Paint Shop Pro X
- Brightness & Contrast : Clarify +20
- Hue & Saturation : HSL (0,0,0 monochrome)
- Brightness & Contrast : Histogram (25,1,225)
- Crop
- Resize
- USM (.50,100,10) +luminance
- Noise Reduction : Salt & Pepper (3,1)
- Save as JPG
Various ideas I had for High Contrast weren't panning out. Decided to check out the local Confederate Cemetary for something interesting, but then the light wasn't cooperating. It was overcast and threatening rain when I was hoping for some sun to cast some strong shadows.
Had the tripod setup for a shot to the right and my son wandered over to this headstone with flowers in front (one of only a couple). Thought maybe this might be interesting so I swung the camera around and captured a few shots. Kind of liked the play on words some, with young life pondering the name of someone deceased - not sure that 'Contrast' is quite correct as a fit tho. After working this over some in PP I felt comfortable enough with the technical contrast in the scene to submit this shot. See how it goes. :D
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Hey Barry, 11th place is always hard, so near yet so far ;)
You definately depicted high contrast here, love the shot and think all the gravestones look really good (that reads wrong). There seems to be something funky going on in the grass and its a little offputting for me as my eyes keep getting from your son/gravestone. I've been playing with some cards and do think that a tight crop to your son helps draw me in to the shot
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