Critique Welcomed PP choices

[Rob MacKillop]

Been messing around with PhotoToaster on my ipad2...not sure which I like best...not sure if I'm getting the best out of the shot...

1. Original shot:


jetty by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

2. Blue and spotlight:


Camera Roll-239 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

3. Gray and spotlight:


Camera Roll-238 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Bryan Hunt]

Rob love the tones in #3 great image

 

[Dan Cattermole]

For me Rob, It has to be the original. Maybe in B&W I'd like it more, but then that's only just my opinion. lol
It's one of those images where, if you wasn't to see the original image to begin with, then an/the edit would be much prefered. but seeing the original has made like it very much!

 

[Darren Turner]

I prefer original, but also like grey with spotlight.

Reminds me when i stayed in Edinburgh, took me 3 hours to find a spot like this with a great view of bridge, i obviously didn't do my homework...........lol

 

[adrian jordin]

I quite like the blue though the spotlight is a little too harsh for my taste.
Try softening the effect or giving it a wider spread.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Darren, this is the view fae Fife, North Queensferry...

Interesting comments all round. Ta.

 

[Jim Kuo]

I love the sunset colour so I also prefer the original.

 

[Glen Roberts]

The blue one looks like there should be a patch of clear sky with a full moon shining down...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yeah, good point...

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the third version best Rob as the tone fits the mist / fog well. I think the vignette is a bit heavy on the LH side though and I'd probably reduce the contrast a tad, mainly in the foreground.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Pete. Always worth hearing what you have to say.

 

[Pete Askew]

You're welcome and I am pretty thick skinned so feel free to tell me when I am talking nonsense!! Sorry it has taken me a while to get to stuff. I've not have much sight this week but things have improved dramatically in the last few days and I am now trying to catch up: Four pages!!!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I hope your eyesight is better?

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks. It's getting there Rob. It was a worry for a few days as my mother had many operations for Glaucoma and my maternal grandfather was blind by the age of 55 (not so good for a wood carver and stone mason!). The pressure shot up in my left eye and I could barely see through it. But I found a good specialist and he diagnosed it as a result of Iritis. It needed urgent treatment to prevent damage to the optic nerve and there was some inflammation spreading across from the edges of the retina. He got the pressure down within 24 hours and the inflammation is now greatly reduced and he is confident that it will be gone in a week or so although I may have to keep up with the treatment for a coupe more weeks and will need to be checked every now and then (and not daily as at the moment). I have 4 sets of drops - 1 daily and 2 twice daily but one every hour. And for the first 2 days that really did mean every hour!! Tomorrow I go down to every 2 hours. The worst part is having my left pupil permanently dilated to reduce the chance of it adhering to the lens while inflamed. That throws out my focus and makes bright light a problem as you can imagine. Still, it looks like things are getting better. Damn, there goes the alarm for the next drop!!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Oh dear. Good luck! Keep us posted.