Two Tone Mountaintop
Here's a photo from ten years ago. This was taken back in 2009. It's hard to believe that I've been doing this as long as I have now. Time flies by like an owl in the night. It sneaks up on you, scares the living daylights out of you and then flies off into the darkness leaving you standing there going what the heck happened!!! :D
Enjoy your journey as a photographer. Time will pass by if you do or not. The destination is the end of the journey. Enjoy where you are in your progression.
This photo was shot in Raw and processed in Lightroom. It's fun and easy to do. If you click on Black and White you will notice that the HSL module converts to B&W. It's there that you can adjust the tonality of the photo according the the colors in the scene. So, for instance, you can make yellow flowers brighter by lifting the yellows or make a blue sky darker by lowering the brightness of the blues to help simulate the effects of a red filter. You get the idea. It's fun and it's easy.
To take it even further down the road to unleash the Ansel Adams in you, use your Adjustment Brush to do some localized dodging and burning. Boom. Black and White brilliance!
After you process a few photos this way you will start to realize how to shoot for Black and White in the field.
Alright, so we know that this is an old image of mine so I wasn't at my present skill level. We also know that we don't need to learn Photoshop to become a classic Black and White photographer. So... what are you waiting for??? :D
Two Tone Mountaintop
Here's a photo from ten years ago. This was taken back in 2009. It's hard to believe that I've been doing this as long as I have now. Time flies by like an owl in the night. It sneaks up on you, scares the living daylights out of you and then flies off into the darkness leaving you standing there going what the heck happened!!! :D
Enjoy your journey as a photographer. Time will pass by if you do or not. The destination is the end of the journey. Enjoy where you are in your progression.
This photo was shot in Raw and processed in Lightroom. It's fun and easy to do. If you click on Black and White you will notice that the HSL module converts to B&W. It's there that you can adjust the tonality of the photo according the the colors in the scene. So, for instance, you can make yellow flowers brighter by lifting the yellows or make a blue sky darker by lowering the brightness of the blues to help simulate the effects of a red filter. You get the idea. It's fun and it's easy.
To take it even further down the road to unleash the Ansel Adams in you, use your Adjustment Brush to do some localized dodging and burning. Boom. Black and White brilliance!
After you process a few photos this way you will start to realize how to shoot for Black and White in the field.
Alright, so we know that this is an old image of mine so I wasn't at my present skill level. We also know that we don't need to learn Photoshop to become a classic Black and White photographer. So... what are you waiting for??? :D