Another go at b&w. Again processed using curves....which means to be honest I "play" with the curves till I stumble upon a look I like. Can any of you who are skilled in the craft of b&w processing of images explain to be the technical side of what I am doing? Or suggest something to look up/read to understand what I am doing? Thanks
I can't explain anything technical sorry, I tend to take the approach of stumbling around until I get a look I like as well. The only thing I can say is that I know what I like, and I like this :)
Nicely done. Curves and levels are there to help you manage contrast and the tones of a shot and correct your histogram. The curves presets are very good for B+W especially, I prefer them over levels. I tend to add a strong contrast curves layer to a lot of my B+W shots. I started where you are a few years ago, just playing with the sliders. You can also mask a shot and select only the parts that you want to process. remember though, Photoshop often gives you several options to process and achieve the same outcome. This article may help, plenty more like it on the web, and loads of free tutorials on Youtube. http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/levels-curves/
@seanoneill Thanks, had quick 5 mins to have a look, need to get littlest up from nap but that looks v helpful. I didn't know about histograms or levels so going to have a good read and then play again with my images. Thanks for taking time to post it for me.
I really love this, it's a fav for me. I also tend to use a trial and error approach with some things. Sean, @seanoneill thanks for yoiur link, I intend to take a look at it.
Nice reflection. Like everything else photographic, there are guidelines for using curves and the other tools but at the end of the day they serve your creative vision. In this instance the contrast and tonality look really good to me.
March 31st, 2014
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