Reply #35: I really like the tight cropping you've done

[JeffR]

In retrospect, I wish my cropping hadn't been so conservative.

This is the original scan, before any cropping.


I played around with the contrast a lot on this, finally opting to lighten the whole thing just to capture more midtone detail, even though that overexposed the sign. The original 35mm was too contrasty, so it constrained what I could do with post-processing.

I also experimented with several Virtual Photographer filter settings, but none of them worked for this pic. Found out about these filters on this forum, BTW, and can't recommend them highly enough. They're available at www.optikvervelabs.com and are totally addictive.

:)