The conversion gives this a sinister feel and makes you think of a place you wouldn't want to visit a night, overall I think this is a little on the dark side and with some selective dodging could bring out some more detail from the shadows.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott wrote:
> The conversion gives this a sinister feel and makes you think of a place you wouldn't want
> to visit a night, overall I think this is a little on the dark side and with some selective
> dodging could bring out some more detail from the shadows.
> Cheers Steve
>
thankyou again for your comment steve
the image is lightend for the shot i took as i was wanting to get a darkend sky, took another with the
exp normal but the lack of a tripod ment the two shots were at slightly different angles :(
so i messed around in photoshop with the first .
isee that if i lightend the building more and darkend the sky there would be a greater contrast between the two .

time to start playing

thanks again for your comments as i say i have a lot to learn

andy

Steve Elliott wrote:
> The conversion gives this a sinister feel and makes you think of a place you wouldn't want
> to visit a night, overall I think this is a little on the dark side and with some selective
> dodging could bring out some more detail from the shadows.
> Cheers Steve
>
thankyou again for your comment steve
the image is lightend for the shot i took as i was wanting to get a darkend sky, took another with the
exp normal but the lack of a tripod ment the two shots were at slightly different angles :(
so i messed around in photoshop with the first .
isee that if i lightend the building more and darkend the sky there would be a greater contrast between the two .

time to start playing

thanks again for your comments as i say i have a lot to learn

andy

andrew mclean wrote:
> Steve Elliott wrote:
> > The conversion gives this a sinister feel and makes you think of a place you wouldn't want
> > to visit a night, overall I think this is a little on the dark side and with some selective
> > dodging could bring out some more detail from the shadows.
> > Cheers Steve
> >
> thankyou again for your comment steve
> the image is lightend for the shot i took as i was wanting to get a darkend sky, took another with the
> exp normal but the lack of a tripod ment the two shots were at slightly different angles :(
> so i messed around in photoshop with the first .
> isee that if i lightend the building more and darkend the sky there would be a greater contrast
> between the two .
>
> time to start playing
>
> thanks again for your comments as i say i have a lot to learn
>
> andy
>

Hi Andy
Not sure if you shoot RAW or not but it is well worth doing so as in this situation you could convert the image twice, once for the sky and once for the shadows then putting them in separate layers in PS and erasing say the burnt out sky from one layer to leave the correct sky shot underneath, and with a little playing with levels etc you should end up with a satisfactory result.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott wrote:
> andrew mclean wrote:
> > Steve Elliott wrote:
> > > The conversion gives this a sinister feel and makes you think of a place you wouldn't want
> > > to visit a night, overall I think this is a little on the dark side and with some selective
> > > dodging could bring out some more detail from the shadows.
> > > Cheers Steve
> > >
> > thankyou again for your comment steve
> > the image is lightend for the shot i took as i was wanting to get a darkend sky, took another with the
> > exp normal but the lack of a tripod ment the two shots were at slightly different angles :(
> > so i messed around in photoshop with the first .
> > isee that if i lightend the building more and darkend the sky there would be a greater contrast
> > between the two .
> >
> > time to start playing
> >
> > thanks again for your comments as i say i have a lot to learn
> >
> > andy
> >
>
> Hi Andy
> Not sure if you shoot RAW or not but it is well worth doing so as in this situation you could
> convert the image twice, once for the sky and once for the shadows then putting them in separate
> layers in PS and erasing say the burnt out sky from one layer to leave the correct sky shot
> underneath, and with a little playing with levels etc you should end up with a satisfactory result.
> Cheers Steve
>
thanks again steve
i have tried this and the result is alot better
thanks again
andy