Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - Thanks for sure for your well-reasoned and perceptive take on this issue. The 16 bit thing seems important, and I wonder if this version deals with separate gamma curves for each channel... that's the level of tweakiness that I don't mind leaving to others. Bob Palmieri Nathan Wajsman wrote the following Bob, I think that in the case of these particular pictures, it is a tough choice since the colorful flags are clearly an important element of the scene, so I am not sure I would get rid of the color here. I shot some pictures of partying FC Sevilla fans in Eindhoven on Wednesday afternoon (before the UEFA Cup final against Middelsborough from England, which was played at Philips Stadium on Wednesday night). The scene was very colorful, with the colors, pained faces, flags etc., and I will definitely keep those in color. But in general, I do convert a fair number of images to B&W, and my preferred tool is the conversion tool sold by Fred Miranda. It works in 16-bit mode, and while at the end of the day it is indeed just an artful application of existing Photoshop functionality, that application is so far beyond my Photoshop skills (if I had to do it manually) that it is well worth the $30 or whatever I paid for it. Nathan bob palmieri wrote: > Folks - > > Shot some shots of the immigration rally here in Chicago last week; > here's a coupla samples: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/immigration-rally-05-06/ > check_yourself_65 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/immigration-rally-05-06/none_illegal_63 > > Liked the color thing, but decided to try to convert to B&W. --