Thanks everyone, but I decided the picture sucks and have taken it down :-) I replaced it with one of the basketball shots that I like--well, that I find intriguing anyway--that I took during week 1. Cheers, Christine
On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Sometimes I'd rather buy a book than new software. I greatly enjoy this one > ... > > The Art of Black and White Photography: Techniques for Creating Superb > Images in a Digital Workflow > Torsten Andreas Hoffmann > > http://www.amazon.ca/Art-Black-White-Photography-Techniques/dp/193395227X/ > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Thanks, Don for the heads-up on Topaz. So far 3 suggestions--excellent! >> Over the next year, I'll experiment with free trial possibilities, just for >> fun--see if any suit my needs. Cheers, Christine >> >> >> On Jan 8, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: >> >>> Yes nice playfully successful BW rendering. I am using Topaz B&W >>> adjust plugin for some of my B&Ws. Lots of presets as starting points >>> but also lots of sliders so you can salt to taste. 30 day free trial >>> and I think $30 on sale. >>> >>> I noticed you are using TAV with the K-5. Thats the setting I have >>> been using for most of my outdoor shots. The results have been good. >>> For me it is sort like Auto mode with manual control of both aperture >>> & shutter. Happy shooting. >>> >>> >>> Message: 7 >>> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:35:27 -0600 >>> From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: PAW--2012--Week One--Cookie Jar >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi Everyone: While making some chocolate chip cookies tonight, I was >>>>> thinking about all I've recently read about black and white rendering, >>>>> and I kept staring at my cookie jar (named Minna) because it's yellow >>>>> with light blues and greens and reds and browns, and I thought maybe a >>>>> photograph was in order to play with the targeted black and white mixer >>>>> sliders in Lightroom. Shooting TAV, wide open, and at shutter speed 500 >>>>> (and EV +1.0), this frame was shot at ISO 25,600. Can you believe it!?! >>>>> Noise reduction for both luminance and color was 100. There were some >>>>> small blown highlights that I removed with the healing tool. So I had >>>>> myself some rendering play. Cheers, Christine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
