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First crack @ B&W's

Postby Bretski on Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:58 pm

My first crack at some B&W's... Though that these recent pics I took suited converting to B&W


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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:10 pm

Sepia tone... not really black and white, definetly monochromatic, however.

First one's nice, but your last two lack depth and sharpness, especially that last one.
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Postby ru32day on Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:27 pm

I think the composition in the second one is very interesting.
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Postby Slider on Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:50 am

Nice Bret. :D

As Nnnnsic already stated they do appear more sepia though. Having said that, the effect definately suits the images.
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Postby Bretski on Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:13 pm

Thanks for the feedback

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Postby avkomp on Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:22 pm

sepia is well suited for rustic shots such as these.
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Postby Willy wombat on Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:15 pm

Gday

How did you convert these images, and were you aiming for B+W or this rustic browny-sepia effect?
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:35 pm

I'm going to take a guess and say that these were the result of Virtual Photographer... am I right?
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