*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

[gary88]

One from yesterday

[TL]

cool pano

[M_Six]

Nice one, Gary. Planetarium lot?

[gary88]

Thanks.

Yep right outside the planetarium. Got there right after the mini hurricane and before it started raining again.

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by gary88

Thanks.

Yep right outside the planetarium. Got there right after the mini hurricane and before it started raining again.

45 min after I left.

[UdubBadger]

so i'm newb at B&W conversion from a digital (I know... pwn me later).

need some advice on how to go about editing this one for class.

[M_Six]

What are you looking to do with it? Something like this?

[UdubBadger]

I feel like there is a lot of midtone mush. I like your higher contrast version but is that what a traditional B&W night photo should look like? Just more contrast?

[M_Six]

I'm not even close to being an authority there. Rodi would be your best reference, I think. But all the B&W images I've liked have been high contrast and sharp. Those are the two points I pushed in my version.

[khaye1]

one for today

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I'm not even close to being an authority there. Rodi would be your best reference, I think. But all the B&W images I've liked have been high contrast and sharp. Those are the two points I pushed in my version.

I also am no expert (having never taken any formal classes on photography). But my opinion is:

Higher contrast due to the interplay with light and dark inherent in B&W photos.
I think mid-tones become more important with a daytime or long-exposure photo (although still important in your example photo)
As far as the sharpness is concerned it depends on the look you are going for. One of my favorite pictures (I haven't posted it yet) is a photo I took of a co-worker out here in Iraq. I did a B&W conversion....and then "lo-fi'd" it for a grittier 70's vietnam era feel. So as far as the sharpness and such I think it depends on the subject and mood you are going for. Your photo for example is showing architecture so Sharpness is definitely important. My, albeit amateurish, .02 cents!

[ShopVac]

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I'm not even close to being an authority there. Rodi would be your best reference, I think. But all the B&W images I've liked have been high contrast and sharp. Those are the two points I pushed in my version.

Yeah thats how I was going to do it too, just feel like the mid tones look a tad muddy... maybe I just need some curves adjustments there.

[adobeee]

Tail Lights by thomasxlin, on Flickr

[InsaneSkippy]

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by adobeee

Tail Lights by thomasxlin, on Flickr

a touch dark IMO but the subject is

[oneintheory]

Sex by jsophoto, on Flickr

[TL]

Annisquam Light by GQjai, on Flickr

[dcstep]

I went up to the summit of Mount Evans, Colorado to see what I could see. The road closes tomorrow. There are no guard rails and often no runoff areas, so a false move can easily lead to a 3000-ft roll down the side. It was in the 30s before the sun was fully up this a.m. and the roads will be icing any day, so it's time to close down.

Here's a mountain goat casually moving up the mountain at around 14,000 feet above sea level. There's a little meadow behind the goat, but you can feel the steep drop off after that:


Mountain goat posing against a spectacular background. by dcstep, on Flickr

[oneintheory]

could be my display, but i feel like the highlights are a little blown out. some recovery and a little contrast would do wonders. it's a nice image.

[M_Six]

Isn't that a polar bear with the head of a goat? It looks huge!

How far away was he?

[MATT0404]

Great shot, dcstep! I really enjoy the wildlife images you post here.

My weekend score:


Yashica Electro 35 G by mkrepp, on Flickr


Yashica Electro 35 G by mkrepp, on Flickr