The Green Crane

[arne saknussen]

I was drawn to the line and the color of this scene.

[n8]

too bad it's a bit soft.

[Ross123456]

Not so good.:blush2:

[arne saknussen]

Is this a little better?



Here is the original.

[armando_m]

Seems you are trying to make the texture of the wall standout by doing some tonemapping

the IQ is suffering due to that process

I downloaded the original,
made the helmets near the white point
and a black point on the darkest spots on the crane arm
boosted color on the crane
played with the LCH curves on the wall to get more contrast
slight unsharp mask

does not look as extreme as the tonemapped versions
but does maintain the IQ of the original

I can post it if you like

[OldClicker]

I like the wall and the boom. Maybe try layering the tone-mapped image with a lightened original (or maybe one just tone-mapped less) and mask to let just the workers show through. - Terry

[gahspidy]

I like what you spotted here Arne but my personal feeling on this is that its just too flat and a bit under exposed as well as being without adequate sharpness for this to really work something out of. I do like the subject and what you were going for.

[arne saknussen]

I really appreciate he comments. I still need to hone looking at everything in my shots. Armando, sure, go ahead and post your version.

[armando_m]

Arne, here it is

[n8]

nice edit Armando