A few Monochromes from my travels

[Scottie]

Hi All :)

Back in the day, well say a year ago, I'd just desaturate an image and tweak with the contrasts to end up with rather flat boring B&W conversions.

That was until I found the channel mixer/ Dodge & Burn method :)


Sauchar Point - Elie - Fife

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/weejoe/IMG_1927MCL.jpg


Ben Challum - Glen Lochay - Perthshire

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/weejoe/IMG_0946bMCL.jpg

Errr - a Goose - Callendar Park - Falkirk :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/weejoe/IMG_3600L.jpg


C & C most welcome

Thanks for looking :)

[Erik]

Very nice Scottie. I especially like the goose with selective colour! Very unique. First image is awesome too, love the clouds.

[DaveF]

..is just amazing. Who'd have thought of the mono with that Blue Eye!. Captivating! Good work, Like the others too.:eek:

[lesmac]

Pl;eased you have posted some B&W, I was boring everyone to death raving about the B&W photography in your blog.
Really leap from the page, classy work :)

[Scottie]

Very nice Scottie. I especially like the goose with selective colour! Very unique. First image is awesome too, love the clouds.

..is just amazing. Who'd have thought of the mono with that Blue Eye!. Captivating! Good work, Like the others too.:eek:

Thanks Erik & Dave, the goose shot just came about by chance, I had a bunch of bird shots I took when I had the 100-400 L IS , being tack sharp but nothing special I just mucked about with this one and Voila !!! :)

Pl;eased you have posted some B&W, I was boring everyone to death raving about the B&W photography in your blog.
Really leap from the page, classy work :)

Cheers Les :) As you know Monochrome landscapes can work providing they have the right elements for conversion

[the laddie adams]

channel mixer dodge and burn could you explain that to me scottie.
get the picture in whats on your living room wall thats a black and white picture that will impress.

[Scottie]

No Problem Mr Adams ;)

You already know the way of Dodge n Burn, I'll show you how to convert to B&W using the channel mixer next time we meet up :)

[Dimitri]

Only the goose one i haven`t seen.
Good job buddy.

[Keithphoto]

Love the pics and need to know more about the chanel mixer..go on share the secret..please

[Scottie]

Thanks Keith and Dimitri :)

Keith theres not much to tell buddy, thats why I'm able to do it :lol:

Other than just desaturate the image select Channel mixer, tick the monochrome box and fiddle with the sliders :lol: Always try and maintain a joint value of each slider at around the +100 mark give or take a wee bit of course. :)

I'm sure someone will have a more technical description but I ain't no Photoshop expert so you get my idiots guide :lol:

[beano]

Very nice, especially #1. ;)

[neilyb]

The goose is good, you can see every fiber of the feathers...not sure about the blue eye tho :|

[justin carpenter]

great series!

[EOS_JD]

Hi Scottie
How's that R2400 looking now? :)

I'll comment on the images later as my work's firewall does not allow access to photobucket - I can access very few of the other image storage sites :(

So I'll hopefully comment when I see them at home!

JD

[Scottie]

Very nice, especially #1. ;)

The goose is good, you can see every fiber of the feathers...not sure about the blue eye tho :|

great series!

Thanks all :) Neil the Goose shot was just a bit of muckin around in Photoshop, selective colourisation or whatever the experts call it ;)

Hi Scottie
How's that R2400 looking now? :)

I'll comment on the images later as my work's firewall does not allow access to photobucket - I can access very few of the other image storage sites :(

So I'll hopefully comment when I see them at home!

JD

Jim

The R2400 rocks mate and especially with these monochrome shots :)

[EOS_JD]

Jim
The R2400 rocks mate and especially with these monochrome shots :)

yip it sure does :-)
Have you printed any 19x13s yet? Awesome!

[Scottie]

yip it sure does :-)
Have you printed any 19x13s yet? Awesome!


Yep A3+ all the way mate ;)

[EOS_JD]

Great size! Can see the images now.... All great but No1 is awesome!!