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    Here's another image from the National Park. This is the ruins of one of the mission churches (the surviving one) and the kiva in front. I converted to a Sepia tone in LR using an OnOne preset.
    Canon 5D, Mark III, 24-105mm@35mm, 1/160, f/11, ISO 400.
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    Cheryl, very pretty scene, and I love the toning. I really like the composition with the two pyramids on the left. I wonder what it might look like with a bit more detail in the sky?

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    Hi Cheryl.

    Nice follow on from the previous post. I too like the sepia tone and the composition. I think presenting these images in B&W adds to the historic feel, so well done there. I also agree with Jackie that bringing out a bit more detail in the clouds might add futher to this image..

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    Hi Cheryl - I too like the toning and feel it adds to the old time feel. Good suggestion by Jackie re the sky. I would also clean up the urc.

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    Thanks, for the comments Jackie, Don and Rachel. I went back to the RAW file and there wasn't much detail in the sky - gray day, scattering of clouds. I got some added detail using NIK CEP Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast (and cleaned up the URC - thanks Rachel - I noticed it when I took it back into NIK). When it's an overcast day in the winter it's pretty monochromatic without toning because the adobe is made from the earth and most of the vegetation is brown.
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    The repost is really nice.
    Nice minimalist processing, stark and appropriate for the subject.
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    Hi Cheryl, I really like the toning for this one and agree with the others that it really adds the historical touch to this image. I like the repost best as the additional detail in the clouds helps to frame the ruins nicely. Very nicely done!

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    Love it; I think it is a smidge (that is really very little) high on the left side. I use an App on my Mac call pinpoint - changes my cursor into red crosshairs edge to edge: love it; recommend it to everyone!

    While the overall feel for me is a not level, the bottom of the window and some of the lines in the walls confirms it for me.
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