On the road to find out...

[Mr Darcy]

EDIT:All photos now replaced.

Some railway station in the middle of the century before last.
Oh yes that's right... Grenfell.

On a billabong somewhere on the long paddock (I haven't geotagged yet!) between Narrandera and Jerilderie. I expected some troopers looking for Ned to ride down at any moment.


During WW2, McIntyre Field was established as a US Airbase. When it was built is was the largest aerodrome in the Southern Hemisphere. It was renamed Tocumwal when it was handed over to the Aussies in 1942. The Yanks moved closer to the fighting & set up another base in Townsville after occupying it for less than a year.


Finally the obligatory "And the sun set on my adventure" photo. This one is at Wangaratta. Yes I know it needs some perspective control, but I haven't worked out how to do that in Lightroom yet. Can it?

[Remorhaz]

Some railway station in the middle of the century before last.

I like this first - the only think for me is the train is a bit of a black blob on the left - not sure how to fix that though.

Finally the obligatory "And the sun set on my adventure" photo. This one is at Wangaratta. Yes I know it needs some perspective control, but I haven't worked out how to do that in Lightroom yet. Can it?

Go to Develop -> Lens Corrections

and if your camera is in the built in database you can just enable profile corrections and if it finds it you're done - otherwise you can hit the manual tab and play with the sliders (e.g. vertical)

[Reschsmooth]

Deleted photos?

[Mr Darcy]

Thanks for the heads up. I am using LR3 exclusively at the moment so I will be able to use at least the basics in Argentina/Antarctica when I go in March.
Here is the rework:


I accidentally did a "Republish" to Flickr, so the original may change or disappear. Not sure what it means. It did warn me I would lose any comments already made, but that didn't bother me.

For the train, yes it is a black blob isn't it. I tried & tried but couldn't lift it without destroying the drama of the rest of the scene. In NX2 I would drop a control point on it & lift the luminosity. In CS2 I would do a feathered selection adjustment layer and play with levels selectively.

[aim54x]

That sunset looks very nice....I hope you didnt get too bored on the road.

[Murray Foote]

For the train, yes it is a black blob isn't it. I tried & tried but couldn't lift it without destroying the drama of the rest of the scene. In NX2 I would drop a control point on it & lift the luminosity. In CS2 I would do a feathered selection adjustment layer and play with levels selectively.

In Lightroom you use the Adjustment Brush (K) which is at the top right of the right-hand pane in the Develop tab. When you click on that a different set of controls appears for use of the brush. First you may want to set size and feather of the brush and turn automask on or off. Then when you have made your selection you have a variety of settings to change in it.

In other circumstances the graduated filter beside it can be useful and works in the same way.

[photohiker]

Good to see the railway station looking so fresh. A lot of them are being lost and forgotten.

The control sticks in the foreground (Points?) bother me a bit. It might look better to include all of them, or none of them.

Michael

[Mr Darcy]

Thanks for the tip Murray.
This is my latest attempt


Michael,
I deliberately chose to get the switch levers in the photo. I would have liked all of them but couldn't get low enough. I did lose a little from the straightening. When I was composing, it definitely looked better (to my eye) with them in. YMMV.

[biggerry]

Greg, the first one has great PP imo, the composition could be improved, however as always, easy in hindsight! Maybe taking 2 steps to the left might have helped and got that platform edge on the RHS of the image and leading up into it?

[colin_12]

I like the station and the sunset Greg.
Did you go by your lonesome then?
Pity I had to actually go to work.

[Div]

Hi

I quite like the station photo.

I'm wondering what it would look like going for a more dark and moody photo. The clouds just don't pop enough in sepia and yet the take up a significant portion of the photo.

Was just a thought....i am biased to dark and moody photos though so ignore me =)

-Dave

[Mr Darcy]

Still working on Grenfell Station.
This is from another base photo, taken 1 step to the right, and including more of the switch controllers. If I went any further right I would have got some modern buildings in shot. I did a manual conversion to B&W this time, taking the Blues right to black, and boosting the reds. This has noticeably increased the drama of the sky. I have also selectively lightened to controllers to bring out a bit more detail. Difficult to control though


Opinions please?

[Mr Darcy]

Original sunset now put back for continuity