Black & White Photography: The thread where it's inappropriate to post color.

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ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

I, too, would like to know what most people do to convert their color photos to B&W. For me I just use the built in mechanism within Aperture, which also lets me pick a color filter as well. It's quick and helpful, but I know there's other plugins that also do B&W conversion. Are they worth it?

Six. by benruset, on Flickr

Clown From the Shadows by benruset, on Flickr

Shadow Behind the Altar by benruset, on Flickr

Carousel House by benruset, on Flickr

# ¿ Sep 6, 2013 22:09

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 19:52

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

Was going for a very grainy, high contrast, film-like look with these:

Foggy Beach by benruset, on Flickr

Wonder Bar by benruset, on Flickr

Unfinished Business by benruset, on Flickr

# ¿ Oct 6, 2013 16:53

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

For the folks who make prints from their digital B&W stuff, I have some dumb questions:

1) What places have you dealt with that do a good job? I'm thinking ProDPI but I'm not 100% sure yet.

2) Do I need to do anything special to the file when I export it out of Lightroom? Meaning that, even though it's a B&W file, do I need to make sure it's calibrated a special way?

# ¿ Oct 8, 2013 00:08

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

Family. by benruset, on Flickr

Night Horse. by benruset, on Flickr

# ¿ Dec 10, 2013 02:43

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

Leeds Point 1 by benruset, on Flickr

Leeds Point 2 by benruset, on Flickr

The Cathedral. by benruset, on Flickr

# ¿ Dec 26, 2013 03:48

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

I know it's probably sacrilege to post here, but here's a shot from the first roll through my Holga. It's also sacrilege that I didn't develop the B&W myself, but whatever.

Looking at the marks on the right hand side, do folks think that was just lovely processing or maybe an artifact from my camera? There's similar swirls and whatnot on other frames.

Edit: Probably helps to put the Flickr link in. :rolleyes:

Bradley Park by benruset, on Flickr

ZippySLC fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Aug 7, 2014

# ¿ Aug 7, 2014 03:07

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

I had a lab do the processing. :/

# ¿ Aug 9, 2014 11:55

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 19:52

ZippySLC: Jun 3, 2002; ~what is art, baby dont post, dont post, no more~

no seriously don't post

huhu posted:

Panama 056 by esa_foto, on Flickr

I think I need to adjust the colors on my monitor. I have no idea how bright or dark this shot actually is. I did win a flickr photo contest among 5 other (pretty bad) photos.

It's pretty much perfect here.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2014 02:23

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