The shots are fantastic. I'm just now experimenting with B/W and the bottom shot shows good skin tone. What filter, if I may ask, did you use to create the B/W shot?
I've used a technique that Greg Gorman (http://www.greggormanphotography.com/) uses. It's the best black and white technique you will ever find (and of course the web doesn't show it quite as well as possible different monitors, etc. etc.)
noeljackson wrote:
I've used a technique that Greg Gorman (http://www.greggormanphotography.com/) uses. It's the best black and white technique you will ever find (and of course the web doesn't show it quite as well as possible different monitors, etc. etc.)
Well, sometimes you take what you get when you shoot outdoors. With a reflector and a cloudy sky (fast moving clouds) this was the best I could pull off.
What would you have done to make the lighting more interesting?
Just another comment. I've been experimenting with GIMP's adaptive contrast and (will not show here) it makes the B/W image even more enriched. Gives the image dimensionality (which is why I like B/W in the first place). If you like, I'll email you (that is noeljackson only) the result. I do not know if anyone else has experimented using this technique. Coupled with Neatimage (for noise reduction), it really (at least to my mind's eye) make B/W stand out.
