Marnie, Try 2 is great.
Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bruce, I did these in about 10 minutes. I had 10 > minutes to spare. :-) > > I will take them down once I know you have seen > them. > > Some people are going to tell you to go with a > straight B&W conversion. But > in this case, I think you are right, it needs to be > punched up. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/try1.jpg > B&W conversion, with less red to gray it down > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/try2.jpg > above version but now with brightness up to +35 and > contrast up to +49 > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/try3.jpg > above version, "posterized", level 2 > > All done in Elements 5. Only the last is really > "artified," the previous are > just playing with conversions and > brightness/contrast. > > I, personally, like #2, and think you ought to aim > somewhere in there. A B&W > but with brightness/contrast pumped up to eliminate > a lot of the grays while > keeping the darker grays and B&W. Only thing is you > have to gray it down > first so you don't lose all detail. > > Either this is annoying or helpful. Hope the second. > > Later, Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be > censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net