Archive 2024 · Colorful Celebration in Black and White
p.1 #1Colorful Celebration in Black and White
These images are from the San Marcos de Colon (southern Honduras) parade, which celebrated the week-long village fair this past July. I posted last year’s in color a few months ago. This time, I thought I’d try my hand at B&W conversions. These are very colorful scenes and portraits that offer a variety of tones, which I tried to capture in the conversions. Playing with B&W makes me miss film and my darkroom days, which ended in 1995 when I moved to Honduras. I did the conversions from the edited JPEG files, which probably isn’t the best way to do it, but I didn’t want to go back and start over, so I gave it a try. There are a lot of images – hope not too many!!
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 90mm f/2.8 1/1250s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 75mm f/3.5 1/500s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 123mm f/2.8 1/1250s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 200mm f/2.8 1/640s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/3.5 1/320s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/2.8 1/640s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 85mm f/2.8 1/800s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/4.0 1/320s 160 ISO -0.7 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 200mm f/2.8 1/1250s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 200mm f/2.8 1/1600s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
Nov 08, 2024 at 11:15 AM
p.1 #2Colorful Celebration in Black and White
....some more
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 135mm f/2.8 1/1600s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 125mm f/2.8 1/1600s 160 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/7.1 1/640s 320 ISO -0.3 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 110mm f/7.1 1/400s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 142mm f/2.8 1/1000s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 140mm f/2.8 1/1600s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
Nov 08, 2024 at 11:20 AM
p.1 #3Colorful Celebration in Black and White
more yet...
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/2.8 1/400s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 145mm f/3.5 1/800s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 125mm f/3.2 1/800s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 88mm f/3.2 1/500s 320 ISO 0.0 EV
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Nov 08, 2024 at 11:25 AM
p.1 #4Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Just a few more..
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 70mm f/3.5 1/320s 640 ISO 0.0 EV
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Canon EOS 5DS R EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens 190mm f/3.5 1/125s 800 ISO -0.3 EV
Nov 08, 2024 at 11:28 AM
p.1 #5Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Quite a wonderful set, CTH!
Douglas
Douglas
Nov 08, 2024 at 04:09 PM
p.1 #6Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Great set! Too many for comment except to say I came away feeling there is a lot of warmth in these images.
Cheers,
Greg
Cheers,
Greg
Nov 08, 2024 at 07:36 PM
p.1 #7Colorful Celebration in Black and White
+1 with Douglas and Greg
A nice set to vicariously transport us there. Conversions look good, and while we can't tell exactly "which" colors were there, we still get some good vibes from them, as converted.
Good job.
A nice set to vicariously transport us there. Conversions look good, and while we can't tell exactly "which" colors were there, we still get some good vibes from them, as converted.
Good job.
Nov 09, 2024 at 06:56 AM
p.1 #8Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Great set capturing life in Honduras
Nov 09, 2024 at 09:20 AM
p.1 #9Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Nice set of images and your b/w processing is very well done.
Nov 09, 2024 at 02:09 PM
p.1 #10Colorful Celebration in Black and White
I agree with the aforementioned comments and will add that I find the sharpness of all these to be remarkable.
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LB
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LB
Nov 09, 2024 at 09:08 PM
p.1 #11Colorful Celebration in Black and White
My most used combo hermano!
These are crisp, sharp tones to die for!
Dan
Might I ask if you used any "sharpening" post processing software? These are extremely crisp!!!
These are crisp, sharp tones to die for!
Dan
Might I ask if you used any "sharpening" post processing software? These are extremely crisp!!!
Nov 10, 2024 at 10:50 AM
p.1 #12Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Dan -- I don't sharpen in camera raw and then use unsharp mask in my processing. After reducing I do a light sharpen, again with unsharp mask (about 45%, .4 or .5 radius). Much of it is that I have an excellent copy of the 70-200 IS II, which does the 5DsR justice.
Nov 10, 2024 at 12:39 PM
p.1 #13Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Honestly, these are about as good as B&W gets, in my opinion. They are very reminiscent of Kodak T-MAX 100 -- one of my all time favorite films.
Your B&W conversion processing is simply top shelf -- and yes, your 70-200 lens is clearly a keeper.
You compositions are also outstanding -- #'s 4, 5, 16, & 32 are standout compositions.
Looking at these, starting from scratch with RAW files would have been a waste of time.
Voted!
Greg
Your B&W conversion processing is simply top shelf -- and yes, your 70-200 lens is clearly a keeper.
You compositions are also outstanding -- #'s 4, 5, 16, & 32 are standout compositions.
Looking at these, starting from scratch with RAW files would have been a waste of time.
Voted!
Greg
Nov 10, 2024 at 06:18 PM
p.1 #14Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Thanks for the feedback, Greg! Saying it reminds you of film means I'm capturing the range of tones in the conversion. That was my intent.
Nov 11, 2024 at 07:27 AM
p.1 #15Colorful Celebration in Black and White
What a great set of images.
Dave
Dave
Nov 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM
p.1 #16Colorful Celebration in Black and White
cth55 wrote:
Dan -- I don't sharpen in camera raw and then use unsharp mask in my processing. After reducing I do a light sharpen, again with unsharp mask (about 45%, .4 or .5 radius). Much of it is that I have an excellent copy of the 70-200 IS II, which does the 5DsR justice.
Thanks!
As I stated, the 5DSr and 70-200f2.8 II is my "go to" eqpt! I do NOT sharpen "in camera" either.
Your images are indeed "top shelf"!
Dan
Edited on Dec 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM · View previous versions
Dan -- I don't sharpen in camera raw and then use unsharp mask in my processing. After reducing I do a light sharpen, again with unsharp mask (about 45%, .4 or .5 radius). Much of it is that I have an excellent copy of the 70-200 IS II, which does the 5DsR justice.
Thanks!
As I stated, the 5DSr and 70-200f2.8 II is my "go to" eqpt! I do NOT sharpen "in camera" either.
Your images are indeed "top shelf"!
Dan
Edited on Dec 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM · View previous versions
Nov 11, 2024 at 11:09 AM
p.1 #17Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Very nice series and I like a lot the processing.
Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25 AM
p.1 #18Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Excellent set and b&w processing
Nov 17, 2024 at 09:04 AM
p.1 #20Colorful Celebration in Black and White
Just found these amazing multiple sets of excellent photos. Bravo!
Dec 11, 2024 at 12:25 PM