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Alex37 — Quairang, Isle of Skye
Published: 2008-11-24 23:09:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 5314; Favourites: 215; Downloads: 135
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I've been working all day till late today, but I fancied doing some processing and had a quick go at a black and white. So many people have this shot its not even funny but anyway...Related content
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Wow Alex!!
This is one of the most wonderful shot I know from this point. It's defenitively a great location. Skye is a paradise for the landscape photographer : sea, mountains, and a magical light, ever changing.
Your B&W processing is just perfect!
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Yes I cant wait to go back. I just wish I could get up there in the winter
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wow that is beautiful
the overall sharpness in this is stunning
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Thanks the sharpening technique I used is here: [link]
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This is stunning Alex. I have never seen this place before. Obviously well worth a visit.
I love the powerful conversion but can't help feeling that the sky looks overdone. I think if it was just a touch brighter and less contrasty it would be a little more realistic.
Even so, much better than the colour version.
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I dont really go for realism with BW. How can a black and white be realistic? Attempting to create black and white images which are realistic at least tonally leaves them flat and lifeless. However I can see that it might be your preference for a lighter sky, in which case fair dos
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Excellent B&W conversion. Wonderful tonal range.
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Awesome job. Much better than the colour one.
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hmmm interesting choice of B&W I haven't got to that shot yet, but this works well
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Very powerful, works great as b&w with the great lighting.
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I like this a lot alex, it looks epic! b&w conversion worked really well.
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Very good b/w. 
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no, that just introduces noise. If I do use it I use it very subtly and work from there. In this case I desaturated and used several masked curves adjustment layers.
Alex
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Right, thanks for the info.
I'm happy to know that it wasn't just me, thinking it was impossible to do good B/W with that tool. Imo its a little rubbish..
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Is that the new feature in the layers dialogue? I'm so glad you don't like it either. I used to try it for every B+W when I first got CS3 but never liked what it does or how it works.
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Technically brilliant with some gorgeous textures in the clouds.
I've gotta be honest mate, I'd rather see this shot in colour... the greyed landscape reminds me of a mudslide on Mars and I don't think it does the landscape justice ...but that's just my personal preference and shouldn't detract from the fact this is a fantastic composition.
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The light made the scene slightly insipid to be honest. I also wanted to inject some drama, which I dont like to do in colour because people see colour images and want them to be real, but not so with BW.Thanks
Alex
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Yeah granted, BW adds atmosphere and mystique.
Any chance of seeing the original posted in your scrapbook?
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