bw portrait

[Harvey Moore]

Sometimes I would like to back to Tri-X and Acufine.

A simulation done with Lightroom

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/399306422_6fa8723d28.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

Hi Harvey,

So tell me, do you have to go into rehab for acute Tri-X psychosis? Don't be shaving your hair off now!

Now, what's the story of this picture and what's your route to the B&W?

I examined the file, there's a lot of potential there!

Asher

[Harvey Moore]

Hello Asher,

This shot was taken during a visit to Charleston, SC area to meet some fellow photographers.

Used the 5D and 24-70L @24, iso3200 f2.8 1/15" in a very dim area of a restaurant. I was checking the camera settings with this shot. It is cropped quite a bit.

Did all the processing in LR v1, which I am enjoying using very much. Used the grayscale preset and fiddled with the tone curve a bit.

re Tri-X and shaving my head:

My first venture into photography was with an M3 and 35 + 50 Summicron lenses. Used mainly Tri-X and Pan-X developed in Acufine. Early 60's. I get nostalgic for those days occasionally.

Don't think I'll shave my head over this, at my age the primary function of hair is to hide the bumps, and I have successfuly compleated a treatment program for addiction to inhaling fixer solutions :) :)

My fav from that day:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/324486403_862b86f249_o.jpg

[Kevin Bjorke]

Since you also use the 5D you might be interested in this short post (http://www.botzilla.com/blog/archives/000562.html) on my B&W workflow, which I also use for color.

http://www.botzilla.com/blog/pix2007/IMG_0597.jpg (http://www.botzilla.com/blog/archives/000562.html)

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Nice pic Harvey . Did you get any pics of George Clooney at the Calhoun hotel In Anderson for the movie Leatherheads ?
Regards
Don

[Asher Kelman]

Why don't you post the topic entirely in a new and separate thread since it's so fascinating. I really wonder whether, as a general rule, viewing in B&W is sufficient to pick the winners in color!

I do agree that optimizing the picture in B&W is most helpful in getting any picture right.

I have never set my camera to show in B&W! Didn't see it on the menu!

Asher

[Kevin Bjorke]

B&W is in "Picture Styles"

[StuartRae]

I have never set my camera to show in B&W! Didn't see it on the menu!
B&W is in "Picture Styles"


In general this is only true if you shoot in JPEG.

If you shoot in RAW, only the manufacturer's own conversion software will honour the B&W tag. AFAIK no third party converters will do so, and will produce a colour image.

Regards,

Stuart

[Asher Kelman]

Here's a picture taken by the window in the evening when there was the last of the light. The subject is one of the best base players I know. If you follow good music in Los Angeles, then you've heard him play!

http://www.openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/OPF20073/Bassist_MG_3871.jpg
Canon 5D 50 1.2L at 2.8

As shot RAW, converted to B&W in CS2.

Asher

[Kevin Bjorke]

If you shoot in RAW, only the manufacturer's own conversion software will honour the B&W tag.Actually Stuart that's exactly what I wrote in the aforementioned blog post. (http://www.botzilla.com/blog/archives/000562.html)

If you know you're shooting ALL B&W, you can set the default for each particular camera to default to B&W in Adobe Camera Raw (and then move selected images back to color as needed). Bridge will honor those settings too.

PS: yay 50mm