I'd like to learn to make nice black and white shots. I have to do it in post-processing - the camera doesn't have a B&W setting that I can find - so it feels a bit like cheating, but still, I find this a pleasing image. I'm also beginning to learn the value of the histogram the camera can show me, in getting a good spread of tones. This isn't a hugely compelling subject but the image has come out with good strong contrast, and something about the composition is nice, although I'm not sure what, and I think it still needs something doing to it (cropping, perhaps), but I can't work that out either. I'll be content with it as it is, though.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Learning about black and white
I'd like to learn to make nice black and white shots. I have to do it in post-processing - the camera doesn't have a B&W setting that I can find - so it feels a bit like cheating, but still, I find this a pleasing image. I'm also beginning to learn the value of the histogram the camera can show me, in getting a good spread of tones. This isn't a hugely compelling subject but the image has come out with good strong contrast, and something about the composition is nice, although I'm not sure what, and I think it still needs something doing to it (cropping, perhaps), but I can't work that out either. I'll be content with it as it is, though.
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