June Title - Waiting 2

How I did it -

Original photo of a small garden (not mine!) enclosed by walls. Converted to monochrome with Silver Efex Pro. Started with the Antique Solarization preset. Decreased brightness and contrast to soften the textures of the image, but increased structure to bring out more of the lines. Back in Lightroom, increased midtone contrast to bring back more snap. Added border.

COMMENTS:
 

David Halgrimson	I like the concept and the subject. I feel it has too much clutter especially with the branches coming across the table and what ever is flowing in from the left side. I like the framing idea if it were cleaned up a little.
Mohammed Arfan Asif	Jon, this is very artistic treatment to a simple subject. I feel the primary interest the table and chair quite centered within the frame and missing on balance and the right compo. Having stated such, the treatment has enhanced the quality and the viewer’s attention is retained.
Jerry Hug	The table and chairs stand out to me because They contain the darkest tones in the image in contrast to everything else. There is a lot going on in this picture. The foliage seems to be a distraction rather than add to the image. I would love to see the starting image out of the camera to compare.
Paul Hoffman	This is a nice look through image with a good composition making me look right through the image. I find myself feeling I am sitting at the window looking into the garden, I find the treatment has lost to much of the detail for me. But has potencial.
Jon Brehaut
Roc Godec
Jim Baker	I found this to be a very interesting and very different presentation of a garden scene where one expects shades of green with accents of color where flowers are present.  The feeling is one of a long ago garden from one’s memory or a conversation between two old friends remembering a common background.  The sepia toning is effective.  I have not tried the Antique Solarization present from Silver Efex.  It is time I did so.

Member Bio

Jon Brehaut I’ve been taking photographs for over 45 years now, starting with a Kodak brownie, I think it was. My first SLR was a Minolta XG-M, which I used until I switched to digital in 2003. I’m now on my third digital camera, a Nikon D80, with 18-135mm, 70-300mm, and 60mm macro lenses. I’ve always been interested in landscapes, particularly in the juxtaposition of natural and manmade elements in a landscape. Also interested in close-up and macro photography. These interests evolved into a focus on garden and flower photography. Nevertheless I rarely pass up an interesting shot, regardless of the subject. I had a black & white darkroom many years ago and since I switched to digital, I do all my own processing and printing, both colour and monochrome. I’m still learning and improving on both fronts. Since taking an early retirement in ‘08, I concentrate more on my photography as an art form. Living just outside Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, I volunteer with the horticultural society as photography coordinator and archivist, as well as the photo editor for society’s magazine. In addition to being a new member of PSA, I am a member of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art and the Images Alberta Camera Club.