My technique for digital color to b&w conversion YMMV...
As with all post processing the results are individual interpretations, there is no "correct rendering" for b&w conversions... In the below example I am using Silkypix, and while the application details / tools will be different, most post processing appl...
Interesting read
May I reciprocate by sharing what the impact is on me as the average viewer of the conversion result? The original photo gives me the impression of an autumn afternoon with the bleak sunlight as it can be right after small rainstorm. I can see a young fam...
Absolutely...
subject matter aside, different versions are subject to different interpretations... and just for fun a saturated, contrast-ie, color variation ; ) ...
Thanks John...
even more is possible after the b&w conversion... see Blansky's comments below ; ) Casey
I think your technique is fine and as you say there are a lot of ways of doing the conversion bit I would respectfully add...
that since the original image is slightly problematic in that the sky in the top middle is flared and blown out, that it creates more work due to the fact that your eye is drawn upwards, and out of the picture. I did A LOT of burning and dodging in the da...
Correct...
and excellent points... in the original I should have waited until the train passed and avoided that reflection off the first carriage. Casey
