B&W of Tornado Damage at State Park

[KriegHammer]

I was reading about B&W with using shadows and contrast, so I tried it. Please let me know what you think.

[kcoppock]

Personally, I think it's a bit too high-key for me as it is. Boost the contrast with a Curves adjustment, it'll bring out the blacks and whites more. I've attached an example and the corresponding tone curve to go with it, to give a better idea of what I mean.

[KriegHammer]

Wow, what a difference. I do the filter B/Contrast, but I have not done the curve.I didn't even know it was a tool. What program are you using? I only have Gimp, Photoshop Elements 4, and Photoscape.
Nice to learn something new.
Thank you for taking the time to post the change, and the software pic as well.

Krieg

[mwanafunzi]

have a look at the post processing tutorial section for a list of gimp related tutorials.

Have a look at this black and white conversion tutorial that might help. Got it from the post processing tutorial section

[KriegHammer]

Originally Posted by mwanafunzi

have a look at the post processing tutorial section for a list of gimp related tutorials.

Have a look at this black and white conversion tutorial that might help. Got it from the post processing tutorial section

The B&W in the tutorials will be very helpful, and I thought I knew Gimp, ha! That Gimp tutorial filled in some nice areas for me.
This is a banner day.
Thank you for your help, and taking the time to to do so.
Krieg

[kcoppock]

Originally Posted by KriegHammer

Wow, what a difference. I do the filter B/Contrast, but I have not done the curve.I didn't even know it was a tool. What program are you using? I only have Gimp, Photoshop Elements 4, and Photoscape.
Nice to learn something new.
Thank you for taking the time to post the change, and the software pic as well.

Krieg

No problem!

I'm using Photoshop CS5.1, but Elements should have a Curves adjustment tool as well (Image > Adjustment > Curves, or Ctrl+M). It's definitely a bit tricky to understand at first, but once you learn it, it's a pretty powerful tool.

[Doug Sundseth]

I'm pretty sure that Curves is one of the things that differentiates Elements from PS. (It has been that way in the past and I haven't seen anything to indicate newer releases of Elements have curves adjustments.)

[kcoppock]

Originally Posted by Doug Sundseth

I'm pretty sure that Curves is one of the things that differentiates Elements from PS. (It has been that way in the past and I haven't seen anything to indicate newer releases of Elements have curves adjustments.)

Ah, I see. Well, never mind me, then.

I don't have any personal experience with Elements.

[KriegHammer]

This is awesome. I checked on Curves with Elements. I have ver. 4.0, and the first 1-4 did not have curves capabilities. In ver 5 Adobe included a limited curves tool. I am going by the sites I read for the limited term.
I was able to download Smartcurves: SmartCurve that works with ver 4 & 5.
I still need much practice to get comfortable with picture changing, and those tutorials should come in handy.
You know the old saying, can't see the forest for the trees; I finally went through all my Canon software and looked at Canon Digital Photo Professional. This software tool has the editor function that has a curves tool.
I just want to thank you all for your suggestions, and help. My photographic knowledge is a drop compared to the ocean of water, but with your help, the drop is getting larger.

Kreig

[windrider86]

Please be sure to include the information asked for in the rules/guidelines. Helps everyone a great deal to know more info on your photo! Thanks