What’s Your Preference?

Fish Noir Foul · #**131** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 06:42 AM

I like to go through the DIA and take shots using extreme close-up, shadow or reflected natural light rather than a perfectly framed exact representational shot .
This one was shot in color but came out looking like black and white so I desaturated it all the way.

Light striking the statue is natural winter sun from a nearby window.
Circles of light in the frame are electric chandeliers reflecting in the plexiglas shield protecting the statue. No flash was used.

Diggs72 · #**132** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 07:27 AM

This is Herbbie the Himalayan - he's shy

Digidave · #**133** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Diggs72

This is Herbbie the Himalayan - he's shy

He certainly must be! I can't even see him!!!

willielieb · #**134** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 07:37 AM

My first try at B&W

Diggs72 · #**135** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Digidave

He certainly must be! I can't even see him!!!

Hmmm next time I'll read the sticky notes ...

bingo · #**136** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 09:52 AM

In my dreams, thats why I smile. "My sister"

Hope u guys like it.

cagemaster33 · #**137** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 09:59 AM

viv · #**138** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 10:24 AM

Here's an old one. Taken in "real" b/w, as it was negative film.

This one is more recent, taken with a digital camera, so in color and somehow black-and-whitened. With a lot of contrast. (The website it is on seems to be suffering though, so perhaps it won't come through).

I have some more in this series, will post them as soon as the website is on-line again.

Vincent

Eskilman · #**139** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 12:10 PM

(my first post to this forum

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A picture of my oldest daughter taken while on holiday in Croatia. The picture was taken in BW, but was enhanced using the Rob Carr Color to B&W Conversion Technique. (http://weblog.slower.net/archives/3).

The optimised photo is more dynamic and interesting. A general tip for digital B/W photography: Shoot in colour (or raw) and convert to bw in post processing.

vgal · #**140** (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 12:59 PM

Last weekend, I built my own light tent (using the tutorial on the blog) and started shooting pictures for a Valentine's Day present that, sadly, never came to fruition. Just didn't have the creative juices flowing enough to follow through with everything I wanted to do with it... it was to be a framed collection of photos of a few of my boyfriend's favorite things. These are my favorite 2 pictures from the batch that I shot.

Anyway, I shot RAW, in color, fixed a lot of contrast before converting to JPEG, and converted to B&W in Photoshop using the channel mixer.