Postcards from home

[stubbsy]

Four recent images from Newcastle, all with similar treatment. Comments appreciated.

[phillipb]

Hi Peter,
Is it just my eyesight or there's something funny about those trees in the first photo? Sort of like the clone tool gone mad.

[stubbsy]

Phillip. Not your eyesight. It's an artefact of the treatement I used. First I applied a B & W infared effect then I faded the effect back to return some colour. Some green areas go all fuzzy in the process.

[huynhie]

Very good Peter,

I actually prefer your colour photo/treatment over the black and white one's that you do.

[birddog114]

Peter,
Sorry, I don't see the beautiful of your hometown from these photos.
I still prefer the old and full colour.
It looks similar to the colour of the skin of drowned human.
I know you can do better than these.

[mudder]

Phillip. Not your eyesight. It's an artefact of the treatement I used. First I applied a B & W infared effect then I faded the effect back to return some colour. Some green areas go all fuzzy in the process.

Phew, when I first looked at I tried to focus my eyes

Out of these the first one grabs me with the lines created by the lights intersected by the colums, something about the lines they all make grabs me...

[stubbsy]

Peter,
Sorry, I don't see the beautiful of your hometown from these photos.
I still prefer the old and full colour.
It looks similar to the colour of the skin of drowned human.
I know you can do better than these.

Birdy the idea of these is to get a kinda 50's feel where they hand tinted black and white photos - so they'll lack the natural richness and be destaurated.

Andrew (huynhie) thanks - I prefer this colour effect to B & W too, but it seems to go over less well so I figure we're in the minority here

Andrew (Mudder) - Don't do it so hard or you'll go blind

[huynhie]

Peter, have you tried the Nik cross processing filters?

I kind of like the effect from those guys.

[Matt. K]

Peter
You have succeeded in getting that old 50's look. I also think #3 is an excellent image. The compositin is perfect.

Birdy You mean like chi's avatar?

[sirhc55]

Peter - I can see where you are coming from but to my eye there is far too much saturation for 50’s look. I have slides from the 50’s and due to age the degradation affects saturation, especially with Agfa.

They do have a certain feel of the 40’s from home movie style cameras

[stubbsy]

Andrew - have played with the cross process effect but never got a result I've liked.

Matt - Interesting - #3 is the one I was least happy with since I wanted the composition to be better (more cliff face in the distance). I took about 10 shots here and this is the only one where I included the vista in the distance. Of course in PP I realised that was what made the shot. Some day I'll get skilled enought to realise this when I take the damn shot.

Chris - of course your'e right (as usual) about the saturation. Never seen a home movie from the 40's though.

[wendellt]

the muterd colour treatment on the first is much more appealing and nostalgic than the original colour version, i think that building looks a bit corny and you have presented it in a more elegant manner with your treatment