Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does this work? <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/VacationAug2011/L1008345_BWcrop-w.jpg.html> This is from the series of "Fire Dancers" I took a few days ago. In this one, the freshly-lit torches were brighter than in most of the other shots, so the face in the initial color image was very bright yellow. But actually, only the flames were at the sensor's limit. The face had information. I liked the look of the woman's eyes, so I decided to see what I could do with the image. I darkened the image a bit and converted to B&W, experimenting with various color channel combinations in the conversion. A yellow-green mix worked best. I got these weird black lines around the transitions between the bright yellow and dull red portions of the illumination on the arms and legs. This, and the motion of the arms created a "solarized" effect. It's weird, but I kind of like it. --Peter