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01/12/2008 06:33:35 PM · #26 |
| A suggestion for the future is to shoot in RAW rather than JPEG (or do both), as this gives you a lot more leeway during processing. (Detailed reasons for this can be found elsewhere on this site, just search the forums.) |
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01/13/2008 12:14:22 PM · #27 |
| Thanks for all the inputs! It has given me so much cool stuff to work on. |
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01/13/2008 12:31:33 PM · #28 |
It's impossible to tell what potential is in your original without seeing it. Conversion to B/W via greyscale is generally pretty weak. CS3 has a very good B/W conversion tool under image/adjustments. You can set it as an adjustment layer and alter it at will. By varying how much of the monochrome image is derived from the R, G and B channels you can play with image tonalities very effectively.
Nevertheless, working from your image as entered I came up with the following:
1. Open image, dupe BG layer
2. Image/adjustments/shadow/highlight
3. Image/apply image in soft light mode and fade to 70%
4. Filter/distort/lens correction/vignette
R.
Message edited by author 2008-01-13 12:43:41.
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01/16/2008 01:39:01 AM · #29 |
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01/16/2008 01:49:46 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
It's impossible to tell what potential is in your original without seeing it. Conversion to B/W via greyscale is generally pretty weak. CS3 has a very good B/W conversion tool under image/adjustments. You can set it as an adjustment layer and alter it at will. By varying how much of the monochrome image is derived from the R, G and B channels you can play with image tonalities very effectively.
Nevertheless, working from your image as entered I came up with the following:
1. Open image, dupe BG layer
2. Image/adjustments/shadow/highlight
3. Image/apply image in soft light mode and fade to 70%
4. Filter/distort/lens correction/vignette
R. |
Bear ... you are SO on my wavelength ... I was thinking of doing EXACTLY what you did reading the earlier posts ... then I saw your post and did not have to ...
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01/16/2008 01:57:31 AM · #31 |
Many times one can get very good effects by not making it completely BW. For example consider this,
This shot looks like BW but it is not BW completely, there is a touch of blue tone to it. The before it was converted to BW it was bluish tone, then the blue was partially desaturated to get this one. |
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01/16/2008 02:02:36 AM · #32 |
 zxaar is right adding tone goes a long way. Blue creates a sharper appearing cool look. It really adds bite to this photo with its sharp angles.
A slight warming would have given the horse a softer, warmer, more inviting feel.
Message edited by author 2008-01-16 02:02:55.
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