{"id":1801,"date":"2011-06-20T22:16:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-06-20\/1801"},"modified":"2012-12-19T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T02:18:26","slug":"trying-some-hard-edged-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-06-20\/1801","title":{"rendered":"Trying Some Hard-Edged Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMan of Confidence<\/span>\nConfidence in my photo-processing technique?<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

While at the Shimyouin\nTemple<\/a> the other day, I intended<\/span> to ask permission to take a portrait<\/span>\nof the priest and his wife. To prepare, I asked<\/span> Paul Barr to stand in for a\nquick<\/span> test shot in the dim entry room, with soft light splashing in through\nthe door from the gloomy downpour outside.<\/p>\n\n

When I got home, instead of deleting the test shot I started<\/span> to play\nwith it a bit<\/span> in Lightroom, and found a fairly<\/span> powerful image emerge as I\npushed<\/span> it toward a hard<\/span>-edged black & white (heavy on the blacks,\ncontrast, and clarity).<\/p>\n\n

It reminded me of another test shot, this time from April's “Mountain Play with\nMonet and Friends<\/a>”, when I asked<\/span> Arthur to hold my WhiBal for a quick<\/span>\nlight test. I have no<\/span> idea why I started<\/span> to play with this one in Lightroom\nin the first place (normally I just<\/span> use them to take a white<\/span>-balance\nreading that I can<\/span> then apply to the other photos taken in the same light),\nbut I find<\/span> something about it really striking...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCherished<\/span>\n( pretend he's holding, say, a great-grandfather's pocket watch )\n<\/div>\n\n

This kinds of post processing isn't really my normal style, though I've\nsort of done it occasionally (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and, of\ncourse, the camo\nduck<\/a>). I'll probably try it a bit<\/span> more, though I'll have to be careful\nnot to overdo it.<\/p>\n\n

Kyoto friend St\u00e9phane Barbery uses this style often, to great effect,\nsuch as these Jidai\nMatsuri<\/i> shots<\/a> from a few<\/span> years ago. If you watch<\/span> his Flickr stream<\/a>,\nyou'll often see sets of captivating B&W come by.<\/p>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While at the Shimyouin Temple the other day, I intended to ask permission to take a portrait of the priest and his wife. To prepare, I asked Paul Barr to stand in for a quick test shot in the dim entry room, with soft light splashing in through the door from the gloomy downpour outside.<\/p>

When I got home, instead of deleting the test shot I started to play with it a bit in Lightroom, and found a fairly powerful image emerge as I pushed it toward a hard-edged black & white (heavy on the blacks, contrast, and clarity).<\/p>

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