Post your best Black and White Photo

[conropl]

Denise:
+2 on the top one. What a great shot... it looks like you captured that moment when a kid stares off into space trying to fight off sleep (when they are the most peaceful).

[Steve U]

Warm this thread up a bit, get it near the top again.
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Treasury casino_2 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
Thanks for viewing.

[ddt0725]

Nice shot, Steve! Either it was the perfect time of day to photograph this building or you did a very nice job in post of removing any shadows! Either way, well done!

I'll help you out with keeping this thread at the top ...


IMG_9434_1 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

[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

[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

[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...

[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.