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Archive 2013 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

In between shooting two family sessions I squeezed in a dance recital that my oldest boy was in. Purely for my enjoyment. I knew I liked this shot the moment i took it and could see I was going to make it B&W.

The color version turned out better than I thought. So what do you prefer?
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http://studio102.net/uploads/Dance/_DSC3930.jpg
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http://studio102.net/uploads/Dance/_DSC3930bw.jpg

Thanks for looking
Bud

Dec 11, 2013 at 08:37 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

One of the things I don't like about the B&W, most of the details in the dress and arm connections is lost, would be nice if you could maintain the detail from the color into the B&W. What conversion process did you use?

Dec 11, 2013 at 08:58 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

Bud, Hope you don't mind but I went in real quick and converted the color using silver efex pro2, didn't do anything other then converting the file. So many options available, this is just one. But, I realize it's all in the eyes of the beholder. Just another option to consider. Either way, the original picture is beautiful

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:08 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

Hey mate,
Thanks for looking
I used silver efex but I used a custom setting that i use on my images...I guess I just wanted a very dramatic B&W.
Your one looks better
Here's another conversion using the Gorman Action
http://studio102.net/uploads/Dance/_DSC3930bw2.jpg

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:11 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

Thanks. Bud, like we were both saying. It all depends on what we want the final product to look like. That's why they make chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Your original picture is beautiful

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:42 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I like the B&W. It does look much better with the details recovered in the dress.

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:53 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I think we will all prefer different processing on this pic, it's only natural. I would like to see the highlights reigned in a bit more. My eye goes immediately to the hot spot on the dancer's forehead. I think, ideally, my eye would go to the form of the dancer instead of a hotspot on the forehead.

Still, it's a very nice shot. Great job!

Dec 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

Good point Ron. Agree that the original shot is nice

Dec 11, 2013 at 10:20 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I prefer the B&W like Bobnjake posted.

Dec 11, 2013 at 08:54 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I am all about b&w lately, but here i prefer the color. Its has nice subtle tones which i just find a little more pleasing. As for the the b&w i like the gorman action conversion.

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:30 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I'm just a B&W guy. I don't know what a gorman action is, but I like it.

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:34 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

I prefer the b&w, but the highlights and shadows are bothering me some. The brightest part of the pic is her chest, and that's right where my eye goes. If this were my image, I'd tone down the highlights in that area a lot and then brighten up her face a bit so that's where the viewer looks first. Just my 2 cents.

Dec 11, 2013 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Color or B&W...A little dancer

Thanks for taking a look every one and for the suggestions.
Edited the photo again.
I think these are a little better but not a 100% sure
http://studio102.net/uploads/Dance/_DSC3930edited.jpg
http://studio102.net/uploads/Dance/_DSC3930editedbw.jpg

Dec 12, 2013 at 09:26 AM


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