[Isac]

A jigsaw it is - I'm nearly finished, just a few bits to go
Fantastic colours John!

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Oh Isac - you ought to be renamed "McCain" - coz you've done it again

Looks beaut
Phil

[Grumpy John]

Birdsville Qld. 5/09/2015

Inside the last remaining touring boxing tent in Australia.

[Grumpy John]

On the Oodnadatta Track, 26/02/2013

[Isac]

I'm glad most of those places are far away with this COVID19 thing going on John.

[Grumpy John]

Cervantes, W.A. 7/05/2005

[Isac]

Was up there in February. Hasn't changed much. Still plenty of clean blue water and lovely beach sand. The town's grown a bit though.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day GJ

One of the wonderful things about Oz is the 'miles & miles' of clean sandy beaches alongside lovely blue waters that we have. Not only "have" but we can access easily and free of cost

Phil

[Isac]

I wouldn't bandy around that "free" word too loudly Phil, people in authority may hear you and times are tough on the financial side just now.

[Grumpy John]

Cobar N.S.W. 27/06/2014

[Ozzie_Traveller]

GJ - been there too ~ I was surprised recently to read that the gold? mine there is still operational and the town's largest employer
Your pic above reminds me of the 'brutal starkness' of so many mining towns

Phil

[Isac]

Gold today is over $80/gram! I bet the old miners wished that was the case back when they started up.
Great image and beaut colours/detail John.

[Grumpy John]

Hastings Marina, Victoria 17/04/2012

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Just around the corner from a good mate of mine ... tho my images of the marina are a "tiny bit" different from the above !!
Phil

[Isac]

I have always liked this type of effect John. Sort of like High Key that includes the darker parts as well. Good work. Do you still have the workflow floating around in the old grey matter?

[Grumpy John]

Thanks for the feedback Isac. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

[Grumpy John]

"I have always liked this type of effect John. Sort of like High Key that includes the darker parts as well. Good work. Do you still have the workflow floating around in the old grey matter?"

In ACR I maxed out the black and white and upped the contrast a tad.



In CC2020 I copied the background layer (just in case) and created a B/W adjustment layer where I pulled back the Cyan and Blue quite a bit and the Magenta just a tad. Sorry for being vague but I don't remember the original values.

[Isac]

Much appreciated John. Always good to get tips from the gurus.

[Grumpy John]

You flatter me Isac. I'm no guru, I just thought "what if.........." and went ahead.

[Isac]

You are a guru to me John. You're a "Learning Guru". You seem to have a passion for learning and experimenting, which is a great thing.

[Grumpy John]

Tennant Creek 23/05/2016

[Isac]

Wow that green roof really pops John. I like the POV as well.

[Grumpy John]

Balranald N.S.W. 30/10/2014.

Camping on the Mrurumbidgie River at Mamanga campsite.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Arrrrrrrh - yurra bluddy showorf ......... just coz we can't do it at the moment

seriously tho - yes one of many lovely camp-sites along the bidgee / murray rivers where we can rest a while
Can't wait to get back into it again

ps- the image looks a bit 'stetched' ... Q- is it a multi-image stitched pano?

Phil

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Phil. No, it's not a stitched pano, taken with my 8-16 ultra wide zoom @ 8mm.

[Isac]

Nice hats.

[Grumpy John]

Barcaldine, Qld. 4/06/2016

Barcaldine RWS and the structure protecting the Tree of Knowledge.

[Isac]

Lovely image John. That was an interesting read about that tree. TFS. The only tree photo I have that is documented as significant is the huge gum tree in the Adelaide Hills that housed the Herbig Family back in the 1850's. What a fantastic story HERE if you read it.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Isac, what an interesting read. I will post some more tree related images in the days to come.

[Isac]

I still have the tree shot but didn't want to hijack your thread

[Grumpy John]

Trephina Gorge N.T. 15/05/2016

Continuing the tree theme, one on the largest Ghost Gums in Australia.

[Isac]

Tall tree John. The sky is really dark blue, what causes that? Plenty of tall trees in our southwest especially the karri trees. You've now inspired to measure the height of some of the trees in our park.

[Isac]

And here was I thinking "John'll have a crack at that sky" because it's a real challenge! Hmmph!

[Grumpy John]

Feel free to have a crack at it Isac. I had a play around with Luminar sky replacement, but couldn't find anything I liked.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Hey U lot- leave the bluddy sky alone ... don't wanna see yellow with green polka dots for the sky ... it's upset my late nite drinking regime
Phil

[Grumpy John]

Derby, W.A. 16/05/2005

Last of the big trees.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

GJ- was there any significance to the tree beyond its huge girth? ... ie- had it been hollowed out for internal housing use?
Phil

[Grumpy John]

I seem to remember the guide telling us that it was used as a temporary gaol on occasion, but it is not the famous boab gaol just out of Derby.

[Isac]

That's a huge tree tree John. We're the biggest state so I guess we should have the biggest trees!
Here's the sky fix for the ghost gum. It would be much better with the original sized image.