Photographers QUESTS take two… a walk on the black and white trail

Boomer, Steve and Tammy this one is for you!

A quick conversion of the last post Photographers QUSEST, using Topaz Black and White.

I wasn’t exactly over the moon with the result – at the last second decided to add a splash of Simplify which won me over in an artful sort of way.

Let me know your thoughts 😉

Do You See What I See…

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16 thoughts on “Photographers QUESTS take two… a walk on the black and white trail”

  3. Mike

    Yes, I do like the B+W! You’ve done a nice job with the conversion. Looking again at the original, I just wish the tree could have been separated from the background a bit more. Could you have used a smaller aperture or is the ground too close?
    Either way I still like the shot!

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    1. PC PHOTO Post author

      Glad you liked the conversion. I see what you mean about the separation between the tree and background; I didn’t think of using different aperture, that is something I will be more thoughtful about in the future. Maybe I could take this back into Topaz and smooth out some areas to create more dimension. Thanks for the input!

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  4. Steve

    I too like the B&W…as far as separation is concerned, a bit of judicious masking and selectively boosting the foreground tree and a subtle blur of the background would probably do the trick….good luck !!!!! lol

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  6. Tammy

    Another idea for separation…erase the smoothing effect off the branches so it is nice and crisp and leave the smoothing effect on the background. I really like this in black and white w/ the processing…looks very artistic. I can see this on a canvas!

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