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Beachscape B+W conversion.

Postby Willy wombat on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:49 pm

Playing more with the Greg Gorman method for converting pics.

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{1D0012BA-35F5-4B4E-AF45-2404DBA30581}/picture.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{412977B4-C93A-4CAB-B6C6-221082991B4D}/picture.JPG[/img]
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:18 pm

WW

I prefer the first conversion, but in both the colour border really distracts.
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Postby Willy wombat on Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:38 pm

Cool - thanks for the tip. Will re do it with a little less pizzaz :oops:
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Postby big pix on Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:07 am

.....if you shot this in raw try the raw converter sliders to convert to B&W.....
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:05 am

I prefer the first one, but they both feel as if they're lacking depth, honestly.
I think you might need some curves work there... what steps did you use to get them to black and white?
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Postby Greg B on Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:52 am

#1 is my preference Willy (good), but the coloured borders have to go - they are a problem.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:23 am

Nnnnsic wrote:I prefer the first one, but they both feel as if they're lacking depth, honestly.
I think you might need some curves work there... what steps did you use to get them to black and white?

Leigh - he used the Greg Gorman method, which I think uses LAB colour and the lightness channel for the conversion
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