PotW 17 January 2012

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PotW 17 January 2012

Postby the foto fanatic on Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:51 am

This week I have chosen a B&W image as PotW.

If you were rifling through your grandmother's shoebox of old photographs, this one would not look out of place. That's because the subject matter and the conversion work so well together.

B&W conversions are difficult, as plenty of threads here attest. Does the 'tog go out especially to find a B&W situation, or is it a case of "can I rescue this image by converting it to B&W?" In my view, the latter option rarely works.

Anyway, here is the image - it is inmotion's local horse show picture:
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It is the image without the red border - I agree with others that it is the better of the two. I like the vignetting too.

And you can pick up the thread here:
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41904
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:18 am

Great image! Congrats
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:19 pm

nice one
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby Big V on Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:26 pm

Well done Jim
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:55 pm

Nice pic in both respects.
Way to go.
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:38 pm

I missed this earlier. Very nice. Well done.
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby zafra52 on Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:10 pm

I still love this photograph!
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby ozimax on Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:06 pm

Nice one indeed!
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Re: PotW 17 January 2012

Postby norwest on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:09 pm

Well done. A period shot that could well come from an old album.
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