Trip through Cajun Country

[theantiquetiger]

I decided to just drive south, hit a few nice places, ended up on the shrimp boats dock (of course I had to buy some)

shrimpboat by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

cajuncorner1 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

cajuncorner2 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

napvillecourt by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

bridge by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

lovebirds by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

nap clock by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

[Jim Scrimger]

Very strong images, nice work.

[Marko]

Shots 2 and 7 are my faves of the set....but the whole set feels underexposed to me.
Shot 2 can sing so much louder imo (once the shadow detail is saved)

[Zenbohemian]

I think two is the strongest. I like the mood it invokes, the composition, and for the most part I like the post-processing. My main comment would be that too much detail is lost in the shadows. Is it possible to bring that up a bit?

[theantiquetiger]

I think I process my images darker (for some reason). None of the images underexposed before PP, just a bad habit that I have.

Here is a very quick re-edit, just increased the shadow slider and exposure slider just a tad

cajuncorner3 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

Here it is from the original post
cajuncorner1 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

And I know this is a B/W thread, but I did do a color version

cajuncornercolor by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

[Zenbohemian]

I do like the new version better.

And the colour is interesting -- I like to see how they look originally -- but I don't think it adds anything to the photo. I think the black and white gives it much better ambiance, not to mention the composition and lines pop more. Good call on going with b&w.

[Marko]

I like the lighter version better as well. Cool image.
The SUV could still withstand a good dodge - though u did mention that it was a quick edit.

[theantiquetiger]

a couple more re-edits to ones above

nap court2 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

bigdaddy3 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr




Here are the edits from the original post

napvillecourt by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

shrimpboat by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

[Marko]

Maybe it's just this set, but the blacks have nearly no detail - even in the edits. To me these look (possibly) underexposed at capture.

[mbrager]

I like these shots, especially as a set. The Cajun Corner shot has so much detail that comes out in the color version. I would have dodged (or in lightroom set the adjustment brush on Dodge with some added contrast), all the shadow areas in the picture to bring out the detail. I like the color and light in the windows, but this is missing in the BW versions. Have you played with Silver FX Pro?