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It's a historical street in turkey.. Honestly I have an issue with choosing something that can attracts the viewer's eyes, choosing a good subject is a big problem to me as many in this forum said the same thing to me :/ ... I converted it using lightroom and it took lots of time from me to get it like that way ..I can't say the photo speaks to me very much. It's a fairly sharp photo of ... a busy street. What do your think your intent is, to communicate with the viewer?
There seems to be a lot of mid tones, maybe? Especially in the buildings ... Maybe try fooling with the contrast sliders, and see what you like.
How did you actually do the conversion?
There's a BW Look 2 that I usually start with.
Thanks a lot sir ... you replay really did help.. I took the picture only because its a historical street in turkey it's right though that I should work on choosing a subject that can attract the viewer's eyesThe foreground is fairly dark and the subject's faces are all in shadow. The only thing that stands out because it's bright is the car.
Not really a fan of the photo as I can go to my local high street and see the same thing anytime I want.
All the same a CS6 'quick fix', curve adjustment layers with foreground biased luminosity masks for lights and darks, further curve adjustment layer with a graduated mask to give the background some contrast without boosting contrast in the lightened foreground, and finally a B&W adjustment layer with a simulated orange filter.
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well I was asking for both .. I didn't use lightroom with the believe that using it will make amazing B&W pictures.. I'm new to it and some comments will defiantly make me upload better pictures in the futureI'm not sure where you want an opinion about; the quality of this b&w convertion using Lightroom or the content of your photo?
To convert a photo you can use a bunch of (paid and free) programs. Using Lightroom (or Photoshop) will not automatically make your photos better photos.
I find this b&w photo needs a lot more contrast and much less gray tones.
true.. will work on it.. thanksThe problem is that there is no target for the conversion, no idea of what should be important.
This conversion above is ok but what is the end point - a reasonably converted B&W of a uninteresting scene?
I took the picture only because its a historical street in turkey it's right though that I should work on choosing a subject that can attract the viewer's eyes