Thanks Steve, great entry!
The reason I personally prefer to throw a B&W or Channel Mixer adj layer into the mix is that I can play with those channels and see which one (or what mix) gives the best results.
Normally, I would do a B&W layer but in this case, most of the detail was in the red channel so I just used it.
It was very hard to find an image that would look good in just black and white. I think you need some texture like my gorilla's fur or the jeans in your shot.
Suppose I could... But now you're cutting into my homework time...:D
Original:
XBW: (Adjustments>Black & White, Posterize, Slider adjustment to 2, save, upload)
Better Nikolai?
Karin,
thank you!
While going for extreme I think it's important to keep the spirit of original picture. The lack of nose in XBW version makes it look skull-like and generally non-pleasant for a western human eye.
Yeah, I guess that's not too flattering! I tried working with it some more, but got nowhere, so I'm going to try another...is this any better, I'm not sure I have a handle on this, but I'm trying!
Karin
"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
Yeah, I guess that's not too flattering! I tried working with it some more, but got nowhere, so I'm going to try another...is this any better, I'm not sure I have a handle on this, but I'm trying!
Thank you Lee!
FWIW, you broke a few major rules of "Car Photography 101" with this shot, but hey, it was not the target of *this* class...
Show me a photographer who never breaks the rules and I'll show you an unbroken string of exceedingly average photographs.
Seriously, though. . . . Aside from the trees growing out of the roof, please tell me which other rules I've broken. But, before you begin, don't mention a lack of a polarizing filter: I used one, but when I'd turn it to remove one reflection, it'd reveal another. It was a matter of picking and choosing which reflection was less offensive.
By the way, I shot this in Newbury Park - your back yard! If my partner hadn't needed to get home and I hadn't already made plans for later in the day - and I'd had your phone number - I'd've paid you a visit. Prearranged, of course!
Thank you for the accepting my submission. In all honesty, I find the black and white version more exciting.
"If you've found a magic that does something for you, honey, stick to it. Never change it." - Mae West, to Edith Head.
"Every guy has to have one weakness - and it might as well be a good one." - Shell Scott: Dance With the Dead by Richard S. Prather
Seriously, though. . . . Aside from the trees growing out of the roof, please tell me which other rules I've broken. But, before you begin, don't mention a lack of a polarizing filter: I used one, but when I'd turn it to remove one reflection, it'd reveal another. It was a matter of picking and choosing which reflection was less offensive.
I can't believe I've never been to this particular forum O_o I love these assignments. Anyway, this is my first time converting this way, so I may have gone overboard...
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Photoshop > Grayscale > Adjustment: Brightness ^ and Contrast ^
> Threshold to the left
I can't believe I've never been to this particular forum O_o I love these assignments. Anyway, this is my first time converting this way, so I may have gone overboard...
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Photoshop > Grayscale > Adjustment: Brightness ^ and Contrast ^
> Threshold to the left
Thank you!
I personally would like to see just a tad more details on the girls face, but it's definitely a judgement call
"If you've found a magic that does something for you, honey, stick to it. Never change it." - Mae West, to Edith Head.
"Every guy has to have one weakness - and it might as well be a good one." - Shell Scott: Dance With the Dead by Richard S. Prather
It's been a few weeks, but this one was so easy to do in a few minutes, I figured what the heck.
So, there's 4 of 'em.
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#1:[FONT=Arial, Helvetic, sans-serif][/FONT] Melissa McClelland on the Ships N Dip cruise in February.
#2 One of my friends. No, she's not fond of having her picture taken.
(deleted per request)
#3 Another friend, and given the time of year, the necklace seems appropriate.
(deleted per request)
(Wife and I agree on #3: the XBW is better than the color!)
Edit: forgot to add how it was done! Convert to greyscale, turn up contrast all the way and play with brightness to get a good image. Convert to indexed color scheme, 2 colors. Done, guaranteed 2 color image!
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
From the OP: please share your own description of how you did yours... Multiple entries are OK, provided the treatments are different.
Sorry I missed the point of the assignment for you. I also admit, having read your complaint twice, it still took a moment to catch the point of it. I will delete the additional entries.
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
Sorry I missed the point of the assignment for you. I also admit, having read your complaint twice, it still took a moment to catch the point of it. I will delete the additional entries.
Just post a new "correct" one, and don't forget the recipe :-)
Working on new recipes.... Just like with cooking, I usually don't use one, and then I tend to almost immediately forget what it was I did. But you know, they almost always come out good! Must be doing something right.
Replacements of the two previous included, this time with new effects for both.
#2_1 Good friend, not happy with shots of herself.
Recipe: Threshold (colors menu in GIMP), almost by itself, I think (my memory is fading by the second here, so bear with me).
#3_1 Another good friend, not so unhappy with pictures of himself. Appropriate necklace.
Recipe: Desaturate with Hue-Saturation slider at minimum level. Levels with upper and lower bounds set really close to each other. Posterize to make sure it was only 2 colors. (It was pretty close to start, but was not a guaranteed result, so...)
There! Hopefully this more fully meets the intent of the assignment.
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
Working on new recipes.... Just like with cooking, I usually don't use one, and then I tend to almost immediately forget what it was I did. But you know, they almost always come out good! Must be doing something right.
Replacements of the two previous included, this time with new effects for both.
#2_1 Good friend, not happy with shots of herself.
Recipe: Threshold (colors menu in GIMP), almost by itself, I think (my memory is fading by the second here, so bear with me).
#3_1 Another good friend, not so unhappy with pictures of himself. Appropriate necklace.
Recipe: Desaturate with Hue-Saturation slider at minimum level. Levels with upper and lower bounds set really close to each other. Posterize to make sure it was only 2 colors. (It was pretty close to start, but was not a guaranteed result, so...)
