BW photos for CC

[swoop_ds]

Hello, I did some work on my pictures and converted to BW. The only photo that was planned to be BW was the one of the bird.





Thanks,
-Dave

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Not feeling #1 with her eyes closed =/ or #2. kind of looks Out of Focus.
But the last 2 are nice

 

[Felix 222]

a touch more contrast! composition isn't bad

 

[KmH]

The first 2 are a bit short on contrast and tonal range, which is what B&W is really all about.

What technique(s) did you use to do the conversion from color?

By the way:

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is neither a critique, nor a gallery forum section.

 

[burstintoflame81]

Did you use photoshop for the conversion?

 

[swoop_ds]

I used photoshop, basically, I did a high pass filter and then converted to BW. I just played around till I felt that the BW conversion looked good.

Thanks for the critiques, sorry about posting in the wrong forum!
-Dave

 

[SilverUser]

In the channel mixer, turn off the blue channel, give red 60% and green 40%...you will see a very nice difference...also, brighten up the faces a bit more... to flat and blah....very good compositions!

 

[syphlix]

#3 is by far the best imo... but even that one looks a little soft... i like the high contrast...

 

[swoop_ds]

Yes #3 is my favourite as well. I want to try the techniques tried above

 

[kkamin]

#1 is a little muddy and the abundance of fly away hairs sort of ruin the photograph.

#2 is rather lackluster to me

#3 is really nice. The profile image works really well with the birds form and the b&w conversion is rich in tonal variety. good work. I think the image in calling for a few more tweaks to get it to its full potential but I'm not sure what it is.

#4 I would do a little retouching to bring some light into the eyes and define the intricate areas of the iris more.