Black & White thread
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. To be honest, I could probably make do with an idiot-proof point and click. I soooooo don't understand all the bells and whistles. And just when I think I'm getting the hang of it, I take a whole days' worth of over-exposed, out-of-focus crap and think "I wish I knew what the hell I'm doing" 
Like, I can see a photo in my head, but how to get it translated into ISO ratings or aperture or elapsed time... It's all Greek to me
Like, I can see a photo in my head, but how to get it translated into ISO ratings or aperture or elapsed time... It's all Greek to me
Given this is a thread dedicated to B&W the following suggestion may seems a little unusual but ...
www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
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LongQ said:
Given this is a thread dedicated to B&W the following suggestion may seems a little unusual but ...
www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
Good call! For older Luddites like me, and those of us still shooting with film, understanding how colour affects various BW films is vital,and what filters to use, and can be a big help in knowing roughly what effect manipulating the luminance and saturation sliders will bring when converting a colour original to monochrome, which programs even so good as Silver FX rarely get right first time.www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
Bring on the clowns said:
LongQ said:
Given this is a thread dedicated to B&W the following suggestion may seems a little unusual but ...
www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
Good call! For older Luddites like me, and those of us still shooting with film, understanding how colour affects various BW films is vital,and what filters to use, and can be a big help in knowing roughly what effect manipulating the luminance and saturation sliders will bring when converting a colour original to monochrome, which programs even so good as Silver FX rarely get right first time.www.cambridgeincolour.com
is a very useful resource library where you can pick up the question of the moment and find well illustrated answers.
To a greater extent than we may realise understanding how how colour can be changed to B&W for best effect (according to your purpose) is quite important and is covered on the site along with the things that will influence the camera settings that you will choose to use to capture the image you have in your mind.
Not a few well regarded photographers have admitted that they didn't or don't really have a wide range of skills and technical knowledge about photography but had found a few settings that got them what they wanted and worked with those, mostly, for entire careers. There is space for both artist and technician in the hobby.
Apparently the supplier (Fuji) is about to ramp up the price significantly to try and break even on the film side. Use is 1% of what it was before digital took off.
For those looking for post processing fun in addition to the aforementioned plug-in if anyone has Capture One (or access to it as a recent Sony convert) the Pro version has some very powerful yet simple to use B&W facilities.
For a free option you could try LightZone, originally a commercial product but now open source and available for Windows, Mac and Linux (the latter for those who like to get their hands dirty.) Remarkable amounts of control for everything and has long been considered a great option for B&W work.
http://lightzoneproject.org/Forum
Register and use the links for the downloads on the Left side. Skip the torrents - the latest direct downloads are better options.
As it's free it has to be worth a play ....
Sadly, that doesn't surprise me, about Fuji. I'm okay though as I bought up pretty much all the 4"x5" ready load film I could find on the web, and plenty of roll film, so have enough to last me years. No room in the fridge or freezer for food though, bar the odd pizza and a block of cheese!
There are some really interesting film choices out there now from specialist suppliers including Agfa Scala bw slide film and the Kodak movie films including a lovely bw version. As for software, I have Silver FX but forget to use it much a Lightroom can do so much with the luminosity, saturation and duotone sliders.
There are some really interesting film choices out there now from specialist suppliers including Agfa Scala bw slide film and the Kodak movie films including a lovely bw version. As for software, I have Silver FX but forget to use it much a Lightroom can do so much with the luminosity, saturation and duotone sliders.
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A couple more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/89667368@N05/with/24...
A quiet downtown Indianapolis on 500 Festival Parade day.
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Meridian and Washington by realjv, on Flickr
Downloaded a free photo stitching program, Hugin. Quite impressed as the constituent photos were taken handheld.
Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
Gilhooligan said:
Downloaded a free photo stitching program, Hugin. Quite impressed as the constituent photos were taken handheld.
Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
Nice work Ryan! From Calton Hill I presume? Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
DibblyDobbler said:
Gilhooligan said:
Downloaded a free photo stitching program, Hugin. Quite impressed as the constituent photos were taken handheld.
Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
Nice work Ryan! From Calton Hill I presume? Edinburgh Pano by Ryan G, on Flickr
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