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Re: [OM] Converting to BW example

Subject: Re: [OM] Converting to BW example
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:41:38 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
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>http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13438
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>Screen shot from Lightroom 5.5 showing the original with the modified,
>as well as the settings required to achieve the look.
>
>Absolutely nothing here that can't be done in any other editor, but
>there are a couple items of note:
>
>1. White-balance is adjusted SLIGHTLY cool. This mimics the blue
>sensitivity of most B&W films.
>
>2. Exposure is stretched to achieve a full-spectrum histogram.
>Granted, this one went nuclear, but it is purely for illustration.
>
>3. Blue and Cyan is pulled back. This is what darkens the blue sky. I
>bumped the other colors to keep the vegetation from going black.
>

     Very nice conversion.  Pretty much what you would expect when using a 23A 
or 25 red filter, both of which reduce or eliminate blue and cyan.  I've 
experimented with that approach also to see how flexible LR3 is.


Chris

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