B/W Conversion Overdone?

[John Trogdon]

Did I get carried away with this conversion? I used a B/W action, followed by a few simple adjustments. Would appreciate your honest opinions, as my wife is no help. ;)

[Radtech1]

The conversion looks fine to me. In fact, you MIGHT want to increase the brightness and contrast just a smidgen, as it looks like there is no white white anywhere.

If you would have asked, "What, in general, can be done to help this image?" I would have said to fix the perspective. (Unless, of course, the structure actually does lean over to the right and you are trying to capture that!)

Rad

[John Trogdon]

Thanks for the help Rad. I guess I should have corrected the perspective as you said, but was more interested in just getting a B/W process that works for me.

As far as the whites, I'll see if I can bring them out a little. This shot really didn't have a lot to work with except for the dome at the top of the building.

I really enjoy good black and whites, and just haven't made much of an effort before to try to acheive some of the results similar to what I see on this forum. I"m trying some of the different ways to convert, and hopefully will find one that I like.

I do appreciate your help.

[paulbuceta]

There is a macro in photoshop for creating custom black and white or desaturated images.
I would work with the levels 1st and then work with the curves to get more black and more white. Right now it's a bit too grey.

That's my two cents.

[John Trogdon]

There is a macro in photoshop for creating custom black and white or desaturated images.
I would work with the levels 1st and then work with the curves to get more black and more white. Right now it's a bit too grey.

That's my two cents.

Thanks Paul. That is exactly what I was looking for. I'll just keep working on it.

[thoha]

i see a bluish tint on the pic, is it just me or it was suppose to be like this?