First B&W Try

[kn4ds]

#1 Lightened.

Not so great... lightening the right side of the image might be ok, but with the "whole image lightening," you've blown out the mammatus on the right side.

 

[Dick Sanders]

Yes, I agree. Selective lightening will probably be better. I'd keep the dark mood, just bring it up a little bit, and a tad more on right side.

 

[robbie_vlad]

Ok, thanks for all the great advice, here's a more recent one from two days ago, LMK what you think:

 

[Dick Sanders]

Whaddaya call this? The Dog Days of Winter?

I think your dog has a "suspicious eye" on you. But back to the photography -- it has a nice black-and-white quality to it.

 

[robbie_vlad]

Haha yea, my dog is 14 years old, so she was actually completely asleep when I took this (which helped out a ton =]). My dog is all black and white (ok, mabye grey also) but it really just benefitted the photo alot i think. And thank you!

 

[Samanax]

Ok, thanks for all the great advice, here's a more recent one from two days ago, LMK what you think:

Did you add a gaussian blur vignette? Don't really care for it.

What are you shooting specs?

The B&W is pretty good but it looks a little OOF from camera shake (but that might be from the gaussian blur). It looks slightly underexposed too. A little too much floor in the foreground for me.

 

[robbie_vlad]

Some roses I've been drying out for almost a year seemed to take to B&W well:

 

[digitaldetours]

i'm not sure about the soft focus on the edges around the dog, i think it takes away from the photo somewhat. it's a great shot though!

 

[robbie_vlad]

Thanks .

 

[robbie_vlad]

Any suggestions?

 

[robbie_vlad]