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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Todd Suttles on December 25, 2014, 12:52:16 pm

Title: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Todd Suttles on December 25, 2014, 12:52:16 pm: Processing suggestions? too much contrast? thanks, -t
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: armand on December 25, 2014, 02:41:17 pm: How does it look in color?
I would more separation between your main subject and the background and I'm not sure it can be done in b&w
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: louoates on December 25, 2014, 04:00:27 pm: Quote from: armand on December 25, 2014, 02:41:17 pm
How does it look in color?
I would more separation between your main subject and the background and I'm not sure it can be done in b&w

Agreed. But you could always dial back the contrast of the background.
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Todd Suttles on December 25, 2014, 08:49:37 pm: Quote from: armand on December 25, 2014, 02:41:17 pm
How does it look in color?
I would more separation between your main subject and the background and I'm not sure it can be done in b&w
Thanks Armand & Louoates. Better?
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 25, 2014, 11:53:36 pm: Yes, the color works better here to separate the elements.
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on December 26, 2014, 04:11:41 am: Quote from: Todd Suttles on December 25, 2014, 08:49:37 pm
Thanks Armand & Louoates. Better?

Yes, definitely - but given the strong colour differences between subject and background, I'd be surprised if you couldn't manage a good deal better separation in a b&w version than you did.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 26, 2014, 10:07:37 am: Quote from: kikashi on December 26, 2014, 04:11:41 am
Yes, definitely - but given the strong colour differences between subject and background, I'd be surprised if you couldn't manage a good deal better separation in a b&w version than you did.

Jeremy
I agree. If you are using LightRoom, the color sliders in the BW conversion panel are great for this kind of thing. Just push the slider for each color up and down while watching the preview, and you can get a lot of separation and beautiful tones.
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: brandtb on December 26, 2014, 12:03:53 pm: Todd...I like the color version much better...the b/w is just areas of choppy black and white tones with no real delineation of subject(s)...curious where was your focus point?? /B
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 27, 2014, 03:29:47 pm: Did you line up a swinging target with the universal slant of the local trees or was your camera aslant?
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: Todd Suttles on December 27, 2014, 11:50:35 pm: Quote from: Bruce Cox on December 27, 2014, 03:29:47 pm
Did you line up a swinging target with the universal slant of the local trees or was your camera aslant?
Camera. And Thanks to Everyone who helped. I will re-work the BW & sliders as an exercise and post. Thanks again, -t
Title: Re: Blacksmith's Knife
Post by: jeffreybehr on December 29, 2014, 02:13:38 pm: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 25, 2014, 11:53:36 pm
Yes, the color works better here to separate the elements.

I agree. If in B&W, the image needs much less DOF, as in a portrait.