by
genevh » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:31 pm
Hope you don't mind but I did a little playing with your picture. A couple of things came to mind right off that I wanted to try. This is a great subject by the way!!!!
First, I might try cropping a bit. Two came to mind and I have put them both here.
- Calcium-cone-Crop-1.jpg (35.12 KiB) Viewed 978 times
- Calcium-cone-Crop-2.jpg (37.89 KiB) Viewed 978 times
Personally, I like #2 better, but you may even consider cropping out more of the mineral field below the cone. The reason being, I think there's too much sky and its taking away from your main subject, Mr. Cone Head.
And I don't know if you see it or not, but that thing looks like it has a face in it. My eyes can see a distinct pair of eyes and mouth at the bottom of it, and he's brooding about something.....
- Calcium-Cone-B&W-#2-.jpg (27.64 KiB) Viewed 978 times
I thought it could use a bump up in contrast, and a little brightness taken away. All I did was dial up the contrast to +10, and dial back the brightness to -5. I think that would go with however you decided to crop, if you do. What do you think?