Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 04:20 PM CST [
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Not to step on Wayde's toes, but if you have Photoshop Elements or a later version of Photoshop such as 6.0, here are some different steps to convert to black and white.
(1)Open up your picture, click on Image and Duplicate so you won't lose the orginal.
(2)Click Image then Adjust and find Desaturate and click. You will have an almost gray tone.
(3)Click Image then Adjust and find Color Balance and click. Just like in Wayde's Blog this acts like filters. I have found that you just have to tweek the Mid Tones and Shadows.
(4)Click Image then Adjust and find Brightness/Contrast. Move the sliders until you get the desired effect.
If you need to sharpen your image, on the tool bar go to Filters, down to Sharpen and click on Unsharp Mask.
The picture I have used is in my opinion not the best for conversion, but the best I could locate.
Thursday, January 3, 2008, 12:39 PM CST [
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I just returned from a week in the southwest traveling in a fifth-wheeler with my friend Donna. We started out in Albuquerque visiting the Petroglyph National Monument, then traveling down south through Truth Or Consequencs to Las Cruces, and westward to Arizona. A stop in Tombstone to visit the courthouse and shop in the quaint stores, then on down to Bisbee. We couldn't find a place to park our rig in this hill side town, so no pictures. we did stop at the Lavender Pit copper mine. This used to be the deepest open pit mine in the US. Next is Tucson and the Colossal Cave and the Saguaro National Park. Northward to Phoenix with a stop at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. I flew back to Florida, leaving Donna to spent the winter in Phoenix. Don't get the idea that we enjoyed nice warm weather! There were only two days that I didn't wear a heavy jacket. A couple of night were in the 20's most in the low 30's. Hope you enjoy the pictures
Good to hear from you Glen! As far as the gray card. You'll have to check your manual but there should be a way to set a custom white balance on your camera.
WaydeWhat you do is photograph a gray card ( a white sheet of paper works too) under the lighting you want to correct.
In your cameras menu under "custom white balance" it will ask you to select a photo. Select the image of the gray card and then it will ask you to set your white balance setting to "custom". From then on all images will be set to that custom white balance until you switch back to daylight or whatever.
Your manual will explain it better for your camera. This technique is a must for indoor situations like gyms etc.
Hope this helps. Keep in touch. - Wayde
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