Boardwalk

[centerlightpop]

Hi there! I'm a new member but I thought I'd jump right in - I hope that's alright.

I wanted to suggest an alternative. In my opinion, the reason most people are suggesting that you edit the crop is because the railing is currently "clipping" the edge of the photo, which tends to look a bit tense. Similar to having someone's fingertips or elbow grazing the edge of a portrait, for example.

It doesn't sound like you're thrilled with the recrop you posted - I would try the opposite and crop it a bit more so that you can't see the railing at all. It will likely result in a very different feeling (because the viewer won't know how wide the boardwalk really is), but it might be nice. Worth a shot, anyway!

I would tend to agree that the b&w isn't popping as much as it could. Could this be tweaked at all by playing with levels or the channel mixer? Alternatively, you could just crop out a little more of the sky, and then it wouldn't demand so much attention

[Chantelle]

Welcome to the best photography forums around!
Of course it's alright to jump right in, good critque there too, I did not think about that at all, I agree if would create a different feeling and could look more effective.

[centerlightpop]

Thanks for the welcome

[svenny]

To be honest I didn't even notice the stairs in the picture, until I read the sentence about the stairs The boardwalk led my eye away from that edge.

[midgett]

Hi there! I'm a new member but I thought I'd jump right in - I hope that's alright.

I wanted to suggest an alternative. In my opinion, the reason most people are suggesting that you edit the crop is because the railing is currently "clipping" the edge of the photo, which tends to look a bit tense. Similar to having someone's fingertips or elbow grazing the edge of a portrait, for example.

It doesn't sound like you're thrilled with the recrop you posted - I would try the opposite and crop it a bit more so that you can't see the railing at all. It will likely result in a very different feeling (because the viewer won't know how wide the boardwalk really is), but it might be nice. Worth a shot, anyway!

I would tend to agree that the b&w isn't popping as much as it could. Could this be tweaked at all by playing with levels or the channel mixer? Alternatively, you could just crop out a little more of the sky, and then it wouldn't demand so much attention

That is a crop concept I hadn't thought about, I like it and I will see what it looks like. I have not play with the channel mixer, but I have tried levels and curves, along with the color sliders. There just isn't anything there to bring out I guess. I think I will trying cropping down the sky, and making the image more pano instead of square, to see what that looks like also. Great suggestions!

[centerlightpop]

That is a crop concept I hadn't thought about, I like it and I will see what it looks like. I have not play with the channel mixer, but I have tried levels and curves, along with the color sliders. There just isn't anything there to bring out I guess. I think I will trying cropping down the sky, and making the image more pano instead of square, to see what that looks like also. Great suggestions!

Oh, I definitely recommend giving it a go with the channel mixer. You might be surprised what you can bring out without blowing out highlights or blackening your lowlights.

This link gives a really good example (scroll down the page a bit until you see four starfish pictures on top of one another).

http://www.earthboundlight.com/photo...photoshop.html

[centerlightpop]

To be honest I didn't even notice the stairs in the picture, until I read the sentence about the stairs The boardwalk led my eye away from that edge.

I agree with this - the stairs don't bother me at all in the recrop

[kat]

Nice info site centerlightpop (hmm...were going to have to get you a shorter nick )

I didn't know about this!! Another site added to my favs!