Crossing the Lagoon

[dhsimmonds]

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My first attempt at posting an image: LC1

[john_r_smith]

David

 

this is a really lovely picture, full of light and movement. I like it a lot. How did you make this shot - is it a B/W jpeg or a colour conversion?

 

John

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[dhsimmonds]

Thank you John. It is a monochrome conversion from colour JPEG using desaturation and channels method. I usually just try looking at greyscale first, just to get some idea of how the image would look in monochrome. Sometimes (but rarely I have to say) the image looks good enough using just greyscale. Cheers Dave

[gareth_c]

A nice shot but I think it may have become overly compressed when you saved this for web. It is around 140kb I think but you are allowed larger files, well worth it for this shot I think.

[firoze]

Great shot David!

 

What Gareth suggests is worth trying - the photo certainly merits it.

 

Regards

[hm1912]

Excellent photograph. Thanks for sharing.

[dhsimmonds]

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Thanks for the advice Gareth & Firoze

 

My first attempt at attaching a slightly larger file was rejected as being too large. I suspect that by reducing the already reduced image has over compressed the file. I have to admit that I don't get much practice in reducing image files......I am usually concerned in getting them up to a print size of 20" x16"! Incidentally this image was originally printed at 16"x12".

 

Cheers, Dave

[elansprint72]

Dave,

If Canaletto had a digicam in 2006, this is what he would have produced. Compression problem I can relate to, sometimes the web is a poor showcase.

 

Cheers,

Pete.

[wda]

I like the dynamics of this shot. It works well in bw.

 

David

[dan_drabek]

It's interesting seeing a gondola out in a chop. You usually see pictures of them in placid canals. I like the brisk look.

DD