G3 color converted to B&W

[phili1]

I took this shot of a dock and thought it would look good in B&W. I did this after reading a tutorial in Luminous Landscapes, where he uses the Channel mixer. His tutorial tells how its like shooting in B&W and using filters like in the old days. So I tried it and adjsuted in several differnt ways. This way gave me a high contrast shot which I like but the variations are numerous. You can also see the color shot at the same sight below.

http://www.pbase.com/image/22999874/medium

[sdommin]

Hey Phili, that came out great. It almost looks like it was taken through a dark red filter - is that the channel you used most? I like B&W too, but today's printers don't do as good a job as a regular darkroom (but they're getting better!).

[phili1]

Thanks Scott. I use to use Digidanns B&W but after this the channel mixer is the way to go. Yes mostly red and slight adjustment to green & blue.

I own an Epson 2200 printer and printed it out on Epson
matt paper, using the matt black ink, the way it looks on the site the printer duplicated it. The 2200 with its light black ink captures B&W extremly well.

[jpmccormac]

I also use the Channels Mixer (PSP 7.04) for B&W.
In this image I added some Gaussian blur to the background as well:

http://www.pbase.com/image/23011421/medium
Works great.

Here I tried shooting a landscape with the Stitch Assist mode and coverting to B&W:
http://www.pbase.com/image/20001002/original

Nice shot of the dock, by the way. My only comment is that the horizon line doesn't appear straight but dips down to the right. ?

[phili1]

John awsome shots, I love the Sax player and wish I had your landscapes to shoot. I'd love to see more of your work.In new jersey I have to make my own scenery. I cant beleive with all my experience in Photoshop I haven't used the channel mixer.

The horizon to the right appears to dip because the houses on the right are closer but the difference is only 1/8" measured on the print.

This is also the second time I have used my Epson 2200 for B&W and I wish I could show you how it looks on Epson matt paper with the matt ink.