B&W That Needs Some Help: Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of...

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

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rborud Loc: Minnesota

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Shakey
A thought I had.
RBorud

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Crop too much going on. there is a Left and Right side photo. Trim the sky a bit.

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

rborud wrote:

Shakey
A thought I had.
RBorud

Yep, heading the right direction, RBorud. Thanks for playing.

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

dpullum wrote:

Crop too much going on. there is a Left and Right side photo. Trim the sky a bit.

Thanks for your critique, dpullum, but you are supposed to show us your interpretation of the image. Please try again and show us how you would handle it. Thanks in advance.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Here's a little snappier version.

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djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Here's my attempt. I used Levels first, then I applied some Topaz Detail touches. Quick and easy. Oh! I don't have Topaz Black and White Effects

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Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

SonyA580 wrote:

Here's a little snappier version.

Oh yes! Snappier indeed. Well done, SonyA580.

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

djtravels wrote:

Here's my attempt. I used Levels first, then I applied some Topaz Detail touches. Quick and easy. Oh! I don't have Topaz Black and White Effects

Now that's very unusual, djtravels. On clicking download it looks like a print from a newspaper when I was young, and that was long ago.
A very interesting interpretation.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

OK - You asked for help..... Well, this probably isn't helping much, but a bit of underhand cheating has reduced the problem a bit.

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Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

R.G. wrote:

OK - You asked for help..... Well, this probably isn't helping much, but a bit of underhand cheating has reduced the problem a bit.-

You got that right, R.G. That got rid of the problem entirely.

IowaGuy Loc: Iowa

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Post a RAW version.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Outside the box.

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AlMac Loc: Newcastle Upon Tyne - UK

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Here's my go Shakey, all in Lightroom. Mainly with brush tool.

Alan.

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Erdos2 Loc: Vancouver, WA

Shakey wrote:

Here's a shot of the South of France taken in B&W. The foreground is fine but the background is almost one continuous tonal value, which lacks the impact of the foreground. No, it's not a composite. You handle it in any way you want to improve the image. Have fun.

Besides the tonal issue with some much mid tones, I think part of the problem might be that the image includes too much. Sometimes the picture within the picture is an improvement. Here is my attempt using LightZone.

Jerry

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