If you use curves to increase midrange contrast, you can do it without altering the black point. Just create an "S" curve through the midrange. You can even pull the shadows a brighter while you're at it. Paul On Sep 11, 2008, at 11:52 AM, frank theriault wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> that's nice. the rendering is a bit lacking in snap, though, and >> might >> stand a bit more contrast. >> > > I thought it lacked a bit of punch, too, but I just couldn't get the > contrast right without completely losing detail in the dark areas. > > I've redone it using a different B&W Plus filter (I think it was > magenta this time) and I'll repost it later to see what you guys > think. > > Thanks for the suggestion and the comments, and thanks to everyone > else for the comments as well! > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
