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[locutus]

Gloom and grain

[Peter Lewin]

A couple of digitals in advance of Valentines Day, decorations found on my daily walk. Both Sony Alpha 7, Leitz Summicron 50/2. (Continuing my efforts to use the little camera for things that I couldn't do as easily with the 4x5.)
Valentines Day 2, 2017 by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

Valentines Day 1, 2017 by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

I really like taking portraits of desert plants.
Here's an ocotillio.

[stawastawa]

Lovely Scott. one of my favorites of the recent images, and I have liked many of them.
nice softness but not too soft, vignett lends nice tone/mood. The highlights have life and the shadows feel real/solid. nice find.

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks kindly nicholas.
I forgot to mention this was taken with my 5D and super takumar 85/1.9. Sweet lens wide open.
Here's two more from my trip.

[Jmarmck]

Ah Scott, you are stoking my road trip urges again.

Nice stuff.

[DennisD]

Peter,
Perfect to honor the day !

[DennisD]

Scott,
My recent favorite is post 11581.
Powerful image.

[DennisD]

Molas Lake, South of Silverton, Colorado
D300, 24-70mm lens

I took this about 2 years ago and never printed it til today.

Taken after sunset, but there was still a glow to the sky and enough light to capture the scene. Despite some refinement in PS, I feel the image falls a bit flat.

Have tried many variations, but this level of brightness and contrast seems the best overall.

Comments welcome.

[Peter De Smidt]

It's a very nice image. You might try adding a bit of high radius/low amount sharpening to boost mid-tone contrast. So, duplicate layer. Go to filter> unsharp mask. Set the radius at 70. Adjust the amount to taste. You can add a layer mask to paint out/in the effect, and of course you can lower the opacity of the layer to moderate the effect.