Striking A Pose

© Amber J. Skene

Striking A Pose

Uploaded: March 14, 2008

Description

Working on black and white conversions. Still not what I was looking for, but I tried.

Converted to black and white, played with channels, cropped, resized, and sharpened.

How do you convert your photos to black and white? What do you think of this?

All feedback, advice, and comments are welcome and appreciatd!!

Thanks for looking!! Hope to catch up with everyone later tonight! Have a GREAT weekend!!


Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 50.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Comments

Sarah G March 14, 2008

Good pose. I like how it looks.

You have a GREAT weekend! #877536

Christian Rosito March 14, 2008

The black and white version is very nice. I found help learning how to convert in www.radiantvista.com, under video tutorials or the photoshop workbench. Good luck Amber! #5643108

Tiia Vissak March 14, 2008

a lovely portrait! #5643245

Shannon D. Miller March 14, 2008

Ohhh...this is precious girl! I am sorry it took me so long to get back to you! You have done a BEAUTIFUL job with your conversion though Amber. Truly this is lovely! Shannon~ #5643329

Eugenio Diaz March 14, 2008

AWESOME B&W portrait!!!great tones!!! #5643506

Janet McNeil level-classic March 14, 2008

I think this is lovely - beautiful conversion however you did it!! Your portrait work is lovely!! #5643602

Patrick Rouzes level-classic March 14, 2008

This looks exceptional to me, Amber!!! I love it my friend .I think it is just incredible!!!

Amber, I do not even know how to get rid of a tiny spot on an image so this is out of my league!!!Sorry, but good luck!!! #5643943

Janet McNeil level-classic March 22, 2008

Glad to see an EFP on this!! Lovely b&w work! #5675771

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