I love this train shot, but I'm having trouble getting it to turn out the way I want it. Any suggestions/comments are very welcome, and if you have another idea for coloring or crop, feel absolutely free to have a go.

hugs to all
-Krista

Or B&W...

Or antique-looking...?

Sepia toning for sure. Gives it the look

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how do you want it to turn out, Krista? Hard for me to decide which i like best...really like both the color and b/w.

I'm not quite sure exactly how I want it to turn out. LOL I guess that's what I'm having the most trouble with...the three that I posted were the best versions that I'd come up with so far..but trains, by themselves, are sort of boring..expecially if they're just sitting still like this one was..so I wanted to try to come up with something that would make it even the teeniest bit more interesting.

Hey Krista...hope ya don't mind...I did some photo-shop stuff on your photo! I liked the sepia version the most. I used 4 layers to get this effect...used the magic wand to select the sky and used FILTER/RENDER/CLOUDS on that selection. On one layer I just messed around with the Virtual Photographer plugin to get a soft sepia aged look. Finally adjusted the contrast to get some details. Blended all together and WALA... L8r! Joe

Definitly the coloured one if it was up to me. Kewl shot indeed!!! #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Really hard to say :) More... then what Sheila was into...whats your own feelings..and what do you want to "present" ...what story u wanna tell....U can play around in PS until Ure satisfied..

I like the b&w more, and also the dreamy one that L8RDAZE created

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I think I was trying to get a look something like my last version (sepia) and Joe's version..btw, thanks for that version Joe! I have more of a direction for this shot now, so I'm off to work some more on it to get it just the way I want. Thanks so much everyone! hugs

Yes, I'd say an old look for that kind of shot, definitely! A sepia would be the way to go IMHO but lighter than ur version! I mean, try to keep more details in it. Only my 5 pennies worth and late at that, I know! ;)

Ok! I had a go at it and did something...well...not in sepia as u can see! ;)

WOW, excellent work Pascale. I love this shot, but it could sure use some sky in my opinion.

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Well, my choice would have been the first, in color... but then I saw Joe's fantastic job.... This is really excellent postwork ! :~)

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I played with it in photoshop, I never really have any idea as to what I am doing with that program =-P Thought this one came out pretty nice. Great pic of the train!