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Killarney
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Really interesting look there Mick, like something from the 1920’s.
Ta, Mark.
Used photo-retouch very old snaps in a previous life, try to bring them back to ‘life’.
Used love the way the paper was yellowed and the images were faded; I actually prefered the originals.WRT sepia toning I used always pre-flash the paper (expose the whole sheet to light from the enlarger, do a test strip first to determine how long before tone registers) in the darkroom so that even the highlights would have the merest hint of tone and the sepia would take to it…it also helped bring out really fine detail. I find true whites in a sepia tone look a bit fake…hence the reason I use 10%, 15%, or 20% flat colour layers on top one I’ve jiggled me bits. Trying to get a darkroom sorted so I can get back to printing, it’s a great way to lose track of time and just as rewarding as taking a good snap…the stink is the only drawback though.
Don’t think there’s any right or wrong way to faff with snaps; everyone’s differt and has their own preferences, it’s a style thing after all.
After having a chat with Noah Grey on another forum I started experimenting by converting to B & W from RAW through Rawshooter. What really impressed me was how it created real blacks and real whites. All of the controls including colour balance made a difference to the work. Everytime I try it in PS I’m never happy. If you want to have a look, some examples are here.
Though I still have a long way to go.
Valentia
I really like the Rain Storm shot, super conversion. Is Noah using RawShooter ?
I don’t think he is. I think he used CS2. But he does work on the RAW file. Oops, nearly forgot…thanks.
Couldnt resist having an attempt also – dodging and burning as per a method I just posted in the photoshop thread (using 50% gray overlay) then high-pass filter for sharpening, and a very slight vignette.
Thanks folks, this is great. I really must get up to speed on the type of PS post-processing (acceptable) which can be done
to enhance a b+w image.Can anyone recommend a book ? Maybe you’ve all just stumbled upon this by accident ;)
Mark
initially learned Photoshop with ‘the Photoshop WOW! 2.5’ book then went through a raft of them over the next few years…after a while you end up buying a book for one two line bit of advice, but that was in pre-internet days. I wouldn’t know what book to buy now, but I highly recommend Peachpit Press and Magma books for all sorts of graphic design/photoshop/photography stylee books.
http://www.peachpit.com
http://www.magmabooks.com/content/bookshop/cats.asp?c=PHOI’ve picked up most of my PS knowledge via the Internet. The problem with most PS books is that they are quite general and try to appeal to everybody at once. But I’ve noticed a change in this trend in the last couple of years and there are an increasing number of niche Photoshop books and I think this is the way to go. So if Landscapes are your key area of interest it might be worth looking for a Photoshop book dealing specifically with Landscapes such as Les Meehan’s Creative Photoshop Landscape Techniques (Note – I have no idea what that book is like and am simply mentioning it by way of example).
My favourite is Scott Kelby. “Photoshop CS2 for Photographers” is concise and to the point. Full of really practical and well explained tips.
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