First attemptThis is my first attempt at Black and White processing. The image was shot at the Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby (http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/cityhall/departments/departments_parks/prksrc_prksan/prksrc_prksan_brntmr.html)http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512original/39463133_xfkku-Ti.jpghttp://garethlewin.smugmug.com/gallery/873317_46CHX/2005-10-10T02:30:27ZCopyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved.SmugMugThis is the original shot, no modifications except for some cropping.<p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com">Gareth Lewin</a><br />This is the original shot, no modifications except for some cropping.</p><p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/873317_46CHX#39463133_xfkku" title="This is the original shot, no modifications except for some cropping."><img src="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512original/39463133_xfkku-Th.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="This is the original shot, no modifications except for some cropping." title="This is the original shot, no modifications except for some cropping." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-06T03:16:30ZGareth Lewinhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.comhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512original/39463133_xfkku-Th.jpg2005-08-13 20:58:0249.29036305464500-122.926808595660000Here I used the trick of two hue/saturation layers to emulate a filter and B&W paper. I think the version came out nice, but a bit washed out.
I did add a subtle layer of blue tint over t ...<p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com">Gareth Lewin</a><br />Here I used the trick of two hue/saturation layers to emulate a filter and B&W paper. I think the version came out nice, but a bit washed out.
I did add a subtle layer of blue tint over t ...</p><p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/873317_46CHX#39462996_e8byW" title="Here I used the trick of two hue/saturation layers to emulate a filter and B&W paper. I think the version came out nice, but a bit washed out.
I did add a subtle layer of blue tint over t ..."><img src="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw1/39462996_e8byW-Th.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="Here I used the trick of two hue/saturation layers to emulate a filter and B&W paper. I think the version came out nice, but a bit washed out.
I did add a subtle layer of blue tint over t ..." title="Here I used the trick of two hue/saturation layers to emulate a filter and B&W paper. I think the version came out nice, but a bit washed out.
I did add a subtle layer of blue tint over t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-21T22:37:43ZGareth Lewinhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.comhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw1/39462996_e8byW-Th.jpg2005-08-13 20:58:02Expanding on the previous image, here I played around with the levels of the image, trying to expand the mid tones, I think this works very well, and is my favorite of the set, but it wasn't ...<p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com">Gareth Lewin</a><br />Expanding on the previous image, here I played around with the levels of the image, trying to expand the mid tones, I think this works very well, and is my favorite of the set, but it wasn't ...</p><p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/873317_46CHX#39463030_TbYwU" title="Expanding on the previous image, here I played around with the levels of the image, trying to expand the mid tones, I think this works very well, and is my favorite of the set, but it wasn't ..."><img src="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw2/39463030_TbYwU-Th.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="Expanding on the previous image, here I played around with the levels of the image, trying to expand the mid tones, I think this works very well, and is my favorite of the set, but it wasn't ..." title="Expanding on the previous image, here I played around with the levels of the image, trying to expand the mid tones, I think this works very well, and is my favorite of the set, but it wasn't ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-04T17:41:05ZGareth Lewinhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.comhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw2/39463030_TbYwU-Th.jpg2005-08-13 20:58:02Here I used curves instead of the levels in the previous image. It is the effect I was going for, but I am not sure if it came out too strong.<p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com">Gareth Lewin</a><br />Here I used curves instead of the levels in the previous image. It is the effect I was going for, but I am not sure if it came out too strong.</p><p><a href="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/873317_46CHX#39463090_Ykg4q" title="Here I used curves instead of the levels in the previous image. It is the effect I was going for, but I am not sure if it came out too strong."><img src="http://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw3/39463090_Ykg4q-Th.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="Here I used curves instead of the levels in the previous image. It is the effect I was going for, but I am not sure if it came out too strong." title="Here I used curves instead of the levels in the previous image. It is the effect I was going for, but I am not sure if it came out too strong." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-04T18:29:58ZGareth Lewinhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.comhttp://garethlewin.smugmug.com/Black-and-White/First-attempt/IMG4512bw3/39463090_Ykg4q-Th.jpg2005-08-13 20:58:02