Recent content by Peano

For this feeling, I would diminish the colors almost to B&W, add a little grain, and darken the vignette even more to draw attention to the sun and the boat. And crop some off the left and bottom. Something like this ...

Yes, definitely. Check this review. http://www.flatpanelshd.com/review.php?subaction=showfull&id=1275291737

Even though your aim is journalistic, this image might be made more dramatic and appealing to the eye. I was a little bothered by the lack of detail in the shadow areas at bottom left and across the bottom. It's hard to judge your B&W conversion without seeing the color original, but I...

Two observations about these questions: 1. I'm not sure why a composition should "mean something by itself," or whether it is even possible for an image to have as objective meaning independent of the person perceiving it. Ten people might view this image and have 10 different ideas about...

The yellow cast from the lighting is fairly obvious. I would color correct for that. I also selectively sharpened the central part that is in sharp focus, opened shadow details a bit, and added a slight vignette top and bottom to pull the light more into the middle where the food is in focus...

Yes. An excellent photo. Just two suggestions for post-processing. 1) Correct the perspective so the vertical lines of the buildings are plumb and the window sill is level (a little trickier than it sounds -- it's more than a simple rotation), and 2) brighten the window sill to make it clearer...

That's what I suspected. Avoid duplicating image layers and stick with adjustment layers (not "layer adjustments").

Did you make adjustments on the composite curve or on the individual color curves? If the latter, you need to go to those channels in the curves dialog to see your original adjustments. Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, you're using a curves adjustment layer that looks...

That comes from using the perspective tool incorrectly. Whenever an image is squeezed or stretched horizontally at the top to correct leaning buildings, it must also be stretched or compressed vertically (depending on which way the leaning was corrected). If that second step is skipped...

It isn't my image, so nothing about it bothers me. But if the OP wants to fix the lens distortion, it will be necessary to make a global transformation. Notice how the buildings are skewed all over the image. If it were my image, I would straighten those leaning buildings. Others might be...

I respectfully disagree. Here's the problem with using liquify. That filter will straighten only the tower. The lens distortion affects the entire image, not just the tower. To correct the distortion, it's necessary to transform the perspective of the whole image. Liquify won't do that. It's no...

What color space are you using in Photoshop?

Forget liquify. Use the Transform tool set to "perspective." Narrow the top of the image until the tower is plumb. Then crop. (Work with the original image rather than the cropped version that you posted.)

I have a few of mine posted here.

My favorite is IrfanView. http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/974517/0#9236576