Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks. Looks like I have a little homework to do here. Len On May 15, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > When I was working with Photoshop, I would use the Fred Miranda > plugin to convert to B&W. Now that I work in Lightroom, I just > click on "grayscale" in the Develop module and get a far superior > conversion to the plain "convert to grayscale" in Photoshop. And if > I want to tweak it, nothing could be easier. Want a darker sky? No > problem, just slide the blue slider to the left. And so on. > Lightroom is really great for B&W. > > Nathan > > Leonard Taupier wrote: >> I was just playing around in my front yard taking a few sots with >> the M8 and Summitar. >> >> The next two images are the same except the BW photo is simply the >> color shot desaturated in CS2. There is no post processing of >> either picture except for the desaturation. I thought it was >> interesting to see the Summitar images in color and BW and which >> photo is better shot with the Summitar. >> >> Photo: M8, Summitar at f8, ISO 160, WB daylight. >> >> Color >> >> http://tinyurl.com/2dwmsr >> >> BW >> >> http://tinyurl.com/27qenk >> >> Comments are welcome. As I only shoot color in my M8, is there a >> better way to convert to BW? All my BW photos are with film since >> I like the look of film and I enjoy my own developing and using >> older cameras and lenses. >> >> Len >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > Opportunistic Image Acquisition > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http:// > www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information