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Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:54 pm**

Am finally posting another image, long overdue! I have many excuses but no good ones

I'm still learning the whole PP thing and posting process, please let me know any hints you have if this doesn't look right ......

Cheers,

Elena

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:02 am**

The PP looks great to me. Can't say i'd change anything really.

Would possibly look good in b&w too?

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:05 am**

nice lantern, its nice when we look up and see a bit of yesterday.

as for feedback on PP, I'd consider rotating the image, CW, about 3 degrees, so the subject (the lantern) is vertical, at the moment, you have the bracket vertical.

secondly, perhaps crop from the top down, to remove the 70's contamination of an electrical junction box.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:07 am**

There’s nowt wrong with this pic Elena - let’s see lots more of your pics and PP’ing

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:17 am**

I was going to suggest a less tighter crop on the sides, but I think Bruce's suggestion is better (rotate so the lantern is parallel to the side).

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:32 am**

Elena,

Love seeing pics of older bits and pieces.

Maybe if you wanted to, darken the edges and background a bit as it will isolate and create more contrast around the lantern, which will make it stand out more.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:09 am**

For me, the lantern does not stand out enough from the background. I'd be trying a shallower DOF...from the EXIF this is at f 7.1.

B&W or Sepia (well its almost sepia already) could work well, but if you stick to colour I'd give it a little more oomph. This is a very individual thing though and I might have overdone it..

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:34 pm**

Hi guys,

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

Bruce and ATJ, I did wonder about the alignment of the lantern but wasn't sure if I made the lantern vertical the wall might look like it is falling over. And yes, the junction box - the current crop is to remove the cord leading up from it

Wayne and Shakey, I like your suggestions about making the lantern stand out more - just need to learn how to darken edges and change the background!

Pehpsi, I will try B&W too, see what effect it has.

So I will go and play with it more now with all of your suggestions, thanks again!

Elena

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