25 Feb 15. Today we look at the third of four variations of the same image. This time I've elected to put something of an nineteenth century look to it and it could be debated that it is too much or even not enough, depending on your recollection of prints from that era. I debated with the appearance of the vignette, tried it with and without, tried using both white and black, and even thought about a partial vignette just affecting the top half of the image. In the end, as is clearly evident, I went with a full white vignette. The final presentation of the vignette was a choice of very subtle to force your eye into the center without it being obvious, or to do it in a very obvious and therefore somewhat artistic form; I elected to go with the latter. If you find the vignette obnoxious, try cropping the image to remove it and see if you like that look better. It will then be a very different image.
The base image that I sent on Monday was brought into a plug-in and adjusted to give both the tonal shift and then I added the vignette for effect. Same specs of course since it is the same image; Nikon D300s; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 400; 1/125 sec @ f / 8.
