I made some edits to a black & white photo using the Waterlogue app on my iPhone and I am very happy with the results.
My Internal Editor struggles between how much and how far when it comes to making changes to a photograph. I tend to err on the side of “going too far”, but that is whole other conversation.
Before
Iron & Brick, the original photo
© Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
After
Iron & Brick, edited in Waterlogue
© Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
What do you think about this final image?
B&W crisp & clearcut; Purple haze is in my brain… I liked Honie’s comments. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Al. I enjoy hearing how people react to these photos.
I like the after. Just looks cleaner to me, plus a little Alfred Hitchcock, which I like, too. Don’t know why it looks that way to me, I am ADHD, so I can blame some of it on that, I guess! 🙂
Thanks, Betty. Whatever it is, it is what it is—I am glad that you like it.
BTW, I like the after version better also.
very nice, but I prefer first one…That picture is awesome by itself and I think it doesn´t need any edits :).
Thanks for your comment. Doing anything to the original B&W photo was a tough decision to make.
LOVE them both. The angle and perspective is perfect. Luscious!!
Thanks—I was experimenting on several levels with this one.
Before, is like a conversation is about to happen. Someone is going to sit there waiting in the late afternoon light. Someone else is going to show up any minute and tell them something important, something serious. After is much later, maybe even the next day, and one or both of them are saying, “That did not just happen.” Funny how we can imagine an entire story with only a shift of light and shadow .
Interesting thoughts. I can see it your way, now—thanks.