Waiting

[Michaelaw]

A pic I took at the cruise ship docks today. It was a reasonable shot but a little flat in detail. To help this condition, I gave the RAW image file a push in Photomatix, then zapped it to B&W in Photoshop. I adjusted some levels and curves and was quite happy with this.....But what do you think?

http://www.mindtapmedia.com/pics/waiting.jpg

[Marko]

I think this shot works well and your treatment worked. I like the angle very much...and it's nice to see at least 1 person in that shot working. LOL.

Marko

[Michaelaw]

Thanks marko, I was really happy with the color version too in fact even more so but I'm biased toward color photography.

[gibbon]

I like this shot too. Good gritty tones.

[20dollarhandshake]

My only concern is that it kinda makes me dizzy...I think its a great start but the long lense (I'm guessing you used 135mm) compresses the image eliminating the depth that might have helped the skewed perspective a bit. It might have worked better with a 35-50mm and then cropped to your finished vision.