A Painting

[Box Man]

 

[dirk]

I like the idea of that images. I would try to darken "the frame" (the room) as much as possible. I could imagine, that this would give an even better atmosphere, looking out of the winodow with the diagonal lines of the window supporting the curve of the street.

 

[Box Man]

I like the idea of that images. I would try to darken "the frame" (the room) as much as possible. I could imagine, that this would give an even better atmosphere, looking out of the winodow with the diagonal lines of the window supporting the curve of the street.

dirk, thanks for the suggestion! I appreciate that you took the time to think about my “attempt at painting.” Definitely your idea could work. I will give it a try when I return to Tokyo later this evening.

 

[Box Man]

I like the idea of that images. I would try to darken "the frame" (the room) as much as possible. I could imagine, that this would give an even better atmosphere, looking out of the winodow with the diagonal lines of the window supporting the curve of the street.

Dirk, I am back in Tokyo from my short excursion to a northern town not far away. I tried my best to try out your suggestion about darkening the frame (room), but I don’t think it turned out as good as you had imagined yourself. The minor edit was done on my iPhone 7. This is about the best software I have. Yes, old, free, default software is pretty much what I rely on. Sorry!

 

[Box Man]

Looking at it on my old Mac now....

It definitely looks better than from my iPhone.

 

[ootanaboot]

Box Man, I believe dirk meant only darken the room you were standing in just enough to be a subtle background frame. The view outside the room is splendid and is fine as it was.

 

[Box Man]

Box Man, I believe dirk meant only darken the room you were standing in just enough to be a subtle background frame. The view outside the room is splendid and is fine as it was.

ootanaboot,

Thanks for trying to assist here! Sometimes I need it.

I think because I am processing my images using my iPhone 7 there are big limits, one being that I can't only darken one part of the image without darkening the other parts of that same image. Unless I don't know how to completely use my limited editing tools on my iPhone 7, which could easily be the case. Did I confuse you or were you able to understand me? Very sorry!

 

[dirk]

Box Man, I believe dirk meant only darken the room you were standing in just enough to be a subtle background frame. The view outside the room is splendid and is fine as it was.

Yes, that was what I meant. But I am bad in post editing, so can not give a recommendation on how exactly to do it. I always try to avoid PP. I would in this case tried several times the same image with different exposures and see what looks the best. A lot faster then sitting afterwards 20 minutes on a PC to make it that way. I am am lazy...

 

[Box Man]

Yes, that was what I meant. But I am bad in post editing, so can not give a recommendation on how exactly to do it. I always try to avoid PP. I would in this case tried several times the same image with different exposures and see what looks the best. A lot faster then sitting afterwards 20 minutes on a PC to make it that way. I am am lazy...

I tired several different combinations, but each time when I darkened the room invariably the city outside the frame would also, in corresponding fashion, grow darker to some degree. One day I will get my hands on some software like Lightroom.