Kilmainham Jail C & C

DjDangerousDave

Hey all, got out to take the tour of klimainhm jail today. Never been ther before and I only live five mins down the road. What you think of these? It was hard to get good shots cos there were people everywhere.

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sasar

First one isn't bad, although it might gain if you add some contrast and saturation.

PS. I just received a msg on flickr in relation to my Kilmainham Gaol photo as it has been shortlisted for inclusion in the fifth edition of our Schmap Dublin Guide, to be published mid-August 2008.

DjDangerousDave

sasar wrote: »

First one isn't bad, although it might gain if you add some contrast and saturation.

PS. I just received a msg on flickr in relation to my Kilmainham Gaol photo as it has been shortlisted for inclusion in the fifth edition of our Schmap Dublin Guide, to be published mid-August 2008.

Yeah, I like yours. I think you got lucky with a darker day. There is a lot of light in that place. I think yours might also be in a different wing than mine.

AnimalRights

Way too bright.

Eirebear

With the right proccessing the third one could be very atmospheric, a little darker and maybe a wee bit of vignette......

l pearse

'Love this jail'...very eerie & full of history. Ur photo's are fab. The religious paintng through the spy hole is my favourite.
I'm a decsendent of William & Patrck Pearse who were executed in Kilmainham, by the British, after the uprising .
They never found Patricks grave..........deep!:p

Setun

The first one in b&w, turn up the contrast and dim the brightness maybe??

DjDangerousDave

1 (B&W):

AnCatDubh

The b/w conversion of #1 is ok but its very flat - it does remind me of b/w's of an era not that long gone.

I think #1 and #4 have great potential for a little processing;

my suggestion ;

add lots of contrast, a little over exposure in the middle and vignette the edges.

Hope you don't mind - i've played with your original and attach here to see what you think.



Even just bumping the contrast will give a lovely result ( eh.... ps - i'm going through a contrast phase at the moment )

pps - i'm not very good at post processing as you can see so don't worry if you don't like it at all..... i won't be offended.

challengemaster

needz moar contrast.

DjDangerousDave

3(With PP):

challengemaster

Being honest, 2&3 do nothing for me. There's just (imo) nothing interesting about it,nothing that catches the eye, or makes the composition interesting. It's a kind of thing that makes me go 'so what, could have been taken anywhere..' It's a photo without a story, or anything really to give it some impact.

I'd say you've got something with 1&4, there's a decent composition, something to work with, and something that could look good after good post processing.

/edit: sorry if this just sounds like im being a <insert your favourite bad word here>. Long tiring day

Setun

I quite like the b&w actually, it perhaps could be a bit more contrasty to be more dramatic.

Nice work

DjDangerousDave

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This is what I am goign to upload to flickr.