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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/23/2005
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Okay, now I get it. Thanks Audra. This is a little bit different than I am used to.
Because I generally shot with B+W film (before the D70)I adjusted contrast with filters on the lens. That way I only needed to play with levels to get the right balance of greys, blacks and whites. Lastly I would use the burn tool to increase the contrast and darken specific parts of the clouds. Using the lasso tool and the feather option is something worth taking the time to learn. It means I can now adjust the contrast in specific parts of the image as well as the image as a whole. It seems digital is different from film in subtle ways. I really like my D70, but there will be times when my F80 and the appropriate B+W film will be my tool of choice. Thanks again for your help, it is great to know such an enthusiastic artist.
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audra erin
{K:3837} 3/23/2005
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This is how you would go about it in Elements 2. I use the lasso tool..select just the sky.(went along the horizon and around the top so just the sky is selected) Then I go to " select" in the pull down menus at the top. in the "select" menu there is an option to "feather" what feathering does (in a nutshell) is take away the hard edge so that whatever you do to the selected area will blend with the rest of the image. I feathered by 20 pixels.
Go to Enhance..adjust brightness/contrast. It's a little different in 7... plus I use shortkeys to do most of this but. If you were to do what I did in Elements..thats how it would go.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/23/2005
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Thanks Audra. The only thing I don't have is "Curves", but I can make those changes with "Levels" right??? I am not sure what you mean by "selected the sky and feathered by 20" though. What did you use to select the sky??? I might actually have to read one of the guide books!!!!!! Yuck! The way we must suffer for our Art!!!!!!!
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audra erin
{K:3837} 3/23/2005
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No I'm working in Photoshop 7.. but I have Elements 2 and you can do the things I've described in Elements..before I got 7 Elements was all I had.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/22/2005
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Thanks Reza.
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Reza Fakhrai
{K:3014} 3/22/2005
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wonderfully moody shot, Richard. Nice conversion to B&W.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/22/2005
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You are NOT working with Elements 2 are you. I think I can do some of that stuff, but I need to work on it.
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audra erin
{K:3837} 3/22/2005
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I selected the sky, feathered by 20 and just used brightness/contrast...no fancy stuff.Well
I burned the land near the horizon a bit to
off-set the sky...and bring out texture.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/22/2005
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Yes Audra, it looks very good. I thought I was the master of moody B+W skies. Did you use curves to do this as well. I usually use the burn tool, examples are hidden deep in my portfolio. I think Northwinds Beach #52 is one.
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audra erin
{K:3837} 3/22/2005
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Powerful in Black & White Richard.. I would, however, like to see the sky a bit more contrasty...pop the clouds out a little. Here..check it out....looks good yes..?
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/12/2005
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Yes Maria, although I prefer B+W for most of my work, I think colour suits blue skies and snow very well.
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Maria José Barres
{K:11276} 3/12/2005
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I like more in color Richard ;-)
But it is a great snowscape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/12/2005
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Thanks Fadel. You know I never thought of that. When I resize for transfer, I always choose the smallest side and make it 400 pixels. Maybe I need to consider my sizing choices for each image.
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 3/12/2005
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Very strongly composed and toned Richard!! but why did you upload it in small size, I think it will have more impact if it is filling the screen.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/11/2005
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Thanks Gustav.
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/11/2005
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Thanks Em.
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emily savva
{K:21113} 3/11/2005
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your conversion into b/w is superb Richard!!!! i mean the pic is great on its own... almost abstract and very well balanced between earth and sky... but, the b/w adds a whole new dynamique to it! congrats... emy :)
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Gustav Miller
{K:309} 3/11/2005
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Excellent B/W landscape image. Very impressive tones. I like it very much.
Gustav
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/11/2005
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Thanks Leah.
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Leah Kahn
{K:878} 3/11/2005
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great composition, very nice image :-)
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Richard Dakin
{K:12915} 3/11/2005
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Thanks Shabbir, I value your opinion. I am experimenting with B+W conersions of my digital shots. I usually shoot B+W film, although I have really enjoyed exploring colour with the D70.
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SHABBIR AHMED
{K:1171} 3/11/2005
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Nice picture, but I liked the coloured ones more appealing.
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