Blown out background and dark foreground what do you think?

[irishnh]

here's a photo that I took last year in Montreal. the sky was blown way out and the subject was very dark .... I used a variety of means to "fix" this photo.. I gave up for realism, so using some lighting effects I tried a more surreal look.

Opinions?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1kbowj4S8LRU9Eg6iw9Ne8MQdmzHDU_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1kbowj4S8LRU9Eg6iw9Ne8MQdmzHDU)

[NMarti]

John
Very cool! Almost Harry Potter-ish.

[Daviskw]

Hi John

I like that green...I can almost see a dragon somewhere

You could also try a b&w

Butch

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1wLUsIm6Ira1L2Hncg6NtmMNOYAG31_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wLUsIm6Ira1L2Hncg6NtmMNOYAG31)

[irishnh]

thanks Nancy ... as I'm a big Potter fan that's a real compliment for me :p

I do really like the B&W Butch .. and the new sky is cool as well

[Wendy]

Oh well done ... what a great effect :)

Wendy

[irishnh]

thanks Wendy

[kimh]

I think they both look great.
Kimh

[jo]

John, it looks terrific! and Butch, your black and white is awesome!

Don't you just love playing with the less-than-perfect shots!?!

[irishnh]

thanks Jo ...
I think that being able to make something from a photo that you might have just discarded in the past is the best thing about learning to manipulate images.

Treasure from trash?

maybe that could be a new forum subtopic LOL

[vawitt]

Isn't fun to take a photo that is just about tossable and salvage it into something unique?

Nice work!

~Val in windy IL

[wiggleroom]

Hi John, Just found this. How on earth did you do it? Same with the person who changed it to black and white. I know how to desaturate, but not how you manage to take care of the white sky that's blown out while adding detail to the dark image. I have some shots that I would like to selectively edit that way. Help! Rae