B&W Critique required

Bachs · 18-09-2005, 10:35

I've been having another play with black and white conversion.
I selected this image for the strong light and shadow on the path.
I find images with stronger geometric lines and shapes much easier to deal with and personally find this image a little cluttered due to the foliage (colour defines the areas better)
I used channel mixer to convert and 'Selective Colour' using the Blacks and Whites (left the Neutrals channel alone as it muddied everything up) and selective Dodge & Burn, focusing on the stone sign to the left in its own layer.

C&C welcomed, particularly around the post-processing side of things.

CT · 18-09-2005, 11:02

I can't see much to criticise there. I look for a good black and a good white in mono shots, with a good range of tones in between and no loss of detail in the shadows or blown highlights. Boring and traditional I suppose, but that's what our photographic forbears deemed made a good print and I don't think anyone has shown them to have been wrong.

Excellent processing given the level of contrast in the shot. I love the shadows acoss the path. I agree that foliage can look 'busy' as it does here, but that's just the way it is.

Who or what is Big Burn? is that burn as in brook or stream?

Bachs · 18-09-2005, 11:10

Thanks CT

Garnock, Dod and co will know better than me, but I beleive a 'Burn' is the Sasenach equivelant of a 'Wood'.
The shot was taken on the way up to Wick a couple of months ago.

18-09-2005, 10:35	#1 (permalink)
Bachs Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montrose NE Scotland Posts: 919	B&W Critique required I've been having another play with black and white conversion. I selected this image for the strong light and shadow on the path. I find images with stronger geometric lines and shapes much easier to deal with and personally find this image a little cluttered due to the foliage (colour defines the areas better) I used channel mixer to convert and 'Selective Colour' using the Blacks and Whites (left the Neutrals channel alone as it muddied everything up) and selective Dodge & Burn, focusing on the stone sign to the left in its own layer. C&C welcomed, particularly around the post-processing side of things. __________________ Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT)---EFS 18-55 MKII kit lens---Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III USM---Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II ---Tamron AF 28-200mm Super Zoom f3.8-5.6 Aspherical (IF) Macro 1:4---BG-E3 Grip---Speedlite 580EX---Canon(ish) Angle Finder C---Photoshop CS2---Powershot A95

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18-09-2005, 11:02	#2 (permalink)
CT Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Mids UK Posts: 3,500	I can't see much to criticise there. I look for a good black and a good white in mono shots, with a good range of tones in between and no loss of detail in the shadows or blown highlights. Boring and traditional I suppose, but that's what our photographic forbears deemed made a good print and I don't think anyone has shown them to have been wrong. Excellent processing given the level of contrast in the shot. I love the shadows acoss the path. I agree that foliage can look 'busy' as it does here, but that's just the way it is. Who or what is Big Burn? is that burn as in brook or stream?

18-09-2005, 11:10	#3 (permalink)
Bachs Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montrose NE Scotland Posts: 919	Thanks CT Garnock, Dod and co will know better than me, but I beleive a 'Burn' is the Sasenach equivelant of a 'Wood'. The shot was taken on the way up to Wick a couple of months ago.