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This was taken across the street from The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Shows a contrast between different ways of life and another, in my opinion anyways. Tourists, businessman, and homeless all together. What do you think? Thanks!
i hope i didn't insult you by explaining the PS tools but not everyone is PS savvy so i couldn't be sure. You don't really have to have an eye, just hit one of those auto tools and see if you like the result. If you think it's an improvement, it probably is. Remember that the digital b&w is just a filter. It's not a true b&w. Therefore, there are color casts that can affect your contrast to a great extent. Your image may have looked just fine in color but a b&w conversion can suddenly look flat. Look at your original here. it's a mess of midtones with very little range..there are no white whites or black blacks. Auto contrast rectified the situation. It's not always that easy. Sometimes you REALLY have to work at it, but this image was quite well exposed so it was really an easy fix. Good luck..kat~
Wow, that looks a lot better. Actually, I am familiar with the auto contrast, levels, and curves. I have photoshop 7. However, I just don't have the eye for these things like more experienced photographers do. I thought my image looked fine, but obviously you've made it look much better! Thanks for the advice and comments, I appreciate it! Regards, Luke
Hi, Lucas...since you asked, i took the liberty of copying your photo to my computer. i used Photoshop's "auto contrast" tool (Image>Adjustments>Auto Contrast) Here is the result. You can then tweak your contrast using curves to get the balance just where you want it (Image>Adjustments>Curves). i didn't do that because i wanted you to see how simple it was to animate the scene using only one easy tool. Even if you don't have Photoshop, i would think that any photo editor worth the CD it's recorded on must have an auto contrast tool. Good luck and thanks for asking..kat~
Kathleen, Thank you for the comment. Should I increase contrast, decrease it? What should I try to emphasize most here? Thanks for the interest! Regards, Luke
a good shot, especially on the street level because it does show different stratas of life and those who live it and that's always a good thing in a street shot. You might want to tweak your contrast a bit on Photoshop. kat~
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