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forno
01-11-2007, 01:25 AM
So I snapped off a few shots and ran em through DPP, slight sharpen, curve, filter and monochrome style.

What am I missing, they dont seem to pop like cdi and cw, any suggestions apart from "L"

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/253/img6175fx8.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5229/img6176ll7.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2817/img6185gi4.jpg
cdifoto
01-11-2007, 01:38 AM
They look good to me. Maybe a tad too much contrast? I'm on a laptop LCD though so it might just be Dell's fault.
forno
01-11-2007, 01:46 AM
Cheers mate, the old 75-300 III aint the sharpest tool either
forno
01-11-2007, 01:47 AM
When do you shoot most of your B&W, sunlight or lower light? or ND filter?
cdifoto
01-11-2007, 02:01 AM
When do you shoot most of your B&W, sunlight or lower light? or ND filter?

Hmm I never think about things like that. I don't use filters though I can tell you that much. I have an ND but I bought it for when I was trying to overpower the sun with my Speedlite. I just shoot and if I think it'll make a good B&W I convert it. I also tend to convert to B&W if for some reason I can't get the white balance to look right no matter how hard I try, despite shooting RAW.
forno
01-11-2007, 02:04 AM
Hmm I never think about things like that. I don't use filters though I can tell you that much. I have an ND but I bought it for when I was trying to overpower the sun with my Speedlite. I just shoot and if I think it'll make a good B&W I convert it. I also tend to convert to B&W if for some reason I can't get the white balance to look right no matter how hard I try, despite shooting RAW.

Cheers, Ill keep plugging away:)

Manual mode is probably the best start for a B&W yeh?
FlexiPack
01-11-2007, 02:05 AM
I ran a few of mine through desaturate and they looked rather flat. Admittedly i didn't try and shadow/highlights but they just didn't look right yet i could've swore they'd make good B&W's.
cdifoto
01-11-2007, 02:06 AM
Cheers, Ill keep plugging away:)

Manual mode is probably the best start for a B&W yeh?

As long as it's a good exposure it really doesn't matter how you got there. I think there are some images that just don't look right in B&W, and others that seem to beg for the conversion.