Nicely done, Leslie. :o)

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)

Wonderfully done, the light is gorgeous as well as the composition. And to bump up the contrast a bit was a good good thing to get it pops out more against the background.

+favs for me.

Like how the one flower is illumated while the rest have a cast of shadows on them. Another great one.

A Stunning b/w ..Beautiful composition and light.

Thanks so much for the supportive remarks, everybody.

Les, thanks for the link. Having experimented quite a bit over the last 3 years with moving color images into monotone, I've come to rely on the LAB lightness channel method that page includes.

I've found John Paul Caponigro's Photoshop action - which I used for this image - provides a really quick way to get nicely toned B&Ws by the folder full to examine and it leaves you lots of options for refining the images further.

This short PDF on Adobe's site explains what the action does and, on the last page, lets you click a link to download it if you're interested.

And yes, I uploaded this as a PNG. There seems to be something in the Caedes png --> jpg process that darkens B&Ws a bit even if the png comes in in sRGB. These lilies look "right" to me when I open a Caedes version, but I bumped up the contrast more than I'd otherwise like before I uploaded the image.