in the boats

[FBailey]

@lynnz Thanks very much Lynn

[Cindy McFarland]

I have to say that I prefer the b&W. I use the same -- Nik collection and it's easy to go a little too far but I think you processed it perfectly.

[Connie Little]

I think you had a great photo to start with but I do like the b&w version, mainly for the great sky. Wish I could process my images to have such great skies.

[Jorlam]

The composition is good but the light flat, resulting in lack of contrast and a boring sky. that was all rectified beautifully in the conversion..
so, i prefer the mono version, for the reason stated.. 😊

[FBailey]

@cindymc Thanks very much Cindy, those filters just add that bit of extra impact. So pleased I downloaded them!

[FBailey]

@littleconnie Thanks Connie, appreciate your thoughts. I just use an old version of Elements and the free Nik filters. The clarity slider is amazing, brings out all the definition in things like clouds, brickwork etc. Thanks again for your input.

[FBailey]

@jorlam Thanks very much for your thoughts, they echo mine. Am veering more and more to b&w these days:)

[Jorlam]

@fbailey i think in many instances mono can be much more expressive - especially with textures and contrasts.. i look forward to seeing more of your work in mono..

[FBailey]

@jorlam 😊😊

[Joan Robillard]

I like the bw

[Merrelyn]

I'm a real lover of colour. This is lovely, but I'm surprised to say that in this instance, I prefer the b&w :)

[FBailey]

@joansmor @merrelyn Thank you both for your thoughts, much appreciated. Am surprised the colour was anywhere near as popular.

[Kareen King]

It's a fav, even undoctored! :)

[Catherine]

I prefer the black and white - I like the way you have cranked up the contrast making it a very strong image

[David]

You have said the unspeakable! :-)

[Pyrrhula]

Great colored shot. Both are nice.

[FBailey]

@megpicatilly @pyrrhula Thanks very much for your thoughts:)
@yrhenwr Thanks for commenting, you do make me smile!

[Jessika Panteleios]

Beautiful shot and scene. Looks like a lovely spot.

[Margo]

Lovely

[FBailey]

@kareenking Thanks very much!
@jessikapanteleios @777margo Thanks very much for commenting:)

[tony gig]

Wonderful, and lovely reflections...Fav

[FBailey]

@tonygig Thanks very much Tony:)

[Wendy]

I think I prefer the B&W version as well.

[FBailey]

@farmreporter Thanks, I downloaded some (free!) Nik filters and they really bring out the skies.