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Monterey 3-7-09
« on: March 08, 2009, 01:38:12 PM »
Went out again.  Took 114 pictures of which I only kept 21 :D

Full album: http://picasaweb.google.com/mikemill/Monterey3709
Some highlights:




And for your B&W lovers:

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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 01:39:36 PM »
Wow, that looks like so much fun! Nice shots!
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 03:13:18 PM »
hook up a gallery man. even if u steal my simple "from a folder" script. that way you can just mass dump them in the folder and we can see em all.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 03:30:55 PM »
Loving numbers 1 and 2. Number 4 doesn't quite 'pop' in the way a good b&w should imho.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 03:39:40 PM »
Had a play, hope you don't mind...
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 04:31:14 PM »
Quote from: RoD on March 08, 2009, 03:13:18 PM
hook up a gallery man. even if u steal my simple "from a folder" script. that way you can just mass dump them in the folder and we can see em all.
Working on it.    But Google serves as a good staging area until then.
Quote from: ЯR on March 08, 2009, 03:39:40 PM
Had a play, hope you don't mind...
Not at all.  What dd you do it?
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 04:40:15 PM »
wow mike...very very nice. Of the 4 the second one is my fav. I will look at the whole gallery later. Great job! :thumbsup:
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 05:38:46 PM »
Quote from: Mike on March 08, 2009, 04:31:14 PM
Not at all.  What dd you do it?

Played with the levels and contrast in photoshop. It's all about getting black to be black, white to be white, but without losing any detail (I may have lost some detail in the shadow).

Don't get me wrong though, they were great pictures.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2009, 05:45:38 PM »
Thanks.  This is the type of feedback I like.  When I took the picture I just thought it was interesting.  When I was reviewing the pictures I thought it would make a good B&W since the starfish is in distress a bit.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2009, 05:50:38 PM »
How does this one look?

I went all the way back to the DNG and manipulated it in RAW format.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2009, 11:05:30 PM »
it looks much better than the original, but it could have a bit more contrast IMO. I'll have a go at it when I get a chance on my mac (the laptop doesn't have PS).

In b&w processing you're basically trying to make the blacks black. In your original shot there is no black at all - it is gray and therefore makes the image flat. Was this picture shot in RAW?
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 11:08:45 PM »
I looked at the gallery - I'm freagin' jealous :) keep 'em coming buddy.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 11:15:59 PM »
Quote from: axon on March 08, 2009, 11:05:30 PM
it looks much better than the original, but it could have a bit more contrast IMO. I'll have a go at it when I get a chance on my mac (the laptop doesn't have PS).

In b&w processing you're basically trying to make the blacks black. In your original shot there is no black at all - it is gray and therefore makes the image flat. Was this picture shot in RAW?
Yeah it was.  I took 114 pictures and only used like half of my memory card so I figure why the hell not :D  Only time it was an issue is when I looked at it and knew immediately the shot was messed up I had to wait for it to write.  Perhaps I should have waited for the 2G.  It is suppose to have a buffer of 5 RAW images instead of the buffer of 1 the 1G has :D  Oh well :P

I see what you mean by the lack of "black" in the original.  I just set it to grayscale in GIMP for the original.  For the second attempt I used UFRaw and used on of the other b&w settings and then started tweaking with it.

Quote from: axon on March 08, 2009, 11:08:45 PM
I looked at the gallery - I'm freagin' jealous :) keep 'em coming buddy.
Thanks and will do.
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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 06:36:20 AM »
The more I look at that shot, the more I think that the starfish doesn't look right in B&W. How about something like this??

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Re: Monterey 3-7-09
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2009, 08:53:23 AM »
Quote from: ЯR on March 09, 2009, 06:36:20 AM
The more I look at that shot, the more I think that the starfish doesn't look right in B&W. How about something like this??



nice. I think that looks great.

and that is a more interesting crop of the original picture.
« Last Edit: March 09, 2009, 09:07:05 AM by axon »
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