G'day Tim, I was halfway through putting a "WOW" page together when Don made his suggestion. Great minds or fools Don? Your choice. <g>
Anyway Tim, I went back & started from the original colour shot you posted a few days ago. Here's what I did & ended up with: http://tinyurl.com/a42ph Now I'm using PS CS2, so I have no idea if all of this is possible using PSE 3. This is just my interpretation, maybe someone else will take up the challenge. HTH Dave P.S. I think you do have dust on your sensor :-( On 8/30/05, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A very good idea Don. Sounds like great fun, and a great way to learn. > Hereby this picture is a WOW (I like the acronym, hope it makes it a "wow" > picture) > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=191903 > > You are probably right Don, this one is a hard nut to crack. The > similarities in the tones in the statue and the man is what I like with the > picture. That, and the similarities in the body language. He is a part of > the statue, without really being it. > > A comment on my first attempt: To me, the sky is the main problem, it's > simply boring. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 30. august 2005 14:38 > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: RE: First attemt on B&W conversion > > > > Tim, > > We used to have (Still do?) a thing called "WOW" here. > > It stood for "Work Over Week" where someone would post a link > > to their _original image_ and other members would "Work it Over" > > and then post their results. > > It was a great learning experience as some of the results > > were wonderful, and others not so good. > > Why not give it a try so some of the more experienced > > members can have a shot at it? > > To me this looks like a very difficult shot to convert as many > > of the tones in the statue and in the man are so close together. > > > > I have used the tools Mark suggested, most often "BWorks": > > http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/bworks.htm > > It's rather "Idiot Proof", which is what I need. ;-) > > > > Don > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:15 AM > > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > > Subject: First attemt on B&W conversion > > > > > > > > > This is my first attempt on doing a B&W conversion. No it isn't. I have > > > tried before, with a crappy technique from a computer geek book > > > about using > > > PSE3. > > > > > > You have seen the picture before. > > > This time I've tried a simple Channel Mix. > > > 20 red, 70% green and 10% blue. The values Shel suggested as a starting > > > point. I fiddled a bit back and forth, but ended up with this. It came > > out > > > Ok-, but nothing more. > > > > > > Anybody got better ideas? A better mix, another solution? Not too fancy > > > please, I'm a total newbie at this. > > > > > > After submitting the picture I noticed some specs in the sky, have no > > idea > > > where they came from. Don't believe it is dust on sensor. Never > > > mind, that's > > > a minor issue now. > > > > > > Oh, nearly forgot ;-) > > > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=191903 > > > > > > > > > Tim > > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > > > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
