Theme - Clouds From Long Ago

[Cheryl Slechta]

I took this shot from a train window with my iPhone 6 while traveling from Venice to Lucca, Italy recently. The train window was really dirty but I liked the distortions created. I learned a transfer printing technique while I was in Venice and this is one of the images that I'll be trying it out on. I used Nik SEP High Key and moved the sliders around a lot to get the look that I wanted. I also did some clone stamping of a reflection from the window.
I might be tempted to crop a little from the bottom but I can control that (I think) when I do the transfer.

[Dennis Bishop]

Windows can present a challenge, especially when the vehicle is moving, but I like the way this turned out. The lines and tones are both effective in guiding the viewer's eyes and keeping them within the image. The darker region on the right makes a good stopper, and the lighter one just before it helps with the transition. If I were going to crop, i might do just a little from the top rather than the bottom, but I think it's very nice as is.

[Diane Miller]

I love this -- composition and texture are just wonderful -- iPhoneography at it best! The buildings on the right are a lovely touch.

I have an urge for a slight CW rotation, but that would cut into the right edge too much. A distortion to pull down the LR corner should work well.

I'd think about a little off the top and left, too, to move the trees a little off center. But with an image this artistic, it's purely maker's choice -- no right or wrong.

[David Cowling]

This has the feeling of a bygone era of photography as created by the French impressionist photographers using glass plates to make their images in the 19th century. I love it. Don't touch a thing.

[Anita Bower]

I agree with all the comments above. I like it as it is, but, you could make crops to suit your taste. I very much like the high contrast, the gritty look, the subject matter. Well done.
What is transfer printing?

[Nancy Bell]

The gritty look is fantastic for creating the mood. And it is timeless as it could be an image from decades ago or just last month! Plus great composition with the isolated group of bare trees. Just got an i-phone but have not yet looked into using the camera yet. Isn't it hard to do processing on the phone with such a small screen?

[Dennis Bishop]

. . . Just got an i-phone but have not yet looked into using the camera yet. Isn't it hard to do processing on the phone with such a small screen?

Probably about half my images now start with iPhone shots, but I do all the processing on my computer. If you use a Mac this may not be the case, but -- with my PC -- Bridge won't read the images directly from the phone like it will with the memory card from my real camera in the card reader. I get around that by downloading the phone images to a folder and, then, accessing them with Bridge.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Nancy, I rarely process my iPhone images on my phone although I've got some pretty cool apps that I play around with including TinType - I've posted a couple of them in OOTB. But most, including this one, are processed in LR and CC.

[Anita Bower]

Some people process their iPhone images on iPads.