my boys water- summer fun - whatnot

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a few messages of them

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more

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few more

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the oldest

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ok last two- i took a whole whole lot but these suti their personalities best

[Leorooster]

Very sharp. Great shots.

[Mocking-DX]

very nice post processing and cropping
very smooth B & W, i like them a lot
Of your boys look fantabulous

did you use 85mm 1.8 on these, coz i getting convinced to get that 85mm also
thanks

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yes i used the 85mm 1.8 on all shots

[toddb]

I like that one where he's kneeling down playing in the water. Great shots.

[InskiP]

Great composition/framing. If you don't mind my asking, what method did you use for the B&W converson?

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its basically channels conversion then you duplicate the layer and add contrast untilt he skin is right ignoring any blowouts then use the eraser to erase the blowouts back in not at 100% unless you have to usually les.

then a light brown layer set the belnding option to color.

that pretty much does it the borwn layer is usually almost orangy but still tan i usually use that layer at opacity 25%

[schmoelzel]

Beautiful shots!! Excellent compostion and nice sharpness etc!! Love the crops........

[mkitson]

Really like the last 2 especially the close up. Great DOF and nicely composed.

[mkitson]

its basically channels conversion then you duplicate the layer and add contrast untilt he skin is right ignoring any blowouts then use the eraser to erase the blowouts back in not at 100% unless you have to usually les.

I have had a go at your conversion technique. When you say 'add contrast' how are you doing that? With curves?

[BlueTit]

They are all great shots, can't pick one I like the best, how about 5,7.8 & 10 their my favourites. Thanx for sharing your conversion method, I will take a note of that for future use. But these shots are really down to great cropping and great subjects :-) Nice work.

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i just use the brightness and contrast tool. u do tap curves occasionally well actually a lot but i do all my curves stuff while its color thats how i get the color ones to pop i always get the color dead on befor ei convert to B&W that helps prevent the grey faces...