Before and After...

Elaine

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I wanted to share a "before and after" I did and see if anyone had any feedback on making the "after" even better. (B&W conversions are still kinda troublesome to me. Edit: Meaning...other than making the blacks black and the whites white, I'm not sure what else to do. I don't really understand all the channel mixing stuff. Maybe I just need to experiment some more. I just fiddle until I think it looks OK, and then I see someone else's take and think, "Hmmm...I kinda missed the mark!")

Straight from the camera...just a quick snapshot...




After some work...trying to make it a bit more special...



Thanks!

Elaine

Scotty_R

Elaine, you've done a good job here. Sharp, good crop, great expressions. Well done. All four generations would be proud to have a framed copy.

Elaine

Yay! Thanks for the thumbs up!

Elaine

saurora

Elaine I think this turned out very well! It looks like "just a snapshot" in the first image, but you managed to turn it into something special indeed!

Elaine

saurora wrote:

Elaine I think this turned out very well! It looks like "just a snapshot" in the first image, but you managed to turn it into something special indeed!

Thank you so much! I'm pretty sure Grandma will like it.

Elaine

jfriend

Nice
Very nice.

Six Bees

you did a great job! It really was a snap shot before you got a hold of it! Bravo!

Stustaff

Very nice conversion, I dont like the darkening off the corners although that is a personal thing.

Elaine

Thank you for the nice comments...jfriend, Six Bees, and Stustaff. I really appreciate it.

Stustaff - I debated about the vignette, but that wall was just SO white, I felt it needed to be toned down.

Elaine

Stustaff

Elaine wrote:

Thank you for the nice comments...jfriend, Six Bees, and Stustaff. I really appreciate it.

Stustaff - I debated about the vignette, but that wall was just SO white, I felt it needed to be toned down.

Elaine

Interesting, I love super white backgrounds! praps thats why Im not keen on the effect.

Skippy

Elaine wrote:

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I wanted to share a "before and after" I did and see if anyone had any feedback on making the "after" even better. (B&W conversions are still kinda troublesome to me. Edit: Meaning...other than making the blacks black and the whites white, I'm not sure what else to do. I don't really understand all the channel mixing stuff. Maybe I just need to experiment some more. I just fiddle until I think it looks OK, and then I see someone else's take and think, "Hmmm...I kinda missed the mark!")
Straight from the camera...just a quick snapshot...
After some work...trying to make it a bit more special...
Thanks!
Elaine

Elaine the finished image looks great, everyone has a great smile and they look so happy, it's sharp too.
You did a great job removing the unwanted areas in the background
I'm sure they will be very pleased with your finished image ... Skippy
.

Elaine

Stustaff wrote:

Interesting, I love super white backgrounds! praps thats why Im not keen on the effect.

That's a very nice example of a nicely done white background! I like it!

Elaine

Skippy wrote:

Elaine the finished image looks great, everyone has a great smile and they look so happy, it's sharp too.
You did a great job removing the unwanted areas in the background
I'm sure they will be very pleased with your finished image ... Skippy
.

Thanks, Skippy! I appreciate the look and comments!

Elaine