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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: RBSinTo on December 25, 2016, 19:53:49

Title: Spic and span
Post by: RBSinTo on December 25, 2016, 19:53:49

Taken on Queen Street West here in Toronto.
I was walking along when I came upon a young girl cleaning the glass patio panel in front of a restaurant.
Using a wide lens and a slow shutter speed, I grabbed this shot.
Converted to black and white in Photoshop
motorized Nikon FG
Nikkor 24 f2 AIS manual focus
Fuji Velvia 100 ISO colour slide
f11 @ 1/30th
(http://www.photochimps.com/pp/data/500/medium/Spic_and_span-1920.jpg)

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: CS on December 25, 2016, 21:09:55

Fuji Velvia converted to B&W, hmmmmmmm...........

Interesting shot though.

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: RBSinTo on December 25, 2016, 22:06:51

Quote from: CS on December 25, 2016, 21:09:55

Fuji Velvia converted to B&W, hmmmmmmm...........

Interesting shot though.

Carl,
Why "hmmmmmmmmm"?
I've been finding lately that many of my colour photos look better when converted to black and white. Not all, but many.
Thanks for commenting.
Robert

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: CS on December 26, 2016, 07:51:28

Many folk, including me, love Velvia for it's color rendition, so it just seems strange to me to see it converted to B&W. Not that there's anything wrong with doing that.

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: RBSinTo on December 26, 2016, 12:24:49

Carl,
Sometimes black and white just looks better to me, regardless of the film stock used to take the original picture.
Besides, my choice of film is largely dependent on what I get when I grab a fistful from the freezer. I have a mix of Sensia, Velvia, Provia, Ektachrome, RSX, and so on because it all came from my photobuds who gave it to me when they went Digital.
I don't pretend to be a film maven. for me 100 ISO is 100 ISO and if I don't like the way a particular shot looks, I can change the colour balance in Photoshop anyway.
Robert

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: CS on December 26, 2016, 20:46:26

Quote from: RBSinTo on December 26, 2016, 12:24:49

Carl,
Sometimes black and white just looks better to me, regardless of the film stock used to take the original picture.
Besides, my choice of film is largely dependent on what I get when I grab a fistful from the freezer. I have a mix of Sensia, Velvia, Provia, Ektachrome, RSX, and so on because it all came from my photobuds who gave it to me when they went Digital.
I don't pretend to be a film maven. for me 100 ISO is 100 ISO and if I don't like the way a particular shot looks, I can change the colour balance in Photoshop anyway.
Robert

Well, the nice thing about it is that there are no rules, the artist controls the palette. One thing that always gets me riled up are folks that try to force other folks to be bound by arbitrary rules.

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: elsa hoffmann on December 27, 2016, 05:23:09

great image. I like it a lot

Title: Re: Spic and span
Post by: RBSinTo on December 27, 2016, 16:11:35

Quote from: elsa hoffmann on December 27, 2016, 05:23:09

great image. I like it a lot

Thank you Elsa.
I appreciate the kind comment.
Robert