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Hi all,

 

I've already posted this in the photo forum:

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M8 with CV12mm

 

Kind regards,

 

Etienne

 

And I loved it there as well... Let us into the secret of this superb B&W conversion please...

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I've been doing quite a bit of landscape work with my M8 - but these two, shot the very aftrenoon I picked it up, are my favorites.

 

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nah, the M8 just doesnt cut it...

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And I loved it there as well... Let us into the secret of this superb B&W conversion please...

Hello Jaap,

 

Thank you for the compliment and I would like to return the compliment for your pictures here. I find your B&W conversion, above, very good. Especially considering the difficult DR in the landscape.

Well, my secret isn't really a secret.

The process goes something like this:

ACR raw conversion

don't put to much contrast in the picture as you will be raising the contrast with layers and by colour later.

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If possible I use: select - color range to select the sky. from this I make a layer and work on the contrast and levels.I raise the contrast quite a bit without blowing out the highlights.

Note: In my opinion, working on the sky separately will add to the picture's 3D effect when it's finished.

If the skyline is not perfectly selected I will use the background layer to bring out the non-sky elements into the picture. Next I select inverse so that I can work on the land elements. I am very much spoiled as far as DR is concerned (The Fuji cameras) so I take care on leaving as much information, in both dark areas and highlights.

Next: Channel Mixer. Here I do most of the work. I hardly ever raise the blue beyond zero. Sometimes even into the negative. Red and green will need to find the right balance. After the channel mixer I will bring up curves and slightly raise the dark tones so that black is realy black. From here you have a B&W picture. If you like sepia; I use Johny's B&W Package for the toning.

I have posted this action on one of my sites as the original site where I downloaded is not online.

Index of /~wfa/download

I hope this helps,

 

Kind regards,

 

Etienne

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Arthur can you do me a small favor. Can you do that one again. Looking a touch flat . maybe move the black and whites points around for a touch more pop

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here what do you think now

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Works for me too. Also, views like this still exist in Northern Virginia just outside Washington DC.

 

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Guy - I think you got the adjustments wrong. I immediately responded to the brooding menace in Arthur's landscape, and on my monitor it looked great. For me, the re-adjustments made it un-special and turned a strong image with it's own character into yet another pictorial image. No doubt this is a minority view.

 

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...the first time I went to make alpine skiing with my brand new M8... May 2007 next to the Italian-Austrian border: Summicron 35..strong light...

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The superb images in this thread prove beyond all doubt that the M8 is a great tool for landscape work. Not that long ago I used to walk to fells carrying a large rucksack with Canon DSLR, 3 - 4 lenses, filter kits, tripod, etc. Now I carry a smaller sack with M8, 2 lenses (28mm and 75mm work for me) and that's it.

My contribution of Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.

 

 

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