The brief:
Make practical use of channel adjustments to achieve a specific effect
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Garden scene
Original image of a young boy at a bonfire party, with a bright halogen light to the left and a bonfire lit to his right. I liked the innocent look upon his face and they way he was looking directly at me, I think it has a certain atmospheric feel to it. (This was taken at a friends bonfire party last weekend). Taken at approximately 7pm it was after sunset with still a reasonable amount of light in the sky.
Desaturated image as per photoshop
Black and white conversion where the red and yellow sliders were adjusted to the left and the green and blues adjusted to the right.
I had a good play with the sliders in this image, back and forth and finally settled on this - they are only slight adjustments but by altering the blue slider to the right this has allowed for the brightening of the right side of the boys face. Also, by sliding the red and yellow to the left this has brought back some of the blown out highlights on the hair and face area. I also noticed whilst playing with the sliders the amount of grain that it could produce and as this was a mixed light image with high ISO, I didnt make too many adjustments.
Having played around some with other photos, I believe that it is easier to think about the image before you take it and whether it is going to be converted to black and white or left colour, than it is to look for a photo from library to convert as not all images are ideal for black and white conversion.
Deliberate image
Here is an image that I deliberately went out looking for, it was taken in low light and I didnt like the colours that were produced. There were alot of reflections in the window of the shop from cars and lights etc.
Original low light image
After converting to black and white, cropping and a little twicking - a much more pleasing to the eye image from a Bridal shop frontage.