Trying out new B+W technique (from Stubbsy).

[Willy wombat]

Stubbsy I have been working on my technique following the Greg gorman method you suggested.

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All - Please feel free to comment on my conversion. Did i overcook the goose?

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{D221C299-A92A-4C2C-AE05-797B8A35FF67}/picture.JPG[/img] BTW - experimented with blurring BG and new framing style tonight as well.

[stubbsy]

Well I have to comment don't I

This is pretty good, but I'd be inclined to lighten it a touch to make the sculpture stand out a little more from the background.

Otherwise, well done. Any comments to make on the technique itself?

[stubbsy]

Bump

Anyone else care to comment?

[mudder]

I think the sculpture tends to get a bit lost in there too... In PP, wonder if it's worth trying to seperate the sculpture to highlight it (including the water and the edge), greenery in the background blurred just a a smidge maybe?

The Greg Normal tip seems really interesting and can really change the character of an image and to control it using previewing sliders is really handy... had a play with it a while ago...

[Matt. K]

Gentlemen and Femmes
I have tried every method of turning an image into a B&W image using Photoshop and they all stink.Too many steps...too many options. Then I discovered this....the absolute best way and takes no time at all. Pay attention girls and boys because this will become your way of choice. Change the image MODE to 8 bit LAB colour. Go to the channels palette and choose SPLIT CHANNELS. Delete the first 2 channels on your screen and you are now left with only the LUMINOSITY CHANNEL. Tweak it in LEVELS OR CURVES to taste. Look at what it does to skin tones. Just perfect. How simple is that?

[Willy wombat]

Well I have to comment don't I


Any comments to make on the technique itself?

Stubbsy - I am thinking about naming a senior member every time i post for now on.

The technique was a challenge for me at first (I was having problems with solid colour adjust layer and picking the right tone, etc) but now i have done it a few times it is quite easy. I have it written down next to my computer! I plan to do some sort of study in the next few days on various techniques. I might pick a better photo to run through the grinder though, and i wont try any other fancy blurring when i do it!

Thanks for the tips though

WW
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[Marvin]

Cool, thanks Matt. I'm going to try that one!

[Willy wombat]

Gentlemen and Femmes
I have tried every method of turning an image into a B&W image using Photoshop and they all stink.Too many steps...too many options. Then I discovered this....the absolute best way and takes no time at all. Pay attention girls and boys because this will become your way of choice. Change the image MODE to 8 bit LAB colour. Go to the channels palette and choose SPLIT CHANNELS. Delete the first 2 channels on your screen and you are now left with only the LUMINOSITY CHANNEL. Tweak it in LEVELS OR CURVES to taste. Look at what it does to skin tones. Just perfect. How simple is that?

I will give it a go and post up some results.

Thanks for the tip MK!