Barn Interior-manipulated

[RoseW]

Using a prime lens 50mm F1.8 on Canon RebelXt Iso 800
Raw converted in Lightroom 1.2-exported as tif to PaintShop ProX2
Changed to black and white with script and levels adjustment in Paintshop ProX2
The script was a series of steps to emulate the Ansel Adams b/w technique but it turned out lighter than I desired. A levels adjustment to redarken areas then I masked out the darkening to allow the backlighting and glow in some areas.
Duplicated to be a resized jpg
I discovered that the tilt of the LCD monitor needs to be at a prime angle-or more vertical, when processing these b/w images. There can be a difference in the dark/light if the LCD is slightly tilted back too much. I had moved the image around on the screen and discovered it was lighter or darker so adjusting the position of the screen remedied that.
:cheer: think I got the insert routine in hand :)
http://rwgallery.webng.com/Posts/barninterior.jpg

[Rob]

Hi Rose, Have looked at this on both my computer at home & work & find it just a little too dark & therefore lacks impact. Just my thoughts. Would like to see it lighter with more detail. Regards

[gene_mtl]

Following on what Rob said, this is way too dark on my monitor as well, Rose. Much prefer the rendition you posted on Corel's Photography forum.

[RoseW]

This could be an example of a very bright LCD monitor AND doing the manipulation in the day when light is coming in the window. The splitting of the image into red,green,blue channels looked very light and yes, more detail did show up but it looked washed out earlier today.
It was the vertical strips of light coming in between the barn boards that was the goal so I wasn't considering detail inside the barn. I'll aim for a more middle of the road between lighter and dark in this kind of content.
The example posted in the Paintshop pro spooky challenge was a totally different process which had the light strips have a bit of a glow rather than crisp lines.
Rose