A handle on our Bilco door. I must confess the reading of this section in Peterson's book is a bit overwhelming and has me scratching my head. Of course, he lost me in the first paragraph or two when he admitted that the Tonal Zone System was really meant for film rather than digital. Every paragraph after that I kept thinking, "Why are we learning this then?" In the end, I abandoned the majority of the text and went outside with my own goal of finding something textured to process with an HDR effect. I knew this handle surrounded by the weathered paint would make a great subject for this effect.
Shot in color, sharpened, contrast adjusted, converted to black and white with green filter (this worked really well as the door is painted a reddish-brown), shadows adjusted, and frame added.
Nice shot, Ann. You captured the texture perfectly. I think black and white photos really bring the texture out so much better. I noticed that when I did my selective color shot of the roses. Well done :)
First thing i thought was how good the textures were...then I read your text! You got it, really nicely detailed, rough surface and smooth lines. really nice!
Thank you one and all for the view and comment! I greatly appreciate them! Battling a bit of the sniffles today and hope I'm not coming down with something. There'll be lots of orange juice consumed for extra vitamin C today!
@kporte For the most part Keith, yes. I think I could have done better in getting the abridged version of the book, but I did enjoy the parts about filtering. My problem is that the bulk of this book is for photographers who have cameras that can do more than my little point and shoot is capable of. So I've had to figure how to do what he's talking about in post processing and I'm somewhat at a disadvantage there. But I love to learn and even with the drawbacks of my camera there was still something to learn here, and I did.
@lleo Your project, your rules! Go for it Gwenllian! @digitalrn Yes, I think the experimenting I did with filtering has helped me think ahead to what will look best when I choose a particular subject for black and white.
@sangwann Some books are definitely more helpful than others. I liked our last book better- same author, different approach. @pflaume Definitely skip the Zone System- I found it just a little bit too technical for my brain and not having a camera that I could go try it out with, didn't help! But I found everything in the "Photographer's Choice" section to be valuable as well as Thinking in Black and White and some of the descriptions of the different types of monochrome processing and the use of filters (which for me are applied in post processing and not on the camera).
Thank you one and all for the view and comment! I greatly appreciate them! Battling a bit of the sniffles today and hope I'm not coming down with something. There'll be lots of orange juice consumed for extra vitamin C today!
@kporte For the most part Keith, yes. I think I could have done better in getting the abridged version of the book, but I did enjoy the parts about filtering. My problem is that the bulk of this book is for photographers who have cameras that can do more than my little point and shoot is capable of. So I've had to figure how to do what he's talking about in post processing and I'm somewhat at a disadvantage there. But I love to learn and even with the drawbacks of my camera there was still something to learn here, and I did.
@lleo Your project, your rules! Go for it Gwenllian!
@digitalrn Yes, I think the experimenting I did with filtering has helped me think ahead to what will look best when I choose a particular subject for black and white.
@sangwann Some books are definitely more helpful than others. I liked our last book better- same author, different approach.
@pflaume Definitely skip the Zone System- I found it just a little bit too technical for my brain and not having a camera that I could go try it out with, didn't help! But I found everything in the "Photographer's Choice" section to be valuable as well as Thinking in Black and White and some of the descriptions of the different types of monochrome processing and the use of filters (which for me are applied in post processing and not on the camera).