Red Ringed Tupperware Talk -- Good Times are had by all (16)

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #9582917
Simply a B&W "knockdown" in LR.

- Change from Color to Monochrome
- Lower the Blues (darkens skies as well as adds contrast to shiny subject through reflected blue skies.)
- Raise the Oranges a little (we get good reflective light off airport ramps and desert dirt .. this one also had some on-camera fill flash at work.)
- IIRC, there's about a 10% "Tan" tint to the highlights and a similar value of "Blue" tint to the shadows via the Split Toning sliders.
- Sharpen "Aggressively" 50 / 1 / 40 / 0 to really get the panel lines and rivets to pop.

I don't have an "actionable" formula per se. I just tweak 'till I'm happy.

wow, well it looks great. I like this one a lot. It reminds me of Parker Pfister's duotone (he's got 4 or 5 but one that is similar to this).

.. It's Permie's world, we just live in it! ~CDS

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Harm, I like the building! The patterns are great!

I don't have any new conversions, but here are a few of my favorites:

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FlyingPhotog wrote in post #9582917
Simply a B&W "knockdown" in LR.

- Change from Color to Monochrome
- Lower the Blues (darkens skies as well as adds contrast to shiny subject through reflected blue skies.)
- Raise the Oranges a little (we get good reflective light off airport ramps and desert dirt .. this one also had some on-camera fill flash at work.)
- IIRC, there's about a 10% "Tan" tint to the highlights and a similar value of "Blue" tint to the shadows via the Split Toning sliders.
- Sharpen "Aggressively" 50 / 1 / 40 / 0 to really get the panel lines and rivets to pop.

I don't have an "actionable" formula per se. I just tweak 'till I'm happy.

Nice tweak

Terri |GEAR| http://tinyurl.com/5qn​8sr
If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon

Here's double black and white (yes pun intended) of my friends Lindsey and Jamel. I don't really like this shot very much (but it looks better in black and white than it does in color). I found the metering for this shot to be impossible because of the disparate skin tones. Even after shooting a custom WB and using that (spot and evaluative was worthless), I still didn't like the results.

In hindsight, I think I should have put more light on Jamel and less on Lidsay - but I'm still learning.

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Permagrin wrote in post #9582941
wow, well it looks great. I like this one a lot. It reminds me of Parker Pfister's duotone (he's got 4 or 5 but one that is similar to this).

Thanks Lisa...

Harm wrote in post #9582945
going to save that preset?

Nope. I prefer to start from scratch each time however I will copy settings, past them over similar shots and then re-tweak as needed.

misspix wrote in post #9582969
Nice tweak

Thank You

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Harm wrote in post #9583394
I actually like that photo, Chris

Thanks harm - you just brightened my day

☼ Christian D. ☼
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You'll never be a legitimate photographer until you have an award winning duck in your portfolio!
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People that know me call me Dan
You'll never be a legitimate photographer until you have an award winning duck in your portfolio!
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