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I thought these three R4 images from this weekend might look ok in BW. I just converted them the monochrome and adjusted the contrast levels.

The Crossing



Pine River



The Amenities



Do you think they work?
Brian
 
Brian,

Those are very nice, very retro (which I hope/assume is the effect you were shooting for).
Brings me back to the 1950's TV era.

Rube
 
I often look through the images I have taken to see if BW might add something to them. These are three that I thought might be transformed, maybe to retro.

Brian
 
Yes they work in B&W! The only thing it needs to complete the retro look is the grain. Thats what I'm trying to figure out with R3. But its very difficult to resist to a clean 64 ISO photo...

Brian, is it time to start a R-series B&W?
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Cheers.............. Rui
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Hi Brian, Nice pics. Very retro. I am not a big b&w fan, maybe because I remember when there was no color. or maybe because I am a designer I always feel there is something missing from the photo, like the world is a little darker and sadder.
maybe I just need more coffee!
great pics though, as usual.
LG
 
Just to back my view that the starker items emerge best in mono - here is a de-coloured offering. (Already seen in colour).



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Martin
 
LG (if I may call you that) the hill probably bore a Roman look out post, it came to greater fame in the 700 year Moorish period, last real use was as a 19thC customs watch tower. The Moorish name of Sohail is used today and the local authority have restored it as an exercise for the building apprentice school. It serves for open air concerts.

I did crop the picture, as you suggested and posted it in colour in an earlier thread. Colour emphasised the blue sky and Spanish flag but I left the ugly walls and street lamps in to give some harder lines in the B & W version.
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Martin
 
I liked the possibilities of that one LG, straightened it up and cropped a bit to make something that appealed to me at least.



Regards.............. Guy
 
This image has interesting possibilities, the triangular shadows could look quite abstract at different times of the day.

Keep them coming.

Brian
 
The train image is the best and most interesting - the 4wd has a bit of motion blur (?) and lack of contrast - seems awkwardly placed.

Converting from colour gives you the opportunity to retain the originals. I have been shooting a lot in native b&w - the GRD but more especially the R4 seems to handle low-light noise better that way.

I have also been using the Velbon Ultra Stick 50 Monopod AUD$70! (gag, choke ..) at Photocontinental. Pretty expensive for a tiny monopod but worth every "penny". It is now my constant companion. Small and light enough to be easily carted around it serves as a brace against any firm object even while folded.

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Tom Caldwell
 
The owner of this very Spanish face was present at a lunch that we attended. I took the snap in colour but thought that it might be even better with the removal of the colour. Was it worth it?





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Martin
 
M Pearce said:
The owner of this very Spanish face was present at a lunch that we
attended. I took the snap in colour but thought that it might be
even better with the removal of the colour. Was it worth it?
Click to expand...
Possibly, the person behind takes the focus from the subject person a bit, but the photo is well taken.

Your idea would work well if you could make it look like an old time political image for example.

Brian
 
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