Do you like any of these?

[Ford DNA]

1.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog1-1.jpg

2.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog2.jpg

3.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog3.jpg

And these 3 are the same image in three different ways. For some reason, I really liked the soft glow. I don't usually like that for landscape type stuff.

4.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog4.jpg

5.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog4bw.jpg

6.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog4glow.jpg

[Ford DNA]

Damn..nobody likes a single one? I didn't feel like posting it on TF, but I guess I'm gonna have to.

[camaroguy327]

I like 3 and 6. and if you make the b&w one more contrasty (sp?) it'd look cool too.

[Ford DNA]

Hmm..okay. I never do any of that stuff, so I was just tinkering. I am usually just a crop and resize kind of gal. ;-)

Here's the b&w with more contrast:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog4bw-2.jpg

[Ford DNA]

Even more contrast.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/forddna/Miscellaneous/Photography/WoodsLog4bw-3.jpg

[camaroguy327]

That kind of makes the detail pop more in a b&w photo when the black is rich and the white is brillant. just my two cents.

[Ford DNA]

Cool. Thanks. Like I said, I've never done it before, so I have no idea what I'm doing. :P

[3drwhore]

I like 6 the best.

was this anywhere special or just some woods? :lol:

[oASHo]

it seems like just woods to me. its ok i guess, maybe if you work on it, or find a better angle or try buildings or something next time for better judgement.

[Ford DNA]

It's a spot on my property.

[artificial]

The black and white one is good, but to make it better, make a new layer (If youre using Photoshop) and color in the white parts with a white brush. Yes it sounds weird, but what you do after that is put a white outer glow on that layer, make it look like gods ray of light sorta deal... if you understand that.

If not, I can give you an example... otherwise, the photos are actually brilliant in themselves.

[Ford DNA]

Thanks!

I don't even own Photoshop. :-)

[DareDevil]

Lookin good amanda :thumbup:

[artificial]

Thanks!

I don't even own Photoshop. :-)

What are you using then?! Paint and doing pixel by pixel? :lol:

The black and whites are pretty good without using Photoshop. Reason I asked is because it looks like you just went into photoshop and went to Edit > Adjustments > Desaturate... turns a photo to all black and white, thats why I assumed. =]

No harm no foul..

[Ford DNA]

It's a program that came with my HP all-in-one printer. I can tell it to convert to black and white in one click. I can do sepia, soft glow, antique, polarized.

To resize, I crop (didn't crop those at all) then lower the pixels. I usually pick a round number like 800-1000 for the bigger dimension.

It's actually a really easy program for basic edits. Has a red eye thing, too.

[artificial]

^ Thats useful. Wish I had one of those for edit on the fly kinda deal...

[Ford DNA]

Maybe see if there's a download from the HP website. This is the second version I've had of it..I keep buying HP printers, and they keep having photo editing programs!

[CBER]

rehost pics on tinypic.com