Tim, We used to have (Still do?) a thing called "WOW" here. It stood for "Work Over Week" where someone would post a link to their _original image_ and other members would "Work it Over" and then post their results. It was a great learning experience as some of the results were wonderful, and others not so good. Why not give it a try so some of the more experienced members can have a shot at it? To me this looks like a very difficult shot to convert as many of the tones in the statue and in the man are so close together.
I have used the tools Mark suggested, most often "BWorks": http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/bworks.htm It's rather "Idiot Proof", which is what I need. ;-) Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: First attemt on B&W conversion > > > This is my first attempt on doing a B&W conversion. No it isn't. I have > tried before, with a crappy technique from a computer geek book > about using > PSE3. > > You have seen the picture before. > This time I've tried a simple Channel Mix. > 20 red, 70% green and 10% blue. The values Shel suggested as a starting > point. I fiddled a bit back and forth, but ended up with this. It came out > Ok-, but nothing more. > > Anybody got better ideas? A better mix, another solution? Not too fancy > please, I'm a total newbie at this. > > After submitting the picture I noticed some specs in the sky, have no idea > where they came from. Don't believe it is dust on sensor. Never > mind, thats > a minor issue now. > > Oh, nearly forgot ;-) > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=191903 > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > >
