"Eagle Island Barn"

[Tom Conway]

This abandoned barn is located in Wilmington, NC USA. Apparently a former tobacco barn, it has most recently housed farm equipment. Comments encouraged.

[Birna Rørslett]

The b/w rendition has a dull and flat appearance -- did you just desaturate an original made in colour? If you do such procedure, always think in terms of colour filters: how to maximise image contrast.

On a tangent note, shooting b/w IR on a digital camera renders a very flat and greyish looking image that needs a lot of post-processing to come into its own as b/w.

Sharpness seems OK. The details of the wood panels are nicely reproduced. So is the surroundings. However, I'm missing deep blacks.

[Erik Lund]

An alternative to more Contrast is Clarity, if you use Adobe Bridge - Photoshop

For Ir I would recommend either or, not both together

Also Detail can add a lot if needed.

On B&W IR images you should/can go quite hard with the editing and get a more B&W high contrast looking image

[Tom Conway]

The image was shot using Ilford 120 b & w film; regular processing, using Bronica 6 X 7 camera. Thanks for the critiques! Appreciate your comments.