Experimenting

TonyCooper

I saw a photo in a magazine that was rendered in black and
white only by Threshold layer in Photoshop. It was an interesting effect,
and seemed dead-simple.

It isn't. I tried doing this on dozens of photos without a
keeper. The resulting mass of black area obscured all the
detail.

Finally, I tried it on this one. Watcha think?

Sventekoz

I think it's very interesting and emotive. I can see why you wanted to replicate it. Are you able to share anything of the technique?

TonyCooper

Sventekoz wrote: »

I think it's very interesting and emotive. I can see why you wanted to replicate it. Are you able to share anything of the technique?

If you have Photoshop, it's as simple as creating an adjustment layer
with Threshold (one of the drop-downs) and moving the single slider
until the desired effect is reached.

The real trick is finding a photo where it works. You need something
with distinct edges of your subject and solid, but light-colored background.

This one worked out, but several others I tried since posting the first
shot haven't. I suppose there are tricks and techniques, but I don't
know them. I just experiment.

Sventekoz

Thanks Tony - I'll definitely give that technique a try.

Sventekoz

Thanks again. It works quite well.

TonyCooper

There you go! Good job!