It's always interesting when people tweak other people's photos.
In this case I prefer the original; Godfrey's version seems much too
bright, and it emphasises the slightly washed out highlights. Perhaps I
need to look at the calibration of my monitor.
JOhn
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:54:28 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?
action=view¤t=Hailey_BW.jpg
I know nothing about these things, but the conversion looks okay to
me. Maybe it could use a bit more punch...
I think i submitted the colour version last week.
Ya i was thinking it lacked somewere.Could use some "punch" i suppose.
Now were did i put Godfreys email.:-)
Nice photo!
You have the B&W conversion basically there but it needs some 'dodging
and burning' to make it crisp. On my screen, most highlights are right
on, but shadow values are going murky and the overall feeling is that
it's too dark matted against a white surround. Part of the reason for
the murky display is that it lacks an ICC profile and doesn't display
well as an sRGB image without some way for the system to make the
display conversion.
I brought it into Photoshop and did a little "opening up" of shadow
values (Curves adjustment layer with selective masking brushed in) and
then put it on a white surround and adjusted the overall curve just a
little to accommodate the light surround. I embedded the sRGB profile
too.
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Hailey_BW-g.jpg
Godfrey
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