Use of Black & White filters to achieve black and white photos
May 14, 2018 13:59:56 #
AzGriz
Loc: Sedona, Arizona
Quote: "I don't know why anyone would go through the agony of trying to duplicate BW film in the camera"
I suppose you wouldn't, unless you were actually shooting film and using the digital camera as a light meter. Like we used to check exposures using Polaroid film.
AzGriz
I suppose you wouldn't, unless you were actually shooting film and using the digital camera as a light meter. Like we used to check exposures using Polaroid film.
AzGriz
May 14, 2018 14:13:13 #
May 14, 2018 14:22:11 #
I guess in this case we have to add "physical filters" to my elaborate description now that we have virtual filters in-camera. Some days I miss Tri-X.
May 14, 2018 18:34:35 #
May 14, 2018 18:53:24 #
AzGriz wrote:
Quote: "I don't know why anyone would go through the agony of trying to duplicate BW film in the camera"
I suppose you wouldn't, unless you were actually shooting film and using the digital camera as a light meter. Like we used to check exposures using Polaroid film.
AzGriz
I suppose you wouldn't, unless you were actually shooting film and using the digital camera as a light meter. Like we used to check exposures using Polaroid film.
AzGriz
Very good point. I have used digital to determine film expposure on occasion.
May 14, 2018 19:54:01 #
Download the Nik Collection for free and use Silver Efex Pro 2 to convert to B&W. https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
rwilson1942 wrote:
The best approach, in my opinion, is to convert to B&W in post processing.
I shoot RAW so I don't have the option of the B&W settings in camera.
I know I could shoot JPEG but I don't usually decide to convert an image to B&W until I see it on the computer screen so it is already a RAW.
I usually use Lightroom or NIK Silver Efex Pro 2.
I shoot RAW so I don't have the option of the B&W settings in camera.
I know I could shoot JPEG but I don't usually decide to convert an image to B&W until I see it on the computer screen so it is already a RAW.
I usually use Lightroom or NIK Silver Efex Pro 2.
May 14, 2018 21:00:08 #
One or the other. Not both.
Set the camera on monochrome and use real filters to achieve the same effects one learned as in shooting b/w film plus filtration.
OR, Use the monochrome setting plus the appropriate +yellow, or +red, or plus whatever to get the effects of using a filter on the lens.
That's out of two choices. OR, the third choice is shoot color as the camera settings allow, or in RAW and convert, and apply filter effects in the processing software.
Pick ONE!!!!! It's not a mix and match contest. It's 1, 2, or PP and convert in the computer.
But in any event, one must learn what each color filter does in additive or reductive color effect. You cannot avoid learning the color effects of the filter with any of the three. First learn what the filters do to emphasize the image or detract color from it.
There is no simple way to learn filter effects for black and white photography, and again for color photography.
Many who post advice on the topic of filters and filter use, don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. It's simple....study filter effects. It's written down plainly on many web sites on the internet.
Set the camera on monochrome and use real filters to achieve the same effects one learned as in shooting b/w film plus filtration.
OR, Use the monochrome setting plus the appropriate +yellow, or +red, or plus whatever to get the effects of using a filter on the lens.
That's out of two choices. OR, the third choice is shoot color as the camera settings allow, or in RAW and convert, and apply filter effects in the processing software.
Pick ONE!!!!! It's not a mix and match contest. It's 1, 2, or PP and convert in the computer.
But in any event, one must learn what each color filter does in additive or reductive color effect. You cannot avoid learning the color effects of the filter with any of the three. First learn what the filters do to emphasize the image or detract color from it.
There is no simple way to learn filter effects for black and white photography, and again for color photography.
Many who post advice on the topic of filters and filter use, don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. It's simple....study filter effects. It's written down plainly on many web sites on the internet.
May 14, 2018 21:12:13 #
I've found this doesn't always produce the best results. There are a number of methods which can be used to convert a color image to black and white. Some work better than others in certain cases.
--Bob
--Bob
Dennis833 wrote:
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