Downtown Seattle - Black and White

Hi, just playing with the new black and white conversions in Photoshop cs3. What do you think of this outcome?

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I like it a lot actually... when I first opened the link, it looked like an older photograph and then I was pleasantly surprised at the more modern hustle and bustle below. I particularly like the patterning in the intersection. B/W works well for this photo IMO and you've processed it so that there's enough contrast for it to be interesting. Good work!

Very nice! Did you do something to the sky?

Is this a straight conversion in CS2? I have elements and the B&W conversion sucks. Other than converting to B&W did you do anything else?

Nice shot...good eye for texture. good conversion

Very nice, I like it. The perspective is awesome, sweeping from the street below to the sky above. And there's the human element too! Love it. I'd recommend burning the upper part a bit but it's no biggie.

I wish I were there!

No, really....I WISH I WERE THERE!!

I don't see hardly any white at all. Some black but mostly grey. I find myself looking for white.

Thanks for the comments everyone! This was created with CS3. The new black and white conversion is really simple to use. I tried darkened the sky a little too. I might go back and try to burn in a couple of areas though...I'm not to good with Dodging and burning yet....

tons of depth and detail! nice.

you might not need to d and b individual areas. a layer mask on a curves adjustment layer might be just the ticket for the sky if you want it darker.

wp.

yeah I agree
there is more "Grey" here than Black and White
might wanna bump up the Contrast

well, thanks for the comments. I went back and tried to do a little dodging and burning, I don't know if the results are any better...

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i like it!

Hometown FTW!