The Long Walk Home - B&W

[Stagecoach]

Well I have had a re-look at the image taking note of all the comments and help and come up with the below.

I have cropped to remove some of the sky which has also helped to remove the distracting power line but I'm not happy loosing any more. The sky was boosted with my curves plugin using a gradient mask and the remainder of the image given a slight boost in contrast but not too much. A vignette was added but if I boosted this any more to be more noticeable at the bottom it looked too unnatural at the top.

Thanks for the advice and comments and hopefully you will consider this an improvement like I do.



Grahame

[dabhand]

That's a keeper now, there's plenty of elements within it to catch the imagination.

[Mike Buckley]

Sorry for being so late to the party but I do have to mention two things, the most important being that the most recent version is superb and a definite improvement.

I also would eliminate the sky. That isn't to say that I don't like the sky in this most recent version (I like what it does for the image very much). Instead, my thinking is that the image would be even stronger without the sky if the purpose is to emphasize the subject walking on the highway. Including the sky or not tells two very different stories for me.

As for Scott Kelby mentioning that every image has to have a subject, ask him about all forms of abstracts.

[Stagecoach]

Hi Mike,

I'm pleased you consider it an improvement.

You are correct in what you say, there are two separate images here that could be produced, the question is whether I can do that. I would say that I have produced a scene with a walker in it rather than a walker in a scene (is that right?).

As a new exercise I will attempt to produce something that highlights the walker far more.

The Scott Kelby comment was with respect to landscapes and from what I recall basically said that there must be something within the image that instantly shows why you have taken it, I'll see if I can find it in my books.

Grahame

[Stagecoach]

That's a keeper now, there's plenty of elements within it to catch the imagination.

Thanks Steve.

[Mike Buckley]

I would say that I have produced a scene with a walker in it rather than a walker in a scene (is that right?).

I agree. Your thread title made me think that you wanted to produce the latter but I came to realize that's not the case.