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General => General discussion => Topic started by: DubFan on 10 April 2012, 06:20
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Over the Easter weekend I visited family and on friday we went to the Great Central Railway for a special Easter event.
Obviously there were a few steam trains, but also a few other things, traction engines and stuff.
Given the subject matter I shot a lot in B&W.
Here's a selection:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/7063144199_36c810eef6_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063144199/)
The train now departing... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063144199/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7220/6917062554_2e5e743751_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917062554/)
On your guard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917062554/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/6917060536_80f6022a89_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917060536/)
old time fair (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917060536/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/7063139275_604ab1b472_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063139275/)
bike (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063139275/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7225/7063133341_ea0eb0c491_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063133341/)
old timer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063133341/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7063127381_c58874f5ff_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063127381/)
Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/7063127381/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
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Love thes emate. :cool:
nick
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like the bike shot, maybe b&w with some grain? :smiley:
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like the bike shot, maybe b&w with some grain? :smiley:
I took several of the bike, here's a B&W one:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/6917058852_601e28717f_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917058852/)
bike (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47903765@N00/6917058852/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/47903765@N00/), on Flickr
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Oh awesome, great pics!
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Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?
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I do sometimes, if I know it's something I want in B&W. Other times I convert later when I see it on the laptop and think it'll work as B&W.
nick
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I often shoot in B&W in camera because I then get instant feedback on how it looks, but also I like the B&W preset on my camera, often prefering that to a conversion done in ACR or PS.
I have a roll of B&W film, which I'm just waiting for the right moment to pop in my film SLR to try out.
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I use b/w all the time especially for pictures of the kids and my niece, i just think it adds so much atmosphere to a photograph.
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Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?
RAW FTW
If you set your camera to B/W then the jpeg preview / image will be B/W but then you can tweak the conversion in PP (channel mixing).
Most cameras will allow allow you to convert to B/W, sepia or cyanotype in camera giving you a preview if you're shooting in colour. JPEG shooters should shoot in colour and then convert as you can't get the colour information back.
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Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?
RAW FTW
If you set your camera to B/W then the jpeg preview / image will be B/W but then you can tweak the conversion in PP (channel mixing).
Most cameras will allow allow you to convert to B/W, sepia or cyanotype in camera giving you a preview if you're shooting in colour. JPEG shooters should shoot in colour and then convert as you can't get the colour information back.
Yes, sure you can't get the colour back, but as I said, I prefer the B&W output of the in-camera preset to what I get from ACR.
I could shoot in RAW+Jpeg but then if I liked the b&w jpeg output from the camera, the RAW would only be a large file that I wouldn't use.
I personally am not one for lots of photoshop/lightroom processing, I don't have time. (Though if I had time I might work on getting a few LR presets that would give me what I want, saving time later).
If you have time to spend on importing and processing lots of RAW files that's fine, but I like simplicity in my shooting and editing because I'm more likely to get a simple edit right.
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Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?
RAW FTW
If you set your camera to B/W then the jpeg preview / image will be B/W but then you can tweak the conversion in PP (channel mixing).
Most cameras will allow allow you to convert to B/W, sepia or cyanotype in camera giving you a preview if you're shooting in colour. JPEG shooters should shoot in colour and then convert as you can't get the colour information back.
Yes, sure you can't get the colour back, but as I said, I prefer the B&W output of the in-camera preset to what I get from ACR.
I could shoot in RAW+Jpeg but then if I liked the b&w jpeg output from the camera, the RAW would only be a large file that I wouldn't use.
I personally am not one for lots of photoshop/lightroom processing, I don't have time. (Though if I had time I might work on getting a few LR presets that would give me what I want, saving time later).
If you have time to spend on importing and processing lots of RAW files that's fine, but I like simplicity in my shooting and editing because I'm more likely to get a simple edit right.
Simply pressing the V key in lightroom toggles between black and white.
http://www.lightroomqueen.com/downloads/shortcuts/lightroom_shortcuts_40.pdf
You might not have the time to properly process your images, but you'd be surprised at the difference a few tweaks can make.
http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/post-processing/7-black-and-white-photoshop-conversion-techniques/
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RAW FTW
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