Sovereign Hill

[Ant]

Just did a recent trip to Sovereign Hill with the father-in-law who was over from NZ. Here are three of my favourite shots with three completely different treatments. Just interested to see if others think they work.

This first one is almost straight off the camera. I have just boosted the red and orange in lightroom to make the iron ring more obvious


This is Lightrooms black and white preset


And lastly an aged photo from lightroom.


Thanks for looking,
Antony.

[Mitchell]

Hi Ant

#1 lacks oomph for me. there isn't much there to keep my attention
#2 looks like tough shooting conditions. the lady in the background is a bit distracting. she doesn't seem to fit with the photo and her dress is blown, i wonder if a curves adjustment to darken the whole image a bit may help things?
#3 i like this composition. i don't think you have used the full brightness range available - I can't see much black. I think it would be a stronger image if you increase the contrast

cheers

[Geoff]

Nice shots Antony,
I'd like to see more contrast in them all matey.
Thanks for sharing them here.

[Ant]

Thanks for the comments, still coming to grips with curves and how much is enough. How are these:






Antony.

ps. Anyone in Melbourne got a spyder or similar I could loan to calibrate my monitor?

[zafra52]

I like what you've done in the last three images.