B&W method

[4walls]

Trying a new b&w method... I know the highlights are gone on this one, didn't have a flash with me, so I had to work with the lighting I had. I thought the b&w contrast here is good though... comments?

I used the CALCULATIONS method in PS and used red and green channels.

http://s94309565.onlinehome.us/albums/album06/3863_sf_bw.jpg

[PhotosGuy]

Given the no flash situation, it looks OK to me. Think about some ways you could have bounced some light in there without a flash! :wink:

[CDickinson]

I think your blacks could be richer. Have you tried doing this - duplicate layer. Then layer hue/saturation. Set this layer to color. Then another layer hue/saturation. Bring saturation all the way down.
Now you can play with selective color layers and the channel mixer. I think you'll find you can richer black and whites.

C

[4walls]

I think your blacks could be richer. Have you tried doing this - duplicate layer. Then layer hue/saturation. Set this layer to color. Then another layer hue/saturation. Bring saturation all the way down.
Now you can play with selective color layers and the channel mixer. I think you'll find you can richer black and whites.

C
Thanks, I will experiment with that.

[Laziferous]

Apart from the blown highlights, the contrast looks good to me.

[4walls]

I think your blacks could be richer. Have you tried doing this - duplicate layer. Then layer hue/saturation. Set this layer to color. Then another layer hue/saturation. Bring saturation all the way down.
Now you can play with selective color layers and the channel mixer. I think you'll find you can richer black and whites.

C
I experimented with this a bit and could not really get anything I was happy with.