Bay Bridge - BW Conversion

[nat869]

While doing a photo shoot in San Francisco, I shot this picture of the Bay Bridge. I used the channel mixer in photoshop to convert it to black and white. Hope you enjoy!!

http://www.nis-photo.com/galleries/misc/misc-pics/images/nis-misc_06.jpg

[stoneylonesome]

Nice perspective of the bridge, looks a little to grey tone to me, Have you tried to see what it would look like with a little sepia tone. Other than that a nice shot.

[Big_B]

Nice. It has a very classic look.

[Belmondo]

It's a great shot, but it could probably stand for a little more contrast. Where did you take it from?

[EDIT] Never mind. I recognize the view and the vantage point. You're looking across the Bay towards Treasure Island and on towards Oakland.

[EoSD30fReAk]

i like it because it got that aged look to it! i don't know if that's what you wanted it to be:rolleyes:

[nat869]

Thanks for the nice comments!!

Stoneylonesome- This is one of my first attempts at BW conversion and I am just getting to know Photoshop decently well. I will do a search on sepia.....I am not quite sure what it is, but I would love to experiment.

Belmondo- Exactly, it was in San Fran along the Embarcadero. I was doing some pics around that big Cupids Arrow Sculpture. Can I give more contrast by playing with the brightness/contrast or is there a better way? Here is the sculpture:
http://www.nis-photo.com/galleries/misc/misc-pics/pages/nis-misc_05.htm

To anyone who is interested, I used the channel mixer to create the BW effect. I set red to 160%, green to 140% and blue to negative 200%. It came out pretty cool, that sort of classic look eosd30freak commented on.