Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 9, 2011 at 1:25 AM
The old car body was placed over the pine tree and it has grown through the roof over the years. The body reminded me of what could have been a taxi. A few angles and B&W conversions. Any hints on the conversions are welcome.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 9, 2011 at 1:26 AM
#2 Square-cropped conversion.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 9, 2011 at 1:27 AM
Interesting. Is this one of those scenes everyone knows about or a secret? Add some atmospherics (fog), and some good lighting and who knows what might happen. I like the color image best, especially the comp.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM
What a cool find!
I like the compositions of #1 and #3. I find the straight b&w treatment slightly lacking, though. Lots of shades of grey with few black/white points. What technique did you use for the conversion?
Two ideas come to mind. You could do the b&w conversion on a separate layer and then lessen the opacity just a smidge to reveal some of the color, or a slight tint/toning might be a real asset here.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 9, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Kane, this car can be seen from the interstate. The owner had said about 20 people have photographed it.
Shane, thanks for the feedback.
John, For the B&W, I did the "scenic landscape" conversion to B&W with PSE9. and adjusted the individual r, b, & g levels in luminosity mode to what I felt looked good. I think I did an additional 10/50/0 polish on it.
This here is just a "vivid" B&W conversion with the colored layer at 21% opacity, to see the effect.
A fine series with this old car. How long has this been there to allow that tree to grow that big? And why did the vehicle not last any longer to be junked like this? An image that begs a lot of questions.
Posted by Phillip Noll on October 10, 2011 at 7:14 PM
Cool! Like the color version.
Posted by Dan Walters on October 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Really like the color version because of the rust. Great detail.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 10, 2011 at 9:48 PM
Wicked subject, Doug! I love #3--looks perfect to me.
Discussion
10 repliesI like #3 the best! Nice conversion to B&W.
Shane
I like the compositions of #1 and #3. I find the straight b&w treatment slightly lacking, though. Lots of shades of grey with few black/white points. What technique did you use for the conversion?
Two ideas come to mind. You could do the b&w conversion on a separate layer and then lessen the opacity just a smidge to reveal some of the color, or a slight tint/toning might be a real asset here.
Shane, thanks for the feedback.
John, For the B&W, I did the "scenic landscape" conversion to B&W with PSE9. and adjusted the individual r, b, & g levels in luminosity mode to what I felt looked good. I think I did an additional 10/50/0 polish on it.
This here is just a "vivid" B&W conversion with the colored layer at 21% opacity, to see the effect.