Under and over the bridge

[Pat]

These pics are of Stockton Bridge just out of Newcastle, I am going back one day at dusk when the bridge lights are on as I think the effect could be stunning, well one can only hope





The photograph of the bridge was taken with RAW, the one of the bridgepath JPG, have noticed that the photographs I have taken with RAW appear to be washed out, I have a Canon PowerShot Pro 1 and was using the P setting with RAW and Photoshop RAW to post process and the landscape setting with the JPG, appreciate any feedback.

[smarti77]

I like the curve of the bridge on the first shot. I can imagine the shot at sunrise/sunset having alot of potential.

[Toad]

I like them.

Nice architectural captures but you need to use the crop tool. #1 is very good but needs a bit off the top. #2 is also good but needs to zoom in more - like so:



Just my opinion = feel free to disregard.

[Pat]

Agree with you about shaving some off the top of #1, as for #2 what about the rule of thirds? think a little too much cropping.

[Irma]

Agree with the comments above...

#1 has very nice composition, Pat... What I am missing here is something to make your picture more interesting... perhaps a cloudy sky? someone walking on the bridge? as smarti suggested a colorful sky at sunset or sunrise...
A bit of sharpening also would be fine... I would try also a monochrome version as well...

#2 is great! I agree with the crop, it changes your perspective a lot, and I would play with colors to bring the texture in the rail...

About color in my pictures I understand it like this...

When you work with JPGs or TIFs... you pictures come out from your camera with a specific RGB (color) working space Adobe RGB or sRGB.... I mean, it is already defined in the image...

When you work with RAW you give to your picture that RGB working space at the moment you convert it in TIF or JPG... Regardless the color mode you have in your camera... I have set in my program for RGB working space: ColorMatch RGB... You have to check what RGB working space you give to your pictures in your RAW converter ....

Some converters advice you to take your pictures with low saturation and sharpness and leave the white balance in auto, since you can work with all these attributes in your RAW file to your liking...

This is my very domestic way to understand it, and I hope I am not giving you wrong information... but it would be fine if you check what RGB working space you give to your RAW files when you convert them into JPGs...

I would ask to you all, that if I am wrong with this explanation about RAW file to correct me, please...

[matthew]

To add to what Irma's said, the other difference with RAW is that it doesn't apply your camera's colour and saturation preferences. So, if your camera is set to boost the saturation, you'll only see it in the jpeg image. Raw should show what the sensor is capturing without any modifications.

[Pat]

Thanks Irma & Mathew for your advice, Irma I have checked my RGB workspace and its set to sRGB 1966 etc, which according to the help files is the correct one, will do more work on my RAW images.

[shuttertalk]

I like the composition in #1... as you suggested, maybe a crop would be good (but not too much).

How about a b/w version with a dramatic gradient put into the sky?