i was intrigued with GinaRothfels's and wbanning 's theme .. black and white with minimal editing rules.
i wondered if i could create some drama in camera ..
firstly i tried the canon 5DIII changing the picture styles .. upping the contrast sharpness and desaturating ..
i'm not sure if i'm missing something but the results were undramatic to say the least ..
so i tried on the Olympus omd em1 ..
it has a heap of different picture mode settings .. much like you would find on a phone with the filters in your editing apps ..
i played around with a few but i love black and white and grainy images so went for ART5 Grainy Film ..
be great if there were adjustments within each picture mode setting .. so i could reduce the grain a bit and maybe the contrast .. but wotevs .. !! .. ;)
i shot in RAW and jpeg ..
the jpeg came in as it had been 'edited' in camera .. ie. ART5 Grainy Film ..
when i stuck the RAW into photoshop it showed what the image would have looked like before the picture mode had been applied ..
i found the entire process very interesting ..
the combinations you see here are exactly how they came out of the camera ..
posting these was just for the purpose of showing the difference between the RAW image and what the picture mode did .. i wasnt going to be putting them in photoshop and editing them ..
I agree that Canon's picture styles produce rather undramatic results, but that's what I'm working with for this side challenge, mainly because my Olympus doesn't have wifi and I often don't have time to submit from my computer.
However when I shoot with my Olympus (OM-D E-M5) I generally use ART5 (raw + jpg). Unfortunately ART5 often loses a bit too much detail, so lately I'm been taking the raws into Nik Sil-Efex to try to produce a more detailed version of what ART5 saw.
I like b&w for this shot, but agree with JuliBoc that you could do a better conversion than your camera did.
I'm really enjoying the minimal theme. To digress a bit, I know it can be controversial in challenges, but there's no question that shooting this way supports learning more about light and shadow for other "rulesets" and photo purposes. One one of the many things I like about my Fuji cameras is the ability to select presets AND modify certain aspects (highlight, shadow, noise) on top of the simulations.
I like the effect you ended up with from you Olympus on this shot, too!
The color image has a freshness of a new day feel that is quite appealing, the bright grass and effulgent horizon. The dog is, as some have said, more picked out in this version. However, I like the b & w version just as much, distantly related as it superficially appears. I like that you must look deeper, for that's exactly how to spot animals in the wild. The trees are more prominent and function as witnesses, even distractions. I admire your efforts.
I agree with the harsh feeling on the b/w image..grass looks almost prickly. The color version adds an overall warmer feeling. It all depends on the kind of impression you're attempting to achieve. The b/w version is definitely more artistic. I think comparing the two tends to alter one's visual experience. The b/w version is a better image overall.
Agree with jagar's comment, the in-camera B&W treatment does not work in this case. I also personally object to calling processing in camera "minimal" ;)
The original image actually isolates the dog better here, that’s partly because b&w doesn’t always work well with green busy stuff like grass and leafy trees. I actually think that the raw is a really good image as it is, maybe just a bit more contrast and a slight vignette.
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