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Just playing with the difference between desaturation and other ways to render an image as
B&W
I may have overdone this one?
I'm going to put it up on my Deviantart account
Too much is never enough
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nicely seen. Looks like Tahoe, 'eh?
I desaturate with Lightroom myself. Either by yanking the saturation slider all the way to the left, or by hitting one of the tabs in the 'Develop' module. With just the phone apps, you can also desaturate using an app like Snapseed, which I've often done. You might be surprised what that freebee can do. As for the white area detail on the rocks, maybe backing off on the 'highlights' would work. You can use the histogram to see if you're out of range on the highlights side, in case you haven't tried that already.
Lately I've been trying to get the hang of NIK Silver Efex Pro, but I seem to be at the start of the learning curve where I just randomly drag the sliders around. I do like some of the old film and other presets you can choose to apply. I've seen demos of it being used by people who know what they're doing. I should hunt down a tutorial, I suppose.
Small areas can be corrected with Dodge / Burn, available in PS
Too much is never enough
Great effort. Black and white often has far more impact than color, as your photo demonstrates.
Nice scene and shot. The foreground rocks are just a tad hot, but otherwise great photo. If you had a B&W negative in a darkroom, you could easily burn in the rocks a bit to get them to show more texture and darker than paper base white. I have no clue what can be done digitally.
Many darkroom techniques transfer to digital / photoshop.
Including Dodge / Burn
I see what you mean though. Some loss of detail in that area. I'll experiment with the dodge /burn tool and see if I can NOT screw it up.
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Save what you have before messing with it and you will be okay. That's like having the negative. You can do what you want and still have the original intact.
That's a Big Roger.
I've got originals of stuff going way back and before that? Notebooks Full of slides and negs.
Too much is never enough
That's a great picture. Have you tried to just convert it B&W instead of desaturation it?
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
Homer Simpson
Photoshop has 2 paths to B&W from color.
Desaturate is easy and fast but maybe NOT what you want.
The OTHER photoshop verb is simply called 'Black and White'.
Using that function you can simulate many of the classic films of old or create something all-new.
For example? Some films are mainly blue sensitive. to get a correct tonal representation you may want to apply a YELLOW filter. I think those are ORTHO films.
PAN or PanChromatic films have better red sensitivity and produce s different image 'feel' when properly employed. Look up the popular Kodak film called Verichrome Pan. Nice.
Other films are ORTHO films and do not produce the same image when used side-by-side with PAN films.
Digital cameras are weird when converting to B&W and while a simple 'desaturate' may give good results, I prefer trying to mimic older styles.
Too much is never enough
I use the Light room software and I can desaturation or convert to B&W but I don't see a way to mimic the old film stock, maybe I am over looking something.
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
Homer Simpson
PB is a PIA, you don't have much control, but there are quite a few options, a bonehead like
me can use it AND the price is right!
The 1st B&W is desaturation; the others from the effects selections.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
In addition to what BH did, photoshop has desaturate. I think that simply removes all color information.
But more detail can be had using the ' B&W' dialogue.
In that, you have color sliders which allow you to remove colors selectively. And not just RGB, but also Cyans and Magentas. In addition a 'tint' can be applied to do ANYTHING you desire, including various density of SEPIA and such. Or mimic other metals besides a Silver process.
Using that dialogue you might be able to mimic either Panchromatic or Orthochromatic film. Or create entirely novel looks and effects.
I think there is a 3rd way, turning off color channels but I can't remember offhand how to do that one.
What is more interesting to ME is going the OTHER way.
Take 3 photos.
One using a RED filter
One Green
One Blue
Stack 'em up and vary the density for color balance. NASA used this technique to get color images from places with NO reference to adjust to.
Too much is never enough
here's what I did in about a minute to your signature with a 90s b&w style cartoon print. there are lots of options available, I used a web app for this one.
It probably prints well, is there a way I can order a print from deviantart? I ordered some graphics from the nethernalds but I forgot the site the artist used. Very nice I would like to frame it and put it on my wall.
I'll check if my account supports sales. I have the LOWEST level account.
Also, what size print.
The image shown is in 8x12 format which would also make a 4x6 or maybe 16x24.
The last would be s stretch. I'd have to see how much real data is there.
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I sent you a note, hopefully it made sense, very very nice. Try to avoid the web site then, something to look into though especially there is opportunity out there too.
Lots of crazy artsy people would appreciate it, just an idea ...
You actually did me quite a favor.
Most stuff was available for download.
i'm going thru ALL my images on DA and converting to 'for sale'.
For the time being I'll limit them to 8x in size until I can run some tests.
Too much is never enough
After over 10,000 downloads of my ambient albums I said later on damn if I just charged $1 for each download, hah.
Thanks, by the way very very cool picture, I like the stones.
I rather doubt I've left more than 20$ or 30$ on the table.
Not even enough for a 'Bullet Head Special', on the menu at the local Bistro.
...cheers...
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Nice! Inky blacks and the whites look good too. Of course, it helps to have a cool target like that!
Nice Gat.
How was that rendered into B&W if it started as a digital.
Is that a Gibson SG? Nice single cutaway.
Bigsby B6?
I'm a fan of hollowbody electrics mainly for Jazz.
I'm no expert, but I don't think thats a Fender, is it?
Too much is never enough
B&W mod is an option.Guitar is a Gretsch G6659 "Broadkaster" in Pearl Black. These Gretsch's are a most awesome sounding guitar, that holds a tune for about two songs, max. Then, drops a semi-tone down. Has feedback galore! Just get within 2 feet of an amp set to "10" & it starts this infinite howl. Awesome stuff.
Pickups look like Gretsch Dynasonic. Very hot pickups.
Nice video on how to do some Brian Setzer riffs on an "official" BS Gretsch. Gotta love that Fender tube buzz, from what looks like a silverface Deluxe reverb, in the background.
8^)
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A young lady I knew MANY years ago had a Gretsch. I don't remember detail but she was pretty good and wanted to be a great player.
I wonder what ever happened to some of those people I knew?
Too much is never enough
I have played a lot on a friend's Duane Eddy Model G6120DE. Very unique tone. The Dynasonic pickups and the hollow body make for a great range in tone.
I'll prolly get a Gretsch, one day. Good compliment to the ES-335 I have now.
8^)
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