Bradford on Avon

[Clicker]

I decided to  edit some photos in my enormous in tray .... this is one of 40 or so images I took in October 2012.when staying  overnight in Bradford on Avon    for a break to meetup sister in law  who lives in Poole .. It's about halfway between us  so  only about 80 miles away.so we  go a couple of times every year .. It a pretty place with some nice eateries ...Lovely Bath Stone buildings everywhere.

 

 

[Denis]

That is really good, a great scene and I do like the processing.Do you have to have photoshop for that or can it be done in Lightroom 5?

[Guest Judy]

My husband's family come from there and I've been visiting for nearly 50 years. I see it as far more mellow, Polly.. It could be that I'm on my tablet. The stone is a soft saffrom  limestone and there are no hard edges.

 

[Clicker]

I'll be honest Denis I only use Photoshop.. I  don't use Lightroom or other plug ins  ... I find I can do most of what I  want to do in Photoshop. ... Thanks for the feedback ... t'is kind of ya !

[Clicker]

I've put up the original Judy ...  It 's all a matter of personal taste I suppose when it comes to editing ... I thought it was more mellow than the  original when I pulled the  sky back a tad  ....Thanks for the observation though .... I might pull the detail back a bit   ...just for you

Off to watch  back to back Dickensians now ...My Sunday treat

[Guest Judy]

Yeah - the second one is far more like it, Poll. B on A is such a sleepy old woollen town - then Molton Bikes and Dunlop and stuff. It's like stepping back many years when I go there - so mellow that I feel like I'm sleep walking!  I even have some of the stone somewhere. Have taken many walks up to Tory - the setlement on the hill above the town centre.

No problem with the HDR  processing and the image, it just wasn't like B on A to me. The second one is - maybe a touch more detail or something to make it posh - but that's how it is!

 

[Brian]

Hi Polly. I liked the processing but I think I liked the original better. So I took the liberty of taking your HDR and overlaying it onto your original and reducing the opacity to soften the effect. What do you think? Hope you don't mind!

[Clicker]

Hi Brian ... Thanks for that ... Of course I have no problem with anyone editing my photos... I'm pleased   If anyone finds them of interest ... As I said to you on another thread recently ... the trouble is I have so many edits of any one pic... I'm never sure which one I like the best ...  Sometimes a photo just gives me an idea of how I'd like something to look ...I don't just want always to replicate a scene verbatim..sometimes the light isn't right  but you just know you could make it realise the potential it has once you get it into photoshop. ...well  maybe eh ? We all develop our own recognisable styles it seems...  There's just so much to learn all the time out there ..just not enough hours in my days it seems .

Thanks again...it looks jolly good... 

[Guest Judy]

I think Brian has done an excellent job of combining the two verions, Polly. It's now pretty close to how it looks to me.

I might dig out my many photos of being there but most of the early ones are of me in a mini-skirt in my 20s

[KateW]

This is about 4 miles up the road from me! Nicely taken.

[Clicker]

Thanks Kate ... Next time I'll call in for a cuppa 

T'is a nice part of the world  you inhabit

[Brian]

23 hours ago, Judy said:

I might dig out my many photos of being there but most of the early ones are of me in a mini-skirt in my 20s

Go for it Judy!!!!!  Post 'em.

[Guest Judy]

I'd have to find them first and then scan them, Brian!

(they're somewhere in a place like Graeme's shed )

[KateW]

On 2/8/2016 at 10:42, Clicker said:

Thanks Kate ... Next time I'll call in for a cuppa 

T'is a nice part of the world  you inhabit

It certainly is - I'm very lucky!