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Subject: Re: [OM] Another OT BW Photo
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:23:51 -0400
Why not pick a similar color picture if you have one (red flower, 
foliage in the background) and apply filters in PhotoShop.  I think that 
would allow you learn to visualize much faster than waiting for you B&W 
film and prints to be available.

Well, I assume PhotoShop can do that.  Since I don't shoot B&W normally, 
if I want a B&W rendition I don't apply normal filters, I just convert 
in ACR using the color filter sliders until I get something I consider 
pleasing.  Can't do that with real filters.

Chuck Norcutt


On 7/11/2012 10:28 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Thanks for looking, Chuck.  I think it is pretty tough to separate those
> values.  So much of the green in the background is in shade.  Worth a
> try though.  I did a selection of the principle flower in PS and
> adjusted the background a little, but I'm shooting for a better
> realization of what I want in-camera and without PP.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012, at 08:47 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I suppose.  A yellow filter has relatively little effect on reds but
>> lightens greens.  It also supposedly adds more contrast between shades
>> of green.  Here's a simple visualization chart.  A B&W photographer I
>> never was except by necessity in the early 60s.
>> <http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/using-coloured-filters-in-black-and-white-photography>
>

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