First attempt at black and white

[matt hkd]

I've never really tried to do anything in black and white but I didn't like how this one came out in color so I decided to try it. Any tips you could give me on how to process a black and white shot would be really helpful. Let me know what you guys think.


_DSC4384.jpg by Matt HKD, on Flickr

 

[Rick58]

For my taste, this isn't a subject that's particularly B&W friendly. Why would you take a beautiful, colorful, tiger and convert it to shades of gray? I love B&W, but it has to have the right subject.

 

[SCraig]

For my taste, this isn't a subject that's not particularly B&W friendly. Why would you take a beautiful, colorful, tiger and convert it to shades of gray? I love B&W, but it has to have the right subject.

What he said. In my opinion a photograph has to be one that would be improved by black and white. Despite the fact that many people want everything in B&W, not every shot is suitable and this one falls into that category. Tigers are beautiful cats and that is an outstanding pose. Converting it to B&W did nothing whatsoever to enhance it in my opinion.

 

[Rick58]

For my taste, this isn't a subject that's not particularly B&W friendly. Why would you take a beautiful, colorful, tiger and convert it to shades of gray? I love B&W, but it has to have the right subject.

What he said. In my opinion a photograph has to be one that would be improved by black and white. Despite the fact that many people want everything in B&W, not every shot is suitable and this one falls into that category. Tigers are beautiful cats and that is an outstanding pose. Converting it to B&W did nothing whatsoever to enhance it in my opinion.

Well, almost what I said. I did kind'a throw a double negative in that first sentence

 

[matt hkd]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll edit one in color and post it up for a comparison and see what you guys think.

 

[480sparky]

If you want c+c on the conversion: it's flat.

Bring the black point up, the white point down and put a slight S into the curve.

Judging by the histogram, you edited a jpeg file pretty heavily.

 

[matt hkd]

Here is a color that I did too. I thought he blended into the background a little bit.


_DSC4384.jpg by Matt HKD, on Flickr

 

[Rick58]

Here is a color that I did too. I thought he blended into the background a little bit.


_DSC4384.jpg by Matt HKD, on Flickr

Yeah, wrong color background for this guy

 

[Jonesychickx]

Could you not change the background colour slightly??? or even make the background b&w?