D70 / Nikkor 180mm / F: 5.6 / 1/640th Sec
Converted into B&W using the Calculations Method ( I've come to like this method a lot in the last couple of weeks )
Hope you like.
Mic.
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Friends little girl at the park, dirty face & not very happy about something
D70 / Nikkor 180mm / F: 5.6 / 1/640th Sec Converted into B&W using the Calculations Method ( I've come to like this method a lot in the last couple of weeks ) Hope you like. Mic.
Great shots .......... tight croping on faces shows full expression of the subject.......
Cheers ....bp....
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The second shot is great Mic - my thoughts are that B&W give a much more raw feel to a photo and are as expressive as this little girl
 Chris
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Love the second shot.
I really like tight cropping in portraits. There was an article publish in some photography magazine which portfolioed some photographer (see how good my memory is  )...
Anyway, This photographer specialised in portraits and he cropped all his portraits just above the eyes and just below the mouth. At first I thought this was to much cropping but then once you look at the image for a while you realise just how powerful the eyes are. Good morning
W00DY Andrew
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Mic
The images look a little to flat and dark on my monitor. I think there might be more quality in there...maybe look at lifing the contrast and whiten the eyes a little. JMO. Regards
Matt. K
Thanks Woody,
That sounds like a good article, I really like tight Crops, the 180mm is really good for this with great Bokeh.
Matt.K Hmmmm looks pretty right to me, On my Mac it looks spot on, on my work crap one even looks o.k., a bit dark. I used the Calculations Method to convert which gave it a lot of punch, more than my other B&W's I've done. It's hard to get the right balance to show on PC Screens but I thought I had it pretty close. Thanks, Mic.
Hey marcus, Calculations : Open up image / Go to Image / Down to Calculations > Now, You will see your image go very dark 
Don't worry, it will get better. You will have to play around a bit to what suits you, Put 50% or 60% Then play with your 2 little boxes with the RGB & Gray in them. When you are happy, go to little box at bottom and click new Doc then o.k. Then go up to Image / Mode / Grayscale. Then adjust some levels and save. The more you play the more you will learn. Now, are you glad you asked me about Calculations 
I am still Male, last time I checked. Keep em Dangling
Mic.
Really nice portraits mate, I love the texture of the hair in the second shot that has come through really nicely too.
Regards Sean "The more I learn, the less I realise I know"
Got trouble written all over her face, great shot though. First shot a bit dark but second is great.
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Interesting with the Calculations method there mic.
The Blending box holds a world of fun too, many choices, and many different results. Linear light is good for a masculine look, for example. Greg - - - - D200 etc
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Thanks Sean,
Thanks BBJ,
Greg, Yes I forgot the Blending Box, all those different Shades. I had the most success with the Multiply one & Soft Light I think, the others are very dramatic. Still lots of experimenting . Thanks, Mic.
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