Trip Through Louisville, Ky Pictures

Nice b/w shots, Wesley.

Thanks Mr. Jackson!

You're welcome, but please drop the "Mr". Greg works just fine. :)

Very nice photographs, Wesley. Black & White really does justice to those subjects.



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~ Bill
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OK Greg, haha, it feels weird for me to call someone older than me by their first name.

Bill, thank you, I thought so too.

"it feels weird for me to call someone older than me by their first name."

:) Appreciate the manners, but Greg is fine. Besides, I'm not that old, just prematurely gray. :)

Greg, well I'm only 19, so you are indeed older than me, but I understand (:

Wesley,

Nice captures. I might bump the brightness and contrast on these. Seem a bit dull.especially around the eyes.

First brightness and then contrast and see if you like the difference. Start with the brightness slider and go past where you think it should be and then come back,same with the contrast. Levels may work instead of the brightness, but would have to see the actual file,

Rich

Rich, thanks for the advice. I did what you advised, and it added a lot of character to the photos.

I like them Wesley, especially sound of washboard.

Thank you Mario, really appreciate it!

Wesley,

Have you uploaded the tweaked images? Just add a 1 to the new images so people can see the difference,

Rich

Wesley,

Like these shots a lot.

I looked more carefully at this one. The main subject? The banjo player? Center?
Or the girl foreground? The story gets lost because the banjo player is out of focus.

Wesley,

I see that you tweaked them, especially the "washboard" guy. What software are you using? If Photoshop, I can give you a few quick suggestions,

Rich

David, thank you. My main subject was meant to be the girl in the foreground.

Rich, I am using Corel PaintShop Pro X7. I certainly would get Photoshop but I need to wait due to other more important priorities based on money. If you can give me any suggestions period, I would love to hear them... I love learning.

Wesley,

If you would like, send me those files, maybe smaller and I'll play with them and see what I see.

Email me privately and I'll give you my email address to send the images.

You can buy Photoshop Elements 13, for around $70 or less, is you shop around. This is more than you'll need maybe forever!

Rich

Rich is certainly correct. Photoshop Elements (available on Amazon and elsewhere) is what I use 98% of the time. I only use the full Photoshop for one job, not related to FAA, on which I'm working that uses a template provided by a client that requires the full PS. I've been using Elements for many years - and just last year upgraded from Version 2 to Version 12 (they are now at 13). I originally bought it because it has both PC and Mac versions on the same CD - and I use both platforms.

~ Bill

Bill, thanks for sharing, I assumed it was really expensive, and I thought you had to pay every year or some other time frame to keep it updated.

they have a photoshop + lightroom subscription for $10 a month. I consider that a good value, even on a tight budget, for software that is continually updated. But I have over 100000 images in my archive, essentially every shot since I went digital in 2003.