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Sep 22, 2021 12:31:19   #
Gauss Loc: Earth
 
I made this exposure on a neighborhood walk last week. While it's fairly ordinary, when I saw the highlights on the trees and the variation in colors of the foliage, my immediate thought was that a decent b&w conversion should be possible. I often make photographs of things like this more to practice the craft of using my camera and digital darkroom tools than to produce a highly compelling image. I think the conversion came out reasonably well.


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Sep 22, 2021 12:46:24   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Although I am not a B&W fan, I think the conversion better shows the highlights that you sought to capture, Scott.

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Sep 22, 2021 13:17:52   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
Gauss wrote:
I made this exposure on a neighborhood walk last week. While it's fairly ordinary, when I saw the highlights on the trees and the variation in colors of the foliage, my immediate thought was that a decent b&w conversion should be possible. I often make photographs of things like this more to practice the craft of using my camera and digital darkroom tools than to produce a highly compelling image. I think the conversion came out reasonably well.


The black and white is an improvement.

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Sep 22, 2021 14:48:28   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Gauss wrote:
I made this exposure on a neighborhood walk last week. While it's fairly ordinary, when I saw the highlights on the trees and the variation in colors of the foliage, my immediate thought was that a decent b&w conversion should be possible. I often make photographs of things like this more to practice the craft of using my camera and digital darkroom tools than to produce a highly compelling image. I think the conversion came out reasonably well.


It looks to me like the conversion came out well. The different foliage’s stand out and I find the BW more interesting than the color version. I see you also cropped or removed a branch on the left side of the frame. However I have to agree neither one is a compelling image.

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Sep 22, 2021 15:03:13   #
Gauss Loc: Earth
 
UTMike wrote:
Although I am not a B&W fan, I think the conversion better shows the highlights that you sought to capture, Scott.


photophile wrote:
The black and white is an improvement.


The color image in the OP had no edits other than some spot removal from the sky. The b&w conversion was done after basic adjustments and a couple slight color tweaks. Here is a fully edited color version which should also be better than the above original. I cropped it the same as the b&w for comparison.

Now, looking at the original post, it looks like I exported with the wrong color space. I usually work in ProPhotoRGB, but my browser likes sRGB.

I may redo the b&w conversion using this image.


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Sep 22, 2021 15:14:37   #
Gauss Loc: Earth
 
JD750 wrote:
... However I have to agree neither one is a compelling image.

Yeah, I think of it as an exercise in visualizing b&w potential while I'm out with the camera. Also, I figure if I'm able to make an ordinary image at least look good - in color or b&w, the more likely I'll be able to make a truly compelling image look its best. If and when I get a compelling image, that is. :-)

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Sep 23, 2021 17:28:35   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
photophile wrote:
The black and white is an improvement.


Agreed.

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