[Leica] Working on B&W

[Mark Rabiner]

Black and white digital demands a heck of a lot more from a photographer / owner of a digital camera.
He's got to get right in there and make tones separate or its.. mush I tell you!  Lots of dodging and burning just like the old days in the darkroom.
...using the right color blend to act as filtration when you do the black and white from color conversion. ...

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 2/17/20, 2:53 PM, "LUG on behalf of Ken Carney via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    Thanks you for looking, Don and Peter.  Yes, I went overboard on the one 
    with the woman and baby.  Here is the original before I worked it over:
    
    http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF5278-Edit-3-Edit.jpg.html
    
    Hitchcockian is kind now that I look again.  This was in a children's 
    home outside of Jerusalem.  The others were just walking around in the 
    Tenderloin, San Francisco.  Sometimes I think my photos are a little 
    flat, and I discovered I could improve on that by adding a PS adjustment 
    layer for gradients, and using front-to-back gradient in the photo 
    toning section.  It tends to enhance the blacks and whites, a little 
    better I think than using curves, and I can paint the layer in or out as 
    needed. But not on this image again.
    
    Ken
    
    On 2/17/2020 7:18 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
    > Thank you for posting these images.  The tonal scale(relatively dark),
    > mother looking away and much darker, and the babies eye direction give the
    > feel of something Hitchcockian.  If this is indeed what you wanted to
    > achieve then fabulous.
    >
    > The other two street scenes work as part of a series establishing general
    > atmosphere of a slightly lower class cityscape.  There doesn't appear to be
    > a central focus point other than perhaps the signs; again this works for an
    > establishing shot of a larger series.
    >
    > I truly appreciate your posting images, it truly helps the larger community
    > by showing what is in your neighborhood.
    >
    > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 5:10 PM Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
    > wrote:
    >
    >> Comments always appreciated.  I converted these in PS channel mixer.
    >>
    >> Fuji 56mm 1.2:
    >>
    >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF5278-Edit-3-Edit-Edit.jpg.html
    >>
    >> Fuji 35mm 1.4:
    >>
    >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF1478-Edit-3-Edit.jpg.html
    >>
    >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF1475-Edit-Edit.jpg.html
    >>
    >> Ken
    >>
    >>
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