When Color is B/W
Nov 25, 2015 17:07:25 #
As the snow was letting up this morning I ventured out to shoot some wintry images. I knew if I wanted the snow still on the trees I'd have to hurry. This image of our local creek is color, but certainly looks B/W. You may notice some streaks in the sky and on the water. Those are snow flakes.
Nov 25, 2015 17:42:10 #
Nov 25, 2015 20:26:52 #
ImageCreator wrote:
As the snow was letting up this morning I ventured out to shoot some wintry images. I knew if I wanted the snow still on the trees I'd have to hurry. This image of our local creek is color, but certainly looks B/W. You may notice some streaks in the sky and on the water. Those are snow flakes.
Sometimes the world is B&W. This one is shot in color also
It's a B&W world
Nov 25, 2015 21:00:49 #
boberic wrote:
Sometimes the world is B&W. This one is shot in color also
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Likewise with this one I took a few years ago.
Nov 25, 2015 22:01:59 #
Your processing/conversion has given it a rather nice IR look. Speaking as a guy acclimatized to tropical weather looks cold wet and uninviting my man.
Good post.
Good post.
Nov 25, 2015 23:28:59 #
Billyspad wrote:
Your processing/conversion has given it a rather nice IR look. Speaking as a guy acclimatized to tropical weather looks cold wet and uninviting my man.
Good post.
Good post.
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Billy....
If you were making a reference to my posting of the Railroad Trestle --- Sorry to inform that the photo displayed here was NOT converted to B&W -- This is how it looked in the camera... This IS a color photograph ... Just so happens that there is not hardly any "color" in it. I put this up as to exemplify that some places do "look" as if there are B&W. This was taken with a Sony 717 5 megapixel camera .. one of my first digital. It could only capture in jpg and tiff. I did bring it into Photoshop CS-5 to brighten it a little and size to fit.
If you did not refer to the trestle photo - ignore this.
Thank you.
P.S. = It helps the understanding when you "Quote" whosoever.
Nov 25, 2015 23:46:08 #
ImageCreator wrote:
As the snow was letting up this morning I ventured out to shoot some wintry images. I knew if I wanted the snow still on the trees I'd have to hurry. This image of our local creek is color, but certainly looks B/W. You may notice some streaks in the sky and on the water. Those are snow flakes.
Hi, I,C.,
Nice use of the rime-crusted branches and twigs to internally frame the creek and its stones. Makes me want to try to crop in an effort to make the flowing creek more the undisputed subject.
Either way, I'm a sucker for rime-covered trees!
Dave
Nov 26, 2015 01:01:20 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Hi, I,C.,
Nice use of the rime-crusted branches and twigs to internally frame the creek and its stones. Makes me want to try to crop in an effort to make the flowing creek more the undisputed subject.
Either way, I'm a sucker for rime-covered trees!
Dave
Nice use of the rime-crusted branches and twigs to internally frame the creek and its stones. Makes me want to try to crop in an effort to make the flowing creek more the undisputed subject.
Either way, I'm a sucker for rime-covered trees!
Dave
Thank you for your comments.
Nov 26, 2015 04:37:58 #
James R wrote:
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I have given myself 100 lines for forgetting to hit the Quote button. A despicable heinous crime which I know deserves a more severe punishment. Being forced to saw ones own ears off with a rusty bread knife perhaps?
Yes my friend I was aware all these were shot in colour but Denis's does resemble IR when seen through these blood shot drug and alcohol soaked eyeballs.
Your trestle is a pretty cool post as well fella.
Must go have some writing to do.
Nov 26, 2015 08:15:18 #
Humm, memories of growing up in Michigan left at 26 years of age... still can feel the chill looking at your images... thanks for sharing.
Nov 26, 2015 10:22:49 #
ImageCreator wrote:
As the snow was letting up this morning I ventured out to shoot some wintry images. I knew if I wanted the snow still on the trees I'd have to hurry. This image of our local creek is color, but certainly looks B/W. You may notice some streaks in the sky and on the water. Those are snow flakes.
I like the image's cool colors. They look like something that might've been created in Silver Efex but instead they were created more beautifully by nature. I'm sure there is something you did in processing that enhanced the silvery look but it doesn't matter, it is quite a nice image. Makes me wish I had access to snow!
The images added later by others are also very nice, and have that "toned" look as well, though with different colors of nature's palette.
Thanks, IC, for an interesting thread. I will seldom have a chance to try this with snow, but I have had similar effects with very dull lighting in some situations.
Nov 26, 2015 11:15:46 #
minniev wrote:
I like the image's cool colors. They look like som... (show quote)
Thank you for your comments.
I did a Levels adjustment in PS CC. Since there was very little color in the image, the levels adjustment could either take me to a brown/sepia look, or to a more toned, blue/black look. I opted for a more b/w look.
Nov 26, 2015 19:44:06 #
Frank2013
Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.
ImageCreator wrote:
I opted for a more b/w look.
Glad you did as it works well for this shot IC. I'm leaning with Uuglyper about loosing some room from the top.
Nov 26, 2015 22:32:28 #
Frank2013 wrote:
Glad you did as it works well for this shot IC. I'm leaning with Uuglyper about loosing some room from the top.
Good suggestion on the top crop. Maybe bring it down to the top of the lower tree in the center.
Nov 27, 2015 11:42:14 #
ImageCreator wrote:
As the snow was letting up this morning I ventured out to shoot some wintry images. I knew if I wanted the snow still on the trees I'd have to hurry. This image of our local creek is color, but certainly looks B/W. You may notice some streaks in the sky and on the water. Those are snow flakes.
Love the natural framing!!! I wouldn't crop it from the top because then the image would be too bottom heavy, in my opinion. I like it as it.
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