At the Fountain

[Greg McCary]

There is a new toy in Rome, this fountain. I have been there several times trying different shots. This is the only one I am remotely happy with so what do you think?

[Tyson L. Sparks]

Great shot Greg, kind of has a retro look to it. Too bad you didn't get the top of the water in there.

[PhilF]

Great shot Greg, kind of has a retro look to it. Too bad you didn't get the top of the water in there.

+1 ... top of the water and maybe a little sky.... was this spur of the moment?

[Greg McCary]

Thanks Tyson, Phil. Yes to get the top of the fountain would mean a wider lens. Backing up doesn't work it brings in to many distractions. It is always crowded here.

[DGK*CRONE]

This picture is great. Is it done on film? very good job. the little girls interaction with the man sitting down is great and I think it works even with the top of the fountain cut off.

[Liz]

This picture is great. Is it done on film? very good job. the little girls interaction with the man sitting down is great and I think it works even with the top of the fountain cut off.

I was wondering the same thing - what did you shoot this with? If it's digital, what was the conversion process? You did a fine job with the b&w.

B&W is my favorite, but I can't seem to get the tone and contrast right with digital. I'd like to know how you did this.

Thanks Greg.

Liz

[Greg McCary]

Marco, Liz this was with the EP-1. Converted to B&W in Lightroom and tweaked with CS4 I added just a touch of film grain and played with it in channel mixer. Lightroom has a high contrast pre-set but usually it takes some exposure, fill light and shadow adjustments to get it just right. Then to CS4 to clone a couple of distractions and as I wrote a very small amount of film grain and a channel mixer adjustment. High contrast days are great for B&W. Something I learned from Tuna.