Gray Days

[AirVenture]

Gray Days can make some great pictures. Everywhere I looked around the house just begged to be photographed, especially in black and white.

-Brett

sorry if you seen any in other forums

 

[seanarmenta]

brett,

i like these a lot. really good eye. the tones look a bit flat though...


sean

 

[vonnagy]

i agree, grey days are awesome for photography, i really like these images, especially the first two of the bed.

I agree with sean, the images are a tad flat but with just a little tweaking in pshop i think they could really stand out. On the bottle It would be cool if you could read the label.

cheers and thanks for sharing those!

 

[AirVenture]

Thanks guys,

Yeah, I have to say I've noticed that flatness as well. What types of settings in PShop wil help that out?

-Brett

 

[vonnagy]

Try adjustment layers first, start with levels:

you'll see a graph with 3 sliders, I always adjust the sliders on the edges first and then the one in the middle.

check out seanarmenta's tips on adjusting b&w images, its something that i've recently started doing and its helped heaps:

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3142

for a bit more artistic effect, duplicate the main image layer and go to filters->distort->diffuse glow. Apply the filter and adjust the opacity of the layer. This is a really cool filter to use for b&w photos, if used sparingly it really makes a b&w stand out.

 

[AirVenture]

Wow, thanks! I just seen something about this on Tech TV too, so I had somewhat of an idea how to do it. I just messed around with this one enough to let you see the label on the bottle. Neat stuff!

-Brett

 

[Thorniest Whisper]

Nice eye Brett.

 

[manda]

the last is my favourite..

simple yet intriguing