Taking a little hike in the near by park, I went off the path a little bit and hidden underneath a lot of branches was this old rusty plow. Although it's not all that beautiful it does remind me of 2 things - sometimes treasures are hidden & have to be looked for with a little more effort & to keep you hands on the plow & don't look back. If you want straight rows in plowing you need to keep moving forward.
QUESTION:
If this was your photo - would you put it in b&w, sepia, or something else? Or is it best in color to show some of the rust?
I like the rust colour, but I think it would look good in black and white as well because it has good light and textures, I think it would change the whole mood of the shot, have a play with it and see which you like.
Love this! Isn't it amazing whats hidden in the bushes. I like this in colour, though I might be tempted to push the contrast a little for more definition.
Thank you all so much for you comments & feedback! The challenge I was facing is the leaves are the same color as the plow. So I was having a hard time getting the plow to show without doing the same to the leaves. I will play some more with it. I will try it in b&w & sepia too. Since I'm connected to such great photographers I wanted to get your perspective on how you would handle a pic like this. I know it's a little over exposed too. We finally had a sunny day but I didn't have a lot of time to play with the settings & at times I couldn't even see what's in my viewer.
@paulaag it's awesome! I am sooooo grateful! I know people like to be kind & only say something positive but I do want to improve so I'm not going to be upset if someone tells me I should have done it differently.
@djepie Thank you SO MUCH!!! You are awesome to go through all that trouble to help me out!! I really appreciate it. I like what you did to these and I will look at that link when I get a chance.
You might try selective coloring too. That is where everything is in B&W except whatever you choose to highlight. In this case it would be the plow and it would show in color
@myhrhelper To be able to try it yourself in (a trial of) Lightroom, I made this tutorial video: http://youtu.be/W71C3NN6UFs?hd=1
Here I show step by step how I processed your jpg.
@myhrhelper In this way we both learn and that's imho the main purpose of this 365project. So if you have another photo on which you wan tsome help, don't hesitate to mail, though I don't promise to reply the same day. It's a pleasure to me.
Thank you all so much for you comments & feedback! The challenge I was facing is the leaves are the same color as the plow. So I was having a hard time getting the plow to show without doing the same to the leaves. I will play some more with it. I will try it in b&w & sepia too. Since I'm connected to such great photographers I wanted to get your perspective on how you would handle a pic like this. I know it's a little over exposed too. We finally had a sunny day but I didn't have a lot of time to play with the settings & at times I couldn't even see what's in my viewer.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/8218648@N02/6685624455/in/photostream/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/8218648@N02/6685625217/in/photostream/
Play with it and see what turns up.
Here I show step by step how I processed your jpg.