Through a Plumbers eyes (Project 52)

[FrankMi]

Hi Jon, the second image in particular has an intriguing composition. Nicely done!

[Plumcrak]

Hi Jon, the second image in particular has an intriguing composition. Nicely done!

Thanks Frank.

[Brownbear]

Hi John,

Just to say that I love image #4... Absolutely gorgeous - I adore the composition, colours and the fact that fire looks so real.

Note: Lightroom is a processing program that is quite easy to learn to use.

Of all my weak points in photography Editing is probably my weakest. I edit with minimal software and the software I do use I only know how to use a small portion of it. I don't know how to clone, burn, dodge and all those other things people do. Don't get me wrong, I am working on it but it is very slow coming.

With that said, here are a couple of before and after shots with my minimalistic approach to processing.

SOOC
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Cropped, re-sized, sharpened, tweaked and converted to B&W
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SOOC
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Slight crop, re-sized, saturation adjustment and sharpened
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[Plumcrak]

Thanks Christina

[Plumcrak]

I don't have any street lights near me so I used the outside house lights and the headlamps of my sons new toy. I am not happy at all with the background but we just picked this toy up today and was anxious to get a couple shots. I have a couple different locations in mind but that is for another day.

Oh to be young again!!

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[Plumcrak]

Nothing like waiting until the last minute!! I had several different location in mind for this week but sadly none of them worked out to my advantage. So, make do with what you have

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I couldn't make up my mind between these two versions so I will leave it in your hands