I think it was an ironic judgment as certainly he was not pleased with the rendering.
To approach this rendering, on contrary, I have to push the contrast, global and local.
2 Likes
Hi, thanks for sharing. I liked the overall composition so I didn’t crop. Old vehicles make photographs really look like a fragment of time. I added a bit of a retro Kodak Portra look.
dt 4.0.1
IMG_0140.CR2.xmp (13.0 KB)
3 Likes
did the judge talk about the image you just posted? Because there’s a lot of contrast. Also the image itself has a lot of contrast because it’s shot in harsh sunlight.
1 Like
Yes I agree. Not a lack of contrast…maybe too much in my opinion. Just forgive judges…they are only human after all.
I guess the HDR look is deliberate and contain more detail than my interpretation. However, I’m not a fan of HDR as it usually looks false, largely a matter of personal taste.
3 Likes
Thanks for posting. My try in darktable plus some sharpening in the Gimp.
IMG_0140.CR2.xmp (25.3 KB)
5 Likes
Looks good @bernyemm (fancy seeing you here!). Maybe a touch underexposed in the shadows though.
1 Like
Underexposed in the shadows.
It’s a bugbear with me as I cut my teeth on film negatives and black & white prints. It’s a conundrum of the times we live in. I still think in terms of printed images on paper which had a certain magic. Images on a computer screen seem to lack that quality which I can’t verbally describe. For me, there has always been an indescribable beauty in the black and white printed image which never left me and I always felt something was missing when I looked at a colour image. Even colour slide images projected on a screen lacked that certain something that a monochrome image had . Maybe that’s why I was such a fan of early Ansel Adams images.
Very nice interpretation.
There are labs who will make a digital print on gelatin silver paper. I’ve had. a few printed. They are really nice but pricey.
1 Like
If that lacks contrast, people saying so should check their eyes or their monitor!
Maybe the image is overly sharpened, but I think the contrast is nice.
Sander Knopper’s version may be a bit better, however.
To be honest , I think the colour versions work better!
2 Likes
The red and blue really draw the eye’s attention.
