Window

I'm doing the black and white February "flash of red" in the hope that I will learn something along the way. I like black and white but I could really do with better processing skills.
http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/24748/flash-of-red-february-starts-tomorrow

[Babs]

Love the symmetry of this shot. The processing looks fine to me. I usually take the shot in colour and then convert to b&w and adjust the sliders of the individual colours until it feels right.

[Carole Imes]

You captured some great textures and shapes! Your processing skills get an A plus from me!

[Nicole Campbell]

Have fun with the challenge, I like the patterns and textures you have captured in this shot

[Wylie]

Fab window.

[Sheralee S]

@onewing Thanks Babs, that's basically what I do but now that this is uploaded the white doesn't look white enough.

[Simply Amanda]

What a gorgeous window.

[Danny G.]

Nice textures

[Tara]

Awesome window - it's perfect for a b&w shot.

[Marci Elston]

Lines and textures work great here.

[Kerri]

Great b&w

[Debs Stott]

Fabulous linesand shapes going on here.

[Graham Thresher]

Super B & W

[Pam]

Great textures, and shapes! Awesome window!

[Nicole]

like this with the different textures and lines!

[sally agnew]

What a great find, beautifully textural, rustic and captured :)

[Babs]

@bella_ss You can lighten the white by going to image/adjustments/curves in photoshop and clicking the mouse on the centre of the line and lifting it up until the lightness increases, if it takes away the contrast you can put a bit of an 's' curve on the line by dragging the bottom half of the line down a bit. Just play with it and the whites will lighten.

[Sheralee S]

@onewing Thanks Babs, it actually looked fine in LR but darker once loaded here. Sometimes this site doesn't seem to reproduce quite as well as LR and PS.

[Jenny Ren]

Great B&W!

[Rachel]

Beautiful lines and shapes. Maybe just slightly crooked?

[Sue Wilde]

Your contrasts are good.

[Bill Fenske]

I like this.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Super subject for the B&W theme. Nice contrasts, lines, and shapes.

[KWind]

It's lovely! Great tones and textures.

[Robyn]

Nice lines and shapes in the b/w

[alia_801]

Great textures and shapes!

[Sam]

I love, love, love windows and wood together - so much texture. FAV

[tony gig]

Lovely textures and capture.

[Joan Robillard]

Processing skills are really like any other skills you have acquired. They improve with practice. I admire your ability to stay with one thing for a month. Nice shapes here.

[Jennifer]

Great textures here,

[Annie D]

love the horizontals and the contrasting shapes
like Joan said @joansmor just practice the processing

[Sheralee S]

@888rachel Thanks Rachel, it's hard with old buildings because nothing is straight. I went for the horizontal louvres being straight but the sides of the window aren't straight.

[Poppo Livy]

No Comment

[Sheralee S]

@terryliv Sorry, but that's actually a comment :/

[Vera]

Lovely window! Very nice details and the peeling look adds so much to the atmosphere!

[Elaine]

I like b&w too Sheralee but like you I sometimes fine it difficult. I love the lines and textures here.