There! Hopefully this more fully meets the intent of the assignment.
This was an eye-opening assignment for me, thanks, Nikolai!
Original:
XBW:
"Recipe":
- one original photo
- new layer + stamp filter + adjust sliders...
- apply and review
- delete layer
- redo...
- max contrast (to destroy some lost gray pixels here and there)
- some painting with black and white pencils
This was an eye-opening assignment for me, thanks, Nikolai!
Original:
XBW:
"Recipe":
- one original photo
- new layer + stamp filter + adjust sliders...
- apply and review
- delete layer
- redo...
- max contrast (to destroy some lost gray pixels here and there)
- some painting with black and white pencils
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Not "true" XBW (this process does not guarantee true 0/1), but close ...
Comments
Normally, I would do a B&W layer but in this case, most of the detail was in the red channel so I just used it.
It was very hard to find an image that would look good in just black and white. I think you need some texture like my gorilla's fur or the jeans in your shot.
Steve
Suppose I could... But now you're cutting into my homework time...:D
Original:
XBW: (Adjustments>Black & White, Posterize, Slider adjustment to 2, save, upload)
Better Nikolai?
OneTwoFiftieth | Portland, Oregon | Modern Portraiture
My Equipment:
Bodies: Canon 50D, Canon EOS 1
Lenses: Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8
Lighting: Canon 580EXII, Canon 420 EX, 12" Reflector, Pocket Wizard Plus II (3), AB800 (3), Large Softbox
Stability: Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 Tripod, Manfrotto 488RC4 Ball Head, Manfrotto 679B Monopod
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Homework is for whussies
Hahaha...as that may be, they determine my grade, and I'm paying a LOT of money to get the education.
OneTwoFiftieth | Portland, Oregon | Modern Portraiture
My Equipment:
Bodies: Canon 50D, Canon EOS 1
Lenses: Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8
Lighting: Canon 580EXII, Canon 420 EX, 12" Reflector, Pocket Wizard Plus II (3), AB800 (3), Large Softbox
Stability: Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 Tripod, Manfrotto 488RC4 Ball Head, Manfrotto 679B Monopod
"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
Original:
Extreme B&W:
I kind of like it... Basic conversion: Curves, B&W, then Posterize.
Show me a photographer who never breaks the rules and I'll show you an unbroken string of exceedingly average photographs.
Seriously, though. . . . Aside from the trees growing out of the roof, please tell me which other rules I've broken. But, before you begin, don't mention a lack of a polarizing filter: I used one, but when I'd turn it to remove one reflection, it'd reveal another. It was a matter of picking and choosing which reflection was less offensive.
By the way, I shot this in Newbury Park - your back yard! If my partner hadn't needed to get home and I hadn't already made plans for later in the day - and I'd had your phone number - I'd've paid you a visit. Prearranged, of course!
Thank you for the accepting my submission. In all honesty, I find the black and white version more exciting.
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"If you've found a magic that does something for you, honey, stick to it. Never change it." - Mae West, to Edith Head.
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Photoshop > Grayscale > Adjustment: Brightness ^ and Contrast ^
> Threshold to the left
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I personally would like to see just a tad more details on the girls face, but it's definitely a judgement call
Next time I'm out that way. . . . Whenever that may be.
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"If you've found a magic that does something for you, honey, stick to it. Never change it." - Mae West, to Edith Head.
"Every guy has to have one weakness - and it might as well be a good one." - Shell Scott: Dance With the Dead by Richard S. Prather
So, there's 4 of 'em.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetic, sans-serif][/FONT]
#1:[FONT=Arial, Helvetic, sans-serif][/FONT] Melissa McClelland on the Ships N Dip cruise in February.
#2 One of my friends. No, she's not fond of having her picture taken.
(deleted per request)
#3 Another friend, and given the time of year, the necklace seems appropriate.
(deleted per request)
(Wife and I agree on #3: the XBW is better than the color!)
Edit: forgot to add how it was done! Convert to greyscale, turn up contrast all the way and play with brightness to get a good image. Convert to indexed color scheme, 2 colors. Done, guaranteed 2 color image!
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Member, Livingston County Photographers Group (http://livcophotographers.com)
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
Reading is hard, huh
From the OP: please share your own description of how you did yours... Multiple entries are OK, provided the treatments are different.
Sorry I missed the point of the assignment for you. I also admit, having read your complaint twice, it still took a moment to catch the point of it. I will delete the additional entries.
NTWPhotos.com
Member, Livingston County Photographers Group (http://livcophotographers.com)
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
Replacements of the two previous included, this time with new effects for both.
#2_1 Good friend, not happy with shots of herself.
Recipe: Threshold (colors menu in GIMP), almost by itself, I think (my memory is fading by the second here, so bear with me).
#3_1 Another good friend, not so unhappy with pictures of himself. Appropriate necklace.
Recipe: Desaturate with Hue-Saturation slider at minimum level. Levels with upper and lower bounds set really close to each other. Posterize to make sure it was only 2 colors. (It was pretty close to start, but was not a guaranteed result, so...)
There! Hopefully this more fully meets the intent of the assignment.
NTWPhotos.com
Member, Livingston County Photographers Group (http://livcophotographers.com)
If responding to a picture I've posted: please, provide constructive criticism. Destructive criticism can go take a flying leap.
If we don't know what could be improved or could have been done differently, we'll never know how to get better at what we're doing.
Original:
XBW:
"Recipe":
- one original photo
- new layer + stamp filter + adjust sliders...
- apply and review
- delete layer
- redo...
- max contrast (to destroy some lost gray pixels here and there)
- some painting with black and white pencils
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Not "true" XBW (this process does not guarantee true 0/1), but close ...