Salar, WOW for the first and second image!

my thoughts exactly!

I think the second image would do better without the yellow. Greener grass and bluer water!

Man, I gotta go visit Europe....

Ok. Im tired.

What does flat mean and how do i fix it.

"Flat" means that the image doesn't have good tonal separation. the darkest tones and the lightest tones are too close together. In a well exposed B&W image, the darkest tone should be a pure black, and the lightest tone should be a pure white. Anyone who knows anything about the Zone system will know that this is an absolute must for a good image.

So, in your image, Andreas...you have too many grey tones in your image...contrast is low. Post or e-mail your original to me...I'll see what I can do.

Senna I dont have your email.

Do you want the raw or cs2

heres the original

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/IMG_9831.jpg

http://www.symplicit.net/alley.jpg

that's what i wouldve done with it at first try. however that being said, im not really attached to this image - i dont really "get" what the point or focal point of the image is.

You could have gone to my profile page to send me an e-mail. ;)

Anyways, I did a quick & dirty PS job here. From your pic, it's impossible for me to tell what the subject of your image is. To me, the picture is uninteresting and lacks a proper subject. If I had taken this, I would have made the parking sign the subject, so that's what I did.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t/IMG_9831.jpg

I fail.

WOAH! salar's pictures look so different on my lcd (better) compared to my laptop lcd! i see a huge difference now... omg

I love how warm the colours are Kevin!

Is this the Chan Center?

yes it is :)

This place wouldn't happen to have a concert size grand piano would it?

it was in storage, other wise it would have been a good
element in the composition...

The reason I'm asking, is because I desperately want a super high res shot of a concert grand piano that I can print out and display on my wall, and I can't find the perfect picture anywhere.

^ any particular reason you picked that specific person majin?

Thats my mother.

just call up any concert call and ask if u can take pics.
thats the best way

just don't tell them ti's for ur own enjoyment.

It's a really nice venue in person :). I watched Chris Botti in it a few weeks back. Not as warm looking in person though but very nice.

:(

Knew i shouldn't have asked. :-(

Although your question touched a senstive spot, yet we all now
have a much more understanding and feeling for the image.

So I would like to thank Majin for sharing the image and his
emotions with us.