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04/08/2005 01:10:10 PM · #1 |
Would you consider this to be a good b&w conversion
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04/08/2005 01:12:04 PM · #2 |
Speaking of it as a straight conversion, yes. It's very nice for tonalities. But there's a lot of flaws in the image itself, sharpness leading the list and the "blob" close behind.
Robt.
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04/08/2005 01:14:35 PM · #3 |
looks like slight motion blur
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04/08/2005 01:16:42 PM · #4 |
| Yea I noticed the blur. Not really sure why it came out so |
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04/08/2005 01:45:16 PM · #5 |
IMO the B&W looks a bit dull toned. But I just like a bit of darkness, could just be me:
I used Fred Miranda's B&W Pro in Photoshop 6. Blue filter with step 3 added dynamic range.
You can come close by using the channel mixer to mix to monochrome with Red -50, Green +100, Blue +50. Just tweek the numbers until you go nuts, so many variations.
Message edited by author 2005-04-08 13:45:56.
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04/08/2005 02:06:50 PM · #6 |
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04/08/2005 02:18:20 PM · #7 |
I agree with Azrifel. The b&w needs some more contrast to it.
The darker mod suits it better IMO.
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04/08/2005 02:25:56 PM · #8 |
PhotoRyno, I hope you don't mind, I gringo'd it.
I love this old stuff.
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04/08/2005 02:40:15 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Gringo:
PhotoRyno, I hope you don't mind, I gringo'd it.
I love this old stuff.
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Excellent - both of you! |
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04/08/2005 03:57:50 PM · #10 |
What you guys are dping is improving the pic, no question about it, but I make a distinction here between effecting a conversion and then post-processing it to gain effect. My comment that rhyno had made a fine conversionw as meant to say that it accurtaely portrays in gray tones the full range of the color image and closely mimics it; it's a "good" conversion in that sense, and this isn't easy to do.
In general, when I am making conversions of anything but landscapes I start by trying to capture a "perfect" grayscale rendering of the color original, and then I go on from there seeking my effects and added emphases etc. With landscapes I almost always start with the assumption that I want to lighten greens and darken blues, so use green-channel-dominant channel mixer to effect my conversion.
Robt.
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04/08/2005 05:17:15 PM · #11 |
Bear music, thanks for articulating what I originally attempted to do with the photo. That said what Azrifel and Gringo did to the photo give me a different view of doing things. Although I like Azrifel over Gringos. Just my preference.
The thing I find I am doing when bring a photo into software is trying to make it resemble what I saw at the time it was taken. Weather this is good or bad I dont know. Although I do know images on this site score much higher in challenges with a more glamour look to them. Good or bad again I dont know. A lot of the images look very beautiful but not very realistic. I also know this is a little off the original message I posted, just rambling at the moment. |
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