Showing posts with label camelia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camelia. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Black & White Techniques

Grayscale, then Fresco filter, Multiply, 50%























I was converting some of my photos to black and white images.  Here's the closest I have to the original photo:




















Next, I tried black and white effects on a picture of a farm building. 

Cropped, Grayscale, then adjusted Levels
























Again, this is the closest I have to the original photo:
















The tendency, when going from a color image, to black and white, is to use the "desaturate" feature.  Actually, I believe that going to Adjustment, Mode, Grayscale, gives a truer black and white effect.  Here's my third effort:

Cropped, Grayscale, then used Poster Edges Filter at 75%























Here's the original photograph, taken at Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.


















This assignment was done for my Beyond Layers class. 

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Camelias


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If I've misnamed these flowers, and they're something other than camelias, I'd appreciate someone letting me know! Thanks.