Post your best Black and White Photo

[ddt0725]

Well, other than my totally blowing out the side of her face with my flash, I don't think the IQ is that bad. One of the first photos taken with the 50mm 1.8 II ...


IMG_9849 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

[Steve U]

IQ is very good, nice B&W thoughtful portrait.

[Kombi]

So hard to stay focused- pun not intended- on one style of photography.
Tried the B+W setting on my camera


EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 100
Exposure 1/160 sec
Aperture 7.1
Focal Length 28mm
Lens 24-105mm f/4L

will have to read up how to make the black 'pop' more

[ahab1372]

So hard to stay focused- pun not intended- on one style of photography.
will have to read up how to make the black 'pop' more

Nice picture Kombi.
Not that I'm an expert, but I would try levels and curves in post processing

Arnt

[Dr Croubie]

will have to read up how to make the black 'pop' more

This is the easiest thing you can do make B+W pictures look better:
If you shoot RAW, you can do it in DPP easily, otherwise you can do it in PS/GIMP.
Looking at a histogram with level curves, take the 'black point' up to the left side of the histogram, and take the 'white point' down to somewhere near the right side of the histogram. That way, your images is using the full range of greyscale available, from fully black, through every grey, to fully white, rather than just looking all grey and washed out.

(man, this is hard to explain without the aid of screenshots).
And normally a simple straight line on the curve doesn't look the best, try playing with the curve a bit until it looks good...

[ddt0725]

It was great seeing so many people (and dogs) out walking by the lake today enjoying the absolutely beautiful weather!


Beautiful day to take a stroll! by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

[Kombi]

Thanks for the input- I am shooting RAW, but at this point post processing is a completely foreign concept to me. Some minor tweaks in Picassa, but I didn't even realize I had DPP until I was reading about it here in the forums. I tried doing what I think you said.. but lol well.. once I better familiarize myself with DPP I'll have to revisit the suggestions.
When I get back next week I'll start a new thread so as to not clutter the images in this thread.

[ham]

I've just shared this in current shots, hope it's ok to share it here too

From my trip up Kings Reach Tower in London, a B&W of St. Paul's Cathedral from 31 stories up

[francongphotography]

Taking my first step in street photography...

[ddt0725]

IMG_3688 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr