meet Henry

Elaine

...a volunteer at the California State Railroad Museum.

Scott_Quier

Very nice, indeed. The B&W is very well done though I tend to like a little more contrast (but that's strickly a personal problem I have ).

The only thing that might have made this even sweeter is if there had been a train in the background.

Elaine

Scott_Quier wrote:

Very nice, indeed. The B&W is very well done though I tend to like a little more contrast (but that's strickly a personal problem I have ).

The only thing that might have made this even sweeter is if there had been a train in the background.

Thanks, Scott. Yes, I've been thinking it could use a touch more contrast too...still working on the conversion thing.

Elaine

DavidS

Nice shot. I like his expression, the lighting and the conversion.

Scott_Quier

Elaine wrote:

Thanks, Scott. Yes, I've been thinking it could use a touch more contrast too...still working on the conversion thing.

Elaine

I've found what I think is a very good conversion action. You can find it on this page (link). Look for this item:

Gorman BW Action:
Author: Robin Holden, Sr.
Posted 12/10/2005

When it completes, it leaves the image in 16-bit mode, with about 5 different layers that can be used to tweak the image.