Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 2/3/2005 10:30:24 AM Central Standard Time, aaron.sandler@duke.edu writes: But then I wondered if a different conversion to B&W might help, so I tried a few...I hope you don't mind me playing with your photo like this. At the link below is: 1) your original color image 2) your original b&w version 3) #2, converted to grey to remove the sepia tone (to allow comparison of tones with #s 4, 5, and 6) Then my conversions: 4) 100% red channel (=red filter) 5) 100% green channel (=green filter) 6) 100% blue channel (=blue filter) http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/Temp/tina_dancingkids_test/ Don't know if that'll change anyone's mind, but I think it's interesting to compare the extremes of filtrations...I find it gives me a quick sense of what the possibilities are. Best, Aaron Aaron I think I like the Blue channel conversion the best, pretty close to Tina's original B&W, but I think just the right amount of contrast and snap. Gene