Regular followers of my project (thank you!) will recognise the building in the background as Paimpont Abbey but from a viewpoint that they won't have seen before. This is the view from one of the many benches along the lakeside path that overlooks Paimpont Lake and the Abbey beyond. (If you want to see more, follow the tag paimpont-abbey in the 'Tag' field below right).
This is a totally different perspective and I will have to admit that I did not recognize it. This capture is captivatiing in B& W. Would it be possible to show the same photo tomorrow in color. Just curious!
@essiesue Thank you Sue. I have a slightly different PoV of this same scene in colour which has a very different feel to it - I'll post it tomorrow or the day after in my Doubletakes album but for now I'll leave this version to sink or swim on its own!
Yes, excellent POV, but what really wins the fav is the post processing choices. There's a glow, a softness, an other-worldly feel to it. Top notch photo.
@lyndemc Clever lady! You're right Denise... there's more to this than meets the eye of the casual observer. It's this sort of stuff that keeps me interested. Thank you.
I agree with @lyndemc ... the shot is charming, but the processing choices make it glow and direct the viewer's eye to the focus of the shot. A lovely photo.
This is a FAV, but so much more than that. We see lots of photos of benches, but this one is breath taking! The slight mist and the quality of light along with the stunning composition do make this art, and frame worthy, Richard. Love love this
@francoise Thank you Françoise but I have to disappoint you! Thanks to that wonderful innovation, orientable rear screens, the camera was on the ground whilst I maintained a reasonably dignified crouch!
@kwiksilver Hello Gillian - thanks for your nice comment. As to the processing - I tend to know when I take a photograph what I want the finished image to look like, then I process to achieve that, so what I use and how I use it won't always be the same. This one was initially tidied up in LR and then I did some heavy-lifting in SilverEfex Pro 2 and then back to LR for some levels adjustments. The final stage was to apply a Highpass filter in PS CC to sharpen the image overall (Hardlight blending mode) followed by a 20 pixel Gaussian blur at 35% opacity to soften the image and impart a subtle glow and finally I quad-toned it with Black and three different shades of grey. Back to LR to adjust the brightness and export to jpeg for uploading to 365. This is simply what I did here - not a process to be followed.
Ian
Looks a bit HDR-ish to me. What processing was involved?