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Mar 27, 2017 11:19:45   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
jackm1943 wrote:
The b/w could be nice but you have to separate the tree from the background. Also, the image looks more grainy than the color version. Did you add noise?


Not intentionally. I'm learning a new program so it's possible that I went to far with a slider at some point. As a side bar: the B&W conversion looked better when I was in the program than it does after posting. I had more tonal separation between the tree and the surrounding content. Now it gets lost.


Appreciate all of the comments.

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Mar 27, 2017 12:08:49   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Not intentionally. I'm learning a new program so it's possible that I went to far with a slider at some point. As a side bar: the B&W conversion looked better when I was in the program than it does after posting. I had more tonal separation between the tree and the surrounding content. Now it gets lost.


Appreciate all of the comments.

Your welcome. I don't know what software you're using, but I just played a couple of minutes with the color image using my Photoshop. In ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), I converted to Grayscale and using the Luminence sliders, I darkened the orange and lightened the green a little and the tree just popped right out from the background. Not certain if your software can do this, but it was very easy in Photoshop/ACR. My b/w came out a lot more noisy than I thought it would looking at the color version.

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Mar 27, 2017 12:10:30   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
jackm1943 wrote:
Your welcome. I don't know what software you're using, but I just played a couple of minutes with the color image using my Photoshop. In ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), I converted to Grayscale and using the Luminence sliders, I darkened the orange and lightened the green a little and the tree just popped right out from the background. Not certain if your software can do this, but it was very easy in Photoshop/ACR. My b/w came out a lot more noisy than I thought it would looking at the color version.


Similar adjustments to what I made in Affinity Pro... I may try it in Nik Silver....

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Mar 27, 2017 21:30:42   #
Rodledge Loc: Alabama
 
Color!

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Mar 27, 2017 21:48:55   #
d.butler44
 
Both are great shots but I prefer the one in color

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Mar 31, 2017 11:55:01   #
DickC Loc: NE Washington state
 
I like them both, but as a B&W fan, I'll take that one!

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