The Meeting Point (B&W)

[nieziam]

Really new in digital B&W coversion, hope to get some opinion and tips to improve in the future, thanks you..

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[zoom and crop]

I love this picture! COOL COOL COOL!

[nieziam]

Originally Posted by zoom and crop

I love this picture! COOL COOL COOL!

Thanks for like this picture..

[Eduard]

Can you post the EXIF? How did you convert to B&W - in camera or software? I think I would lighten the shadows a bit where the tracks cross in the foreground.

[kgb224]

Outstanding B&W conversion.

[nieziam]

Originally Posted by Eduard

Can you post the EXIF? How did you convert to B&W - in camera or software? I think I would lighten the shadows a bit where the tracks cross in the foreground.

Thanks for you suggestion my friends, i just realize the shadow is quite a little bit hiding.I converted this picture in the CS4 Extended. I used the Channel Mixer option then thick the monochrome option and then adjust the channel of red,green and blue.(sum of the value must not exceed +100). After that i adjust the brightness and contrast and the curves as well. I also applied dodge and burn to bring back some detail.That all.

Here i have provide the EXIF. The EXIF is quite weird but based on my experiment it work well went i shoot on the sunny day. I purposely increase the shutter speed to compensate with the lighting environment in order to get more detail. For aperture, I do suggest small aperture for sharper picture. Actually i forget to reset the ISO to the lowest as possible, so it create a lot of noise in color and i guess it would look better in B&W base on the available highlight and shadow. Luckily it work for me

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 85 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment

Originally Posted by kgb224

Outstanding B&W conversion.

Thanks for your nice work my friends