Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/09
[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. I love the shot, but I don't really like the 'rings' of light on her arms, which I assume is the solarization effect. Can you post it without? Cheers alastair