First experiment: color image. Ignore the dust spot in the center left. yuk.
I'm using Elements 7.0. The original color image http://www.brendemuehl.net/_IGP7525_500.jpg First attempt: not enough tonal range http://www.brendemuehl.net/_IGP7525_500bw.jpg Method: Adjust Color, Hue/Saturation, Edit: Reds, hue @ -180, slider @ 88/118 Second attempt: better tonal range and contrast http://www.brendemuehl.net/_IGP7525_500bw2.jpg Method: (as above, plus) @ b&w conversion, Red +8, Contrast + 37 #1 looks like most of what I see out there -- it's the tones of what your eye catches. It's useful, but there's something about learning to see in b&w that is different, and I guess it would apply to *how* one treats a neg just the same as to how one treats a digital image. The second accomplishes the goal better -- giving emphasis to the center object in terms of both tonality and contrast. But there is still much more work to be done. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
