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The All New More and More Fun With Digital M Images

Lloyd

Active member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Thanks for the kind words.

These are shot with the 28 cron and 50 lux (pre-asph) on my M8, B&W conversions done in LR2.

In LR2, I go to the greyscale mode and start with "auto" which gives me a good starting point. Then I use the color filter "target adjustment tool" to selectively modify the lumination of certain colors from the original RAW file to get the look and contrast I want. To finishi it off, I add a little "post-crop vignette" to eliminate some distraction from the edges.

Mike
Thanks Mike. Gonna have to give it a try. Yours are some of the most stunning (I know, I overuse that word, but I mean it) bw conversions I've seen.
 

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Mike, those first two birthday shots are coming out of my monitor. Great!

What lens and aperture?
 
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Cancelledreality

Guest
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Incredible shots, Lloyd, Steve and Mike.

I'm glad this thread is back alive! :thumbs:
 
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Cancelledreality

Guest
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

I love the 28 cron! :thumbup:

 

stevem8

New member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Hans, stop that! All I have is the measly 28 Elmarit and seeing these 28 cron shots has me thinking of exchanging it even though it would not be a smart $$ decision! That 28 cron always looks so magical!
 

Cindy Flood

Super Moderator
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Thanks for the kind words.

These are shot with the 28 cron and 50 lux (pre-asph) on my M8, B&W conversions done in LR2.

In LR2, I go to the greyscale mode and start with "auto" which gives me a good starting point. Then I use the color filter "target adjustment tool" to selectively modify the lumination of certain colors from the original RAW file to get the look and contrast I want. To finishi it off, I add a little "post-crop vignette" to eliminate some distraction from the edges.

Mike
Lightroom should hire you to do a tutorial. If my black and white conversions looked like that, I would still be using Lightroom. I sure wish I could have made it to the workshop,:mad: because I know you were teaching Lightroom techniques there.
 

Mike Hatam

Senior Subscriber Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Thanks Cindy.

From my experience, LR2 does well with M8 images shot at ISO 640 or lower. For shots over ISO 640, I use C1, which produces a cleaner and nicer image at the higher ISOs.

I hope to see you at a future GetDPI workshop, and will gladly show you my B&W conversion techniques, as well as other LR techniques.

Mike
 
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Mike Hatam

Senior Subscriber Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

I've posted a color version of this candid portrait of my father much earlier on this thread. I reprocessed the image in B&W, and like this version even better.
 

Gary P

Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Hi Mike,

I love the B/W images! Of course along with the other ones! I would love to hear how you went about producing the B/W images. Did you use Aperture or Lightroom? What was your conversion to B/W conversion?

Thanks,

Gary P
 

Mike Hatam

Senior Subscriber Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Thanks Gary. I used LR2, and described an outline of my B&W conversion method in post #1135 - a few posts up on this page.
 
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Cancelledreality

Guest
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Hans,

This just jumps off the screen. The rendering here is exceptional, and the light... wow! :salute:
Thanks Lloyd!

stevem8 said:
Hans, stop that! All I have is the measly 28 Elmarit and seeing these 28 cron shots has me thinking of exchanging it even though it would not be a smart $$ decision! That 28 cron always looks so magical!
Steve, you are doing great with the 28 elmarit.
I found a great deal on a used cron, which I could not pass up.

Mike Hatam said:
From my experience, LR2 does well with M8 images shot at ISO 640 or faster. For shots over ISO 640, I use C1, which produces a cleaner and nicer image at the higher ISOs.
Mike, great b&w and also great advise of using C1 for higher ISO shots. :salute:
 

ecliffordsmith

New member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

Hi All,

Wow, where to start? This thread really is thriving again!

Lloyd/Steve,

Very nice photographs!

Hans,

Again another nice one from your cafe series. You have conveyed a really nice mood in the whole series.

Mike,

As others have stated, very very nicely processed B&W images!
 

helenhill

Senior Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

This Thread is Alive & Kicking....

Mike: Great Portrait Series

Hans: You & the Cron work Magic

Ed: Love the Tonal Range & Moodiness
 

JimCollum

Member
Re: More and more fun with M8 images

M8, 35mm Lux, preasph
Overpass





M8, 35mm Lux, preasph
Coyote Creek

 
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