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Black & White pics, show yours !!!

kweide

kweide

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Parvati, she is !



Olympus E-5, Sigma 50 DG EX HSM, noNR
ISO200 @ f 1.4, 1/250 second, 50 mm focal length​
 
kweide

kweide

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It was her day
and she enjoyed each second !



Olympus E-5, Zuiko 12-60SWD, noNR
ISO400 @f8, 1/125 second, 60 mm focal length​
 
kweide

kweide

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Up and down the Torre Guinigi
One main attraction of Lucca. It has trees on top



Olympus E-P3, Zuiko12 mm,noNR
ISO2500 @ f8, 1/30 second, 12 mm focal lenght

ISO2500 and the original RAW was clean ! I had to add noise to achieve the anaolg Ilford look.​
 
Jim Radcliffe

Jim Radcliffe

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I went to the Deep Ellum Arts Festival in Dallas last night. I only took one camera and one lens and decided to shoot in B&W. Here are two from the GH2 and the Leica 25mm



 
Jim Radcliffe

Jim Radcliffe

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fordfanjpn said:
I love the look of your images. Are you HDR-ing or something?

Bill
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Bill, I will have to document what I do.. of course every photo is different but what I most often do is adjust contrast via tone mapping. I don't use any HDR programs. There are a number of plugins for Photoshop that will handle the tone mapping for you... but.....

Here is a link to an article that got me started with tone mapping emulation just using the tools that come with Photoshop: Tone Mapping Emulation - Tutorials

Using the above method takes longer but does not require a plugin or other software.. You can automate the process to a degree using an action but once you've done it a time or two it's pretty simple to do by hand.

Of course I also dodge and burn and use adjustment layers such as curves. I use the B&W adjustment layer quite often rather than converting from color to B&W during the RAW process.
 
fordfanjpn

fordfanjpn

Member
Jim Radcliffe said:
Bill, I will have to document what I do.. of course every photo is different but what I most often do is adjust contrast via tone mapping. I don't use any HDR programs. There are a number of plugins for Photoshop that will handle the tone mapping for you... but.....

Here is a link to an article that got me started with tone mapping emulation just using the tools that come with Photoshop: Tone Mapping Emulation - Tutorials

Using the above method takes longer but does not require a plugin or other software.. You can automate the process to a degree using an action but once you've done it a time or two it's pretty simple to do by hand.

Of course I also dodge and burn and use adjustment layers such as curves. I use the B&W adjustment layer quite often rather than converting from color to B&W during the RAW process.
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Thanks a lot Jim. I'll check out that tutorial now. I appreciate the detailed response. Looks like I have some homework to do now. :eek:

Bill
 
Jim Radcliffe

Jim Radcliffe

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fordfanjpn said:
Thanks a lot Jim. I'll check out that tutorial now. I appreciate the detailed response. Looks like I have some homework to do now. :eek:

Bill
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Bill, one other note. NIK software Silver EFEX Pro 2 may be the best solution. I had the original version of that software several years ago and it does a great job, especially with the tonal contrast adjustment tool. It is a bit pricey but probably will allow you to achieve the same results I get without having to do it all by hand. I was using the demo version. I suggest you download the demo from their website and play with it. They offer a 15 day trial. You can get it here: The World's Leading Black and White Software

One thing I forgot to mention is that I add "glow" to many of my B&W shots, just a touch of it, not to much, and it is probably why some say the photo looks like a painting.. it has a smoothing effect, a characteristic that I really like on B&W shots.
 
fordfanjpn

fordfanjpn

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Jim Radcliffe said:
Bill, one other note. NIK software Silver EFEX Pro 2 may be the best solution. I had the original version of that software several years ago and it does a great job, especially with the tonal contrast adjustment tool. It is a bit pricey but probably will allow you to achieve the same results I get without having to do it all by hand. I was using the demo version. I suggest you download the demo from their website and play with it. They offer a 15 day trial. You can get it here: The World's Leading Black and White Software

One thing I forgot to mention is that I add "glow" to many of my B&W shots, just a touch of it, not to much, and it is probably why some say the photo looks like a painting.. it has a smoothing effect, a characteristic that I really like on B&W shots.
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Thanks Jim. I actually have Silver Efex Pro, but I haven't really experimented with the different settings. I guess I should do that. And thanks for the tip on adding "glow." I'll definitely try that too. I appreciate all the help.

Bill
 
kweide

kweide

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Attack
The crawling attack from the ground



Olympus E-5, Summilux 25, noNR
ISO100 @ f1.6, 1/50 second, 25 mm focal length​
 
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