Old Shed in B&W

[johndec]

Another pic I took yesterday of an archtypical old farm shed with associated junk around it. Converted to BW with a Kodak Tri-X plugin I had laying around. A little grain added plus a small adjustment of the shadows and contrast. I can't decide if it's art or crap..

[mikephotog]

Good start
Could probably do with a little more around it, looks a bit tight.
And the highlights need to come out a bit, just do add some lift.

[Killakoala]

Great subject. I especially like the contrast of the concrete wire leaning against the corrugated shed.

If anything though i reckon it could do with a bit more contrast. Get those greys blacker and those whites whiter and you will have a winner.

[avkomp]

think it is cropped a tad tight for the subject and treatment.

would have worked better for me had I been able to see that the shed was in the country somewhere.

Steve

[johndec]

Thanks Mike, Steve and Steve. OK, went back to the original uncropped pic (not much different) added some more grain for more olde worlde effect (can't see it myself ) adjusted the shadow/highlight a bit more and upped the contrast by +40....

[birddog114]

John,
Five stars hotel?
You've been busy yesterday and lately!!!!
Now, you were converted to B&W?

[johndec]

John,
Five stars hotel?
You've been busy yesterday and lately!!!!
Now, you were converted to B&W?

Doubly Funny Birdy!!
Firstly, the reason it is a tight crop was to avoid another building in the background that Dad built to live in whilst he built the main house and we always jokingly call it the "Five Star Shed".
Secondly because if I had a D200 I could have taken it in B&W in the first place

[Killakoala]

John,

In my opinion, the second image has much more 'punch.'

Higher contrast adds depth to what could be considered a flat image, that is one that has lots of neutral grey areas. Although that is not a criticism of your first image, which is fine in it's own right. But adding more contrast just gives a B&W image a bit more range of grey gradients in the ex-treme ends of the scale.

It's the difference between true B&W and greyscale.

Matt. K posted a great article on how to get the best B&W from a colour image. http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php? ... t=absolute

[johndec]

Steve, thanks for the input and the link.

[stubbsy]

John

I was about to post and say what Steve had said about more punch needed, then I saw the second version. You've nailed it. The composition was always good, now the exposure sings too.