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Well, let's see how this one goes. I've bumped up the contrast a bit extra with Levels to see if I can get a b&w onto Caedes that turns out looking the way it looked *before* I uploaded it. But anyway.... I mostly shoot botanicals right where they grow. These guys, though, were part of a bouquet I was given and they're picking up afternoon window light, stem thrust firmly into a brass florist's frog sitting on a black velvet sweep made by taping one end of the fabric to the wall and pulling the other end across my filing cabinets. EXIF data's on that deranged external drive, but brilliant geek thinks much can be recovered if I can wait a week or two for his magic. Will edit in data if luck serves.
Have a thought or editing suggestion for you ... next time, that is. Ready?
"Black and White Conversion Methods"
/\ Linked you to the whole kit and kaboodle, courtesy of blackandwhitedigital.com.
However, and notably ... take a look at the "Gorman-Holbert Method" found under "Luminosity Methods".
For some subject material, works well. And I particularly like the step/choice of different colors for the fill layer towards that of adding some additional toning to your image.
But ... hey, that's me.
:oP
Kidding, kidding.
You captured something that I can't quite put to words here. A quality, a feel ... a look, not sure.
Maybe even something intangible, yet, somehow translates very well to this viewer's eyes.
And on this note, I most certainly enjoy your photographic creative efforts here. Rest assured. :o)
Insofar as things not translating well enough to your eyes from your pc, upload stage, to that of appearing on the site here ... dumb question time (from me, that is) ... are you uploading in PNG format?
That aside, very nice work. And but of course, thank you for sharing this one with us. :o)