Mercy299 Senior Member 251 posts Joined Jul 2005 Location: Middle Tennessee More info | Sep 10, 2008 09:39 | #1 This is a photo of my granddaughter Bailey. I tried to convert it to black and white and kind of like that better but was wondering if anyone can tell me how to do a better job of converting it to black and white. Or if you all like it in color. Which one?  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Mercy299
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Q-bert " @!#?@! "  879 posts Joined Sep 2007 Location: Arkansas More info | Sep 10, 2008 10:42 | #2 There both great. Very adorable subject. I like the BW better too, and don't see anything wrong with the conversion. http://jpottsphotography.zenfolio.com/
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OL9245 Goldmember  1,778 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Montpellier France More info | Sep 10, 2008 11:01 | #3 She is a cutie, and you captures her very well! I like the color better. Just need some light and contrast on her face. I also added some saturation, slight vignetting, and sharpened eyes and lips.  Gear list. Photoshop tips and tricks I've learned here at POTN.
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JMHPhotography Goldmember  4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Sep 10, 2008 15:09 | #4 I love the B/W but I'm sort of a color freak. I LOVE color. If the color version had a bit more pop (it looks somewhat flat), I would have been all over that version. ~John
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JamesP Goldmember  More info | Sep 10, 2008 15:22 | #5 I agree with the comment about the chopped off elbow, but otherwise I love this shot. With a face like that, how can you go wrong? 1Dx - 5DIII - 40D - Canon 24-70LII, 100L macro, 135L, 16-35L, 70-200 f4 and 100-400L lenses
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locky Goldmember  2,663 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Montague, Michigan More info |  Permanent banThe b&w looks great. Here's my take on the color version.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. I just got my first pair of glasses that I didn't think I needed. I apologize to anybody in the past year that I said their pictures were out of focus lol.
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Sep 11, 2008 04:23 | #7 Locky, Can you tell me how you made those conversions to that photo so that I can do that to my full size file? Thank you all for the beautiful comments and for the color conversions. It really shows me how flat it was to begin with. Now I just need to learn how to bump it up. Thanks Mercy299
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locky Goldmember 2,663 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Montague, Michigan More info | Sep 11, 2008 05:04 | #8 Permanent banIf I remember correctly I sharpened, Curves, Brightness and Saturation. If you want to you can email me the original and I can edit for you. I just got my first pair of glasses that I didn't think I needed. I apologize to anybody in the past year that I said their pictures were out of focus lol.
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TeeJay Goldmember  3,834 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Warwickshire - UK More info | Sep 11, 2008 05:12 | #9 Beautiful subject - and a great photo. How did you do the B&W conversion? Did you simply click the "greyscale" button, or did you "desaturate". The latter method (+ a little tweak in levels) should give a little better contrast, which I think its lacking. 1DsMkIII | 1DMkIIN | 70-200 f/2.8L IS | 24-70 f/2.8L | 24-105 f/4L IS | 17-40 f/4L | 50 f/1.2L | WFT-E1 & E2 Transmitters - Click Here for setup advice | CP-E4 Battery Pack x 2 | ST-E2 | 580EX | 550EX | 430EXII | 420EX | Tripod + monopod | Bowens Esprit Gemini 500W/s heads & Travel-Pak | All this gear - and still no idea
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JustMyLuck Member 244 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2006 More info | Sep 11, 2008 07:11 | #10 Cute picture. Looks like she a fashion model with the pose. $$$ She could be a model for kids clothes like Target.
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Sep 11, 2008 20:46 | #11 TeeJay, I actually played with the levels a little, bumped up the contrast,then hit desaturate. Maybeit needs a little more desaturate. Thanks for all the comments about Bailey, she just turned 3 and loves to pose for her Granny to take pictures. And the great thing is she looks so different in so many different photos. Mercy299
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JMHPhotography Goldmember 4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Sep 11, 2008 21:10 | #12 No offense intended, but I think you may want to re-calibrate your display Locky... the edit you made gave her skintone a really wonky pink color, and the greens in the background shifted to yellow. The color in the original looked correct... just flat. Here's my edit... bright colors, no shift.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. ~John
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OL9245 Goldmember 1,778 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Montpellier France More info | Sep 11, 2008 22:00 | #13 forkball wrote in post #6289953  No offense intended, but I think you may want to re-calibrate your display Locky... the edit you made gave her skintone a really wonky pink color, and the greens in the background shifted to yellow. The color in the original looked correct... just flat. Here's my edit... bright colors, no shift. I also have fond the original colors were spot in. Reason why I have pushed the saturation a bit in my edit, and I liked it. Gear list. Photoshop tips and tricks I've learned here at POTN.
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j_richard3 Member  127 posts Joined Jun 2007 More info | Sep 11, 2008 22:09 | #14 I like the B&W best
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relsah Senior Member 425 posts Joined Mar 2005 Location: philly suburbs More info | Sep 12, 2008 23:29 | #15 cute kid... here's my version  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.
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