Steam Fair

[PaulL]

All the rides were either Steam Powered or powered from generators on the Steam Engines. Nostell Priory Steam Fair Nr Wakefield West Yorkshire.

Leica M6 CV 35 1.7 Superia 400, coolscan V, B&W LAB CS2

[stunsworth]

Nice composition Paul. There's something very satisfying about steam engines.

[elansprint72]

Originally Posted by stunsworth

Nice composition Paul. There's something very satisfying about steam engines.

Agreed; well done!

[chris_livsey]

I do like the tones and the composition but, for me, you have just pulled up the shadow detail too much for comfort.
I would have gone for those cars with the lovely white steering wheels for another shot - did you?

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

Paul, perfectly spotted and great B&W treatment.

[stuny]

Paul -

gorgeous composition, detail, depth, contrast, tonal richness and tonal range

[PaulL]

Thanks for the comments.

Chris : It was a very poor day and I made a fundemental error with the couple of shots of the cars on the roundabout, namely I didnt capture the whole roundabout and missed abit off the side. I might be able to make something of it yet.

To balance the image with the large dark steam engine on the right I burnt in the left side of the frame which was very bright in comparison and did some dodging on the steam engine. The sky was masked and duplicated with multiply and adjusted to make it more overcast.

[chris_livsey]

You have more patience and skill than I. It would be interesting if you posted a small frame of the original before your work, warts and all. We can all learn, I believe, from seeing what can be done. Shame about the cars they look fantastic as a subject.

[PaulL]

Thanks for the comments.

Chris : It was a very poor day and I made a fundemental error with the couple of shots of the cars on the roundabout, namely I didnt capture the whole roundabout and missed abit off the side. I might be able to make something of it yet.

To balance the image with the large dark steam engine on the right I burnt in the left side of the frame which was very bright in comparison and did some dodging on the steam engine. The sky was masked and duplicated with multiply and adjusted to make it more overcast.

[PaulL]

For Chris

[PaulL]

Image straight from scanner. Just converted too 300ppi, 8bit and jpeg for uploading.

[chris_livsey]

Lovely. Now I'm spoilt, the colours are great.
Perhaps a drastic crop ?

[chris_livsey]

Or even this just quickly

[wda]

A fascinating series in difficult lighting conditions. I wonder whether you use a grey reference in such situations? I try to, even with film, and find it helps enormously with colour correction later.