Rick Bergstrom

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Wow, thanks! My first foray into the TANK and the sharks aren’t too hungry! OK, going back thru the comments…@rickshep, even with the first one blown out, I liked it better cuz it looked kind of “grunge”…not a vignette freak, maybe just a little heavy on the slider (using it to try and eliminate junk in the corners?); on the second post, I for…[Read more]

thanks everybody. Above is the edited version.
This image is just one of my first attempts into “observation” and travel photography, as most of my other images have been landscape.
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Winning Hands edit.jpg by Rick Bergstrom on Light StalkingCheck It Out

@falx…wow, thanks a lot! @tersha…uh, how do I repost it in this thread?Check It Out

Thanks @karlodl…I went back to LR and burned in that upper R corner, and held back the highlights on the table and dominoes (as @nikon-nut also mentioned). I think when I did the conversion in SilverEfex, the preset I used was too contrasty. Would it be beneficial to re-post it? Check It Out

Much better in B/W, but agreed, it would benefit from a stormy sky…give it a spooky feel. Also, can you get a different angle on it so the windmill isn’t sticking out from the roof? Maybe shoot it from the right to keep that wicked looking tree so the windmill is either out of the frame or shown attached to the ground like our mind tells us it…[Read more]