Melissa's Photoblog
Dalton
Posted by Melissa W. (Warsaw, Indiana, United States) on 19 April 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Excellent choice on your processing, here, Melissa. The wash of brown gives some subtle color to last year's leaves still hanging on that big tree in the left background. The clarity and detail on the Dalton stone are terrific ... at F/3.2 I would have thought the background would have been softer. Nevertheless, I like this image ... respectful and dignified without being macabre.
19 Apr 2008 9:52am
@Ron: I was actually a little surprised with the results of the f/3.2 also. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not into the macabre and the last thing I would ever want to be is disrespectful, so I'm glad that came out in this.
I did try something different with my processing. I used Lightroom to process my RAW file then finished editing it in CS2. I would love to use LR more, but it runs so slow on my Mac PowerPC G4 that I just end up using Adobe Camera Raw and CS2.
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Wonderful shot.
I just love cemetary shots...the tombstones and grave markers are so unique and interesting.
Nicely done
19 Apr 2008 12:44pm
@Jen: thank you so much, Jen. :)
Gary from Cochise County, United States
I agree that your choice of processing was right on. So was the DOF. Nice work again Melissa.
19 Apr 2008 3:33pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
wow. great processing. especially love the effect of the muted colors. i know i've said this a million times, but awesome light!
19 Apr 2008 11:28pm
@danthro: For a change, I used Adobe Lightroom to process the RAW file and then finished editing it in Photoshop CS2. Thanks, danthro.
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
The muted tones are excellent. Excellent shot.
20 Apr 2008 1:12am
paulski from Muncie, IN, United States
excellent; i too love the muted tones; the processing really does stand out here. well done!
20 Apr 2008 3:27am
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
The processing is just great, gives the shot a really nice feel to it. Good work.
20 Apr 2008 8:43pm
Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
Great shot! i like what you did with it! Great tones... Excellent processing!
27 Apr 2008 12:37am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Cemeteries --the old ones at least-- are one of my favorite places for photography. In addition to the photographic elements there is often a very palpable sense of history there.
27 Apr 2008 3:54pm
@Twelvebit: I couldn't agree more with you.
As always, thank you. :)
Canon EOS 30D
1/1250 second
F/3.2
ISO 100
95 mm