Hi Marnie, Glad you like the weeds!
About b/w: my problem precisely - not only were the other two taken on one of our typically overcast days but also Picasa - which I am sure is one of the three worst tools for the job - really drowned out the lighter areas despite all my efforts with contrast etc. sliders. I have yet to find and to learn a good b/w conversion tool that lets me fine tune tone and contrast. I think there will be no way around forking out some goosh in the general direction of Adobe in the long run. Thank you Ecke 2009/8/26 <[email protected]>: > In a message dated 8/25/2009 4:25:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Hi all > > Just a quick one with a few snaps from my after work stroller walks > along the larger lake portion of the Alster river where I live. > > http://picasaweb.google.de/eckinator/PDML?authkey=Gv1sRgCNqL6t_Yvcy8eQ&feat= > email# > > These live in a set of three square frames in the hallway that are > reserved for rotating Alster walk prints. Mostly to inspire me to go > for those walks =) > b/w images were pushed on the red channel plus basic b/w conversion, > some grain added. > Comments welcome, especially advice how to make better b/w > conversions. Don't like the loss of sky detail in the kayak one. > > Cheers > Ecke > > ========= > Hey, new guy. :-) I really like the weeds against colored sky. The B&W > version I feel isn't nearly as powerful. > > The other two shots, I feel they are sort of lacking in detail, so that > means they don't have many tones in them and are a bit bland. But what do I > know? I don't do B&W that much myself. > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > --------------------------------------------- > We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we > created them. Albert Einstein > > > -- > 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.
