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Judy Kessler
{K:6316} 8/4/2003
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wonderful work...great lines and use of light... John are you related to Dave Charlton? He lives in England. Wonderful friend.
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jeff lynch
{K:4770} 8/3/2003
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This has to look great as a print man! I have never really used my 995 in the bw mode but will have to take it out for a spin. Very interesting tones going here and the sharpness is great. Nice one man!
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 8/3/2003
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Thanks Marek. I was a little pissed off with Alpha Centurian's comment as you may have guessed from my reply. Thanks for reaffirming what I considered to be a great exposure job. I really was going for an infrared look and I am proud of what I brought home.
I've heard Nikon's claims about sharpness too and I don't know what to say other than this file looks particularly crisp. As far as I'm concerned, the main reason to switch over to b&w is for the preview, which in this case led me to an exposure I never would have thought of otherwise. Most of the time I shoot in colour and make the decision to go black and white later. I'm glad I broke out of that routine for this and a few other shots.
In the 995, black and white is achieved by desaturation alone so the color depth stays at 16 million. The toning is easily accomplished in Paint Shop Pro but I'm not sure there is an equivalent in Photoshop. I just adjust the Automatic Color Balance to 5500 degrees Kelvin from the standard 6500 daylight. For a selenium tone I do the same thing but move the other way, usually all the way to 9300 degrees Kelvin for a much cooler effect. There are other ways to mimick sepia tones in Paint Shop Pro but none of them have given me as pleasing results with as much consistency from one photo to the next.
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Marek Krol
{K:9791} 8/3/2003
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I would've sworn its an IR photo John. Guess it was the overexposure of the lighter areas when you spot metered off the trunk. I dont agree at all that its overexposed, there are no blown highluights that get in the way, and no detail is perceptibly lost (I do thinkyou were lucky with the stop range to get it all though ;) ). The subject itself works well as a sort of half welcoming half warning signpost "you are now in the forest" :)
PS: do you find that you do actually get more detail when you shoot b&w in camera? nikon states this in the manuals, and I use it if I want ot use the photo as a b&w because of conversion noise issues, but IM not convinced about the actual differences in level of detail if any. (on the 5700)
PS2; I would be much obliged if you could tell me what the tone you used here was - the stock b&ws look a little cold and blue rather than b&w usually. This looks very lightly sepia...
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 8/3/2003
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Alpha Centauri - is that your real name? - You may not like my choice of exposure but I can assure you that it was deliberate.
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Alpha Centauri
{K:754} 8/3/2003
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Good forest scene, but it looks a bit overexposed. I'd try to darken it a little with Variations in PS.
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