Black and White Photos

[wordmunger]

wordmunger, that is fantastic. I love the look of the branches on the right and that almost holy, bright light. Very cool.

Thanks! You see, that's why I retired from b/w photography. I'm not sure I can do any better than that one....

 

[jayscheuerle]

One of the beauties of photoshop is creating stunning black and white images by channel mixing RGB images into a monochrome. You have so much more control than starting with a b&w image or converting it to greyscale alone. If you've never played with this feature, check it out!

This picture of my daughter is 1) in RGB, 2) a straight conversion to BW, and 3) a 60/40 mix of the red and green channels. If I would have simply used levels to lighten her face, the curtain behind her would have gotten lighter too. The mix of the channels both lightened her face and darkened the background.

 

[jayscheuerle]

This is one of my few and favorites. Taken on an island off Thailand. The sun reflected a lot off the sand and my darks don't blend in to well. I've played a little in Photoshop trying to improve it. If anyone has any recommendations please let me know.

jon

Looks like a lot of your lighter areas are blown out. The curves tool in photoshop can bring them back a bit, as well as the shadow/highlight adjuster. I did a quick tweak here, and you can see by the flat areas in the clouds that there's no information left there. It's completely blown out.

 

[wdlove]

One of the beauties of photoshop is creating stunning black and white images by channel mixing RGB images into a monochrome. You have so much more control than starting with a b&w image or converting it to greyscale alone. If you've never played with this feature, check it out!

Good job. She is a beautiful young lady. You must be very proud of her. Was that at a dance recital?

 

[jayscheuerle]

Good job. She is a beautiful young lady. You must be very proud of her. Was that at a dance recital?

Thanks. She IS beautiful and I AM proud of her, yet not for that reason. The picture was taken after a recital as she posed for my father in a skirt made for her by a family friend. She's a better poser than she was a dancer (at 6 or 7), but she's better yet with this:

 

[w_parietti22]

I just took this pic like 3 minutes ago... what do you think? I like how you can see the reflecton of the outside of the windows in the window. (Wow.. that kinda sounds confusing)

 

[w_parietti22]

Wow page 3... this thread is starting to grow fast!

 

[wrc fan]

Wow page 3... this thread is starting to grow fast!

Hmm... it's only on page 2 for me...

 

[Zman5225]

I just took this pic like 3 minutes ago... what do you think? I like how you can see the reflecton of the outside of the windows in the window. (Wow.. that kinda sounds confusing)

Very nice pic! Due to this thread, i'm online looking for a new digi camera that I can start to play with. My wife has one, but I don't so this will be my excuse hah! It's something i've wanted to do for a while anyways.

 

[5300cs]

The curves tool in photoshop ...

Exactly what I was going to say ...

 

[w_parietti22]

hmmm... I just took this today... but its not perfect yet... any ideas on how to make it better?

 

[Counterfit]

I feel like an idiot for not linking to my B&W album
I should re-scan those, as the black is way off, and they're covered with dust.

 

[w_parietti22]

I feel like an idiot for not linking to my B&W album
I should re-scan those, as the black is way off, and they're covered with dust.

I like them I really like the "Traffic on Huntington Ave" pic. thats very cool

 

[w_parietti22]

Another pic that I took at Central Park:

 

[840quadra]

Nice! Im a car guy to... hmm lets see from front to back:
BMW 3 Series (I love that car)
VW Passat
Volvo V70
VW Jetta

Am I right?

great pic too

Close I will correct, and add some more detail

BMW E36 M3 Coupe
VW Passat 1.8t (my car)
Volvo S40 T5
VW Jetta GLX VR6

Thanks for the compliment

 

[w_parietti22]

Close I will correct, and add some more detail

BMW E36 M3 Coupe
VW Passat 1.8t (my car)
Volvo S40 T5
VW Jetta GLX VR6

Thanks for the compliment

dang... i always get volvos confused... o well... I did ok... at least I got the makers all right

 

[Peyote]

Here's the first photo that I'm somewhat proud of from my first two rolls of shooting with a Holga. This is the Mission de Concepcion in San Antonio. Retouched only to remove a couple of scratches and noise.

Let me know what you guys think!

 

[BakedBeans]

A few of mine

not quite black and white but the saturation is greatly reduced

 

[Deefuzz]

Great pics Al-Famous

I especially like the 2nd and 3rd ones.

How do you achieve the effect in the second photo there?

 

[BakedBeans]

Great pics Al-Famous

I especially like the 2nd and 3rd ones.

How do you achieve the effect in the second photo there?

which effect do you mean bud?

 

[Deefuzz]

which effect do you mean bud?

The black and white but not so black and white...How the child in the picture isnt quite black and white but more of a pale color (if I am explaining that right)

You said something about the saturation greatly reduced...Was that just a photoshop edit?

 

[BakedBeans]

The black and white but not so black and white...How the child in the picture isnt quite black and white but more of a pale color (if I am explaining that right)

You said something about the saturation greatly reduced...Was that just a photoshop edit?

oh, i see - sorry about that

i just dragged the saturation bar down untill i was happy with it . i actually desaturated the sky fully and the foreground separately but thats pretty easy to do by using the lasso selection tool.

cheers.

 

[Deefuzz]

oh, i see - sorry about that

i just dragged the saturation bar down untill i was happy with it . i actually desaturated the sky fully and the foreground separately but thats pretty easy to do by using the lasso selection tool.

cheers.

Cool man, it looks great!

Thanks for the info!

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Like all three Al Famous!

 

[thevessels]

ill bite ..