Oh, Give Me A Home...

[Shelley S.]

This is my first time using Photoshop Elements 7, so I will admit that I don't really know what I'm doing yet. For this picture, I turned a colour shot to b & w, then clicked on one of the options to make it look old fashioned. I really don't know if it worked or what, because, like I said, I'm new to all of this editing.

I know the shot would look better if it included all (or more) of the horns, but I was on a tour bus going through the Werribee Free Range Zoo in Werribee, Australia last month. If I had gotten more of the horns, the shot would have included other people in the bus and/or parts of the bus.

Anyway, just wanted to share.

[Jamfke]

I was expecting a buffalo! Very nice work. Did you do any tinkering with contrast?

[pjflan7]

I think it looks great....more personality seen in the close ups.....take me home to where the buffalo roam.....

[samhail]

I like it. It is a great B&W but it doesn't look old fashioned to me. I have a lot of trouble converting my pics to B&W. This was a nice conversion and a nice capture to begin with.

[Shelley S.]

Thanks everyone!

I think what I did was this: I changed it into a b & w photo, then under guided editing I clicked on "old fashioned" (this is where the old fashioned 'label' came into play), then either on "vivid landscapes" or "urban/snapshots"....I believe it was the vivid landscapes though. I really don't remember if I had adjusted contrast or anything like that. I had played around with it some, but I think I might have just reset it. I'll have to write these things down for future use I think...so I will know what I did and how I did it...

[Heaterguy]

A really nice shot. Very effective use of b/w.

[AGoldenTouchPhotography]

I was expecting a Buffalo as well, but he is really cute.
Nice conversion!

[mikez53]

I think it looks great and I like the B/W but do not notice the old fashion effect. Thanks for sharing.

[Shelley S.]

Ok...I've figured out why it doesn't have the 'old fashioned' look...I didn't click on any of the selections that would do that. It's just the b & w I guess, lol.