Christmas in San Juan (BW)

Jack'll do

Took this Dec 2006. The original color image was taken with a Nikon Coolpix EV5700 non DSLR. For a P&S on auto it took pretty nice photos. Converted to BW yesterday. The original is here

DaddyO

It is a very nice shot. Well thought out and composed.

black mamba

Hi Jack...

I like this shot. I cropped it from the top to just at the top of the tree and I like it even more....got rid of some of that area that appears blown out. I also really like some of the other San Juan shots you have taken. Good stuff.

Tom

Skippy

Jack'll do wrote:

Took this Dec 2006. The original color image was taken with a Nikon Coolpix EV5700 non DSLR. For a P&S on auto it took pretty nice photos. Converted to BW yesterday. The original is here

Jack that is a very good shot, and I love you conversion to B&W
I prefer to be able to see Black and White than shades of Grey that many people seem to come up with.

Lovely Shot ... Skippy
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Jack'll do

DaddyO wrote:

It is a very nice shot. Well thought out and composed.

Thanks for commenting. It's very much appreciated.

Jack'll do

black mamba wrote:

Hi Jack...

I like this shot. I cropped it from the top to just at the top of the tree and I like it even more....got rid of some of that area that appears blown out. I also really like some of the other San Juan shots you have taken. Good stuff.

Tom

Thanks Tom
Yup there's quite a lot of blown hilites here. I included the frieze at the top because with the light blue of the building, it reminded me of old Wedgewood China. You are right about the crop although I might still include the tops of the columns.

I also really like some of the other San Juan shots you have taken. Good stuff.

Thanks Tom. I loved San Juan mostly due to the beautiful pastel shades of all the buildings. Having lived all my life in New England I had never seen this style before. All our older buildings are either granite or brick, and the new ones are drab concrete and steel.

Jack'll do

Skippy wrote:

Jack that is a very good shot, and I love you conversion to B&W
I prefer to be able to see Black and White than shades of Grey that many people seem to come up with.

Lovely Shot ... Skippy
.

Thanks so much Skippy. I was beginning to wonder whether I was alone in that opinion regarding having some pure black and pure white in the image.

black mamba

Hey Jack,

You're right. Cropping the B&W version to the top of the columns gives the best look yet. In the color version, I agree with you about going all the way to the top to show the " Wedgewood " look. You did a splendid job with this one.

Tom

Jack'll do

black mamba wrote:

Hey Jack,

You're right. Cropping the B&W version to the top of the columns gives the best look yet. In the color version, I agree with you about going all the way to the top to show the " Wedgewood " look. You did a splendid job with this one.

Tom

You're too kind Tom (but I appreciate your response). I did work an awful long time on this one.