alsoarty Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Post processing of photos can be a whole lot of fun, and experimenting with the editing tools makes it all worthwhile. The challenge this weekend is to use a black and white photo. I know it’s black and white, but if you shoot in color, you have more options when it comes to editing it later. It’s really simple, when you shoot in color, you get three colour channels, red, green, and blue. When you convert the photo to monochrome, you can adjust each channel to change how the black and white looks. (Or you can open the photo in Camera RAW, and then alter the photo using all the editing tools.) Changing the exposure, black point, contrast, saturation, vibrancy, highlights, and so on on the color photo so that it looks really weird. But when you change it to black and white you'll be surprised how it turns out. (You can bump up the ISO or anything else, and then turn it into black and white.) Here is my example of a photo i just changed to black and white, and one I edited in color, and then changed to black and white.... Have fun! (the first photo is the original, then I simply changed to grayscale - 2nd photo, and then edited - 3rd photo.) Remember to post your layout in the Wildcard Weekend Challenge gallery with a link back here in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 This sounds a fun challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapgran Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Great challenge. I love playing with the tools in Elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Thankyou Andrea for this challenge. I played around with one of my rose photos turning it black and white and altering the color channels a little. Raindrops on Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 This was great fun Andrea. Here is my Breaking News page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I changed this photo to B&W and fiddled around with it as it was a bit pale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbaraj Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 That was fun playing around with this! Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Here's mine:Neva BW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dady Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 My pink peonies became white with the help of Camera raw Peonies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida granny Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 This was a lot of fun to play with. Thanks! Black and White challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelle Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 This layout took a while, but it was fun to play with the B&W. Thank you! Daydreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyscrapalot Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Vatican City Andrea this was a great challenge to push us (well me anyway) into trying something new, so thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomosia Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I made my photo b/w but then I slightly backed off of that and made the b/w layer only 97%, you can't tell much, but it made it a little list harsh. Mom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, tomosia said: I made my photo b/w but then I slightly backed off of that and made the b/w layer only 97%, you can't tell much, but it made it a little list harsh. Mom I love it. If you take the exposure up a bit that would take some of the gray out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapgran Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I opened this photo in Raw and adjusted the sliders increasing the black & decreasing the highlights before converting to B/W. Sculpture by the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemarythyme Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I still have other dogs but this girl was my shadow I miss her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessrunningfingers Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I used the action MRE_PhotoBasics_Black and White on the photo of the penguins, even though it was mostly black and white already. Chin Strap Penguins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetC Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Great challenge, Andrea. I never do b/w, so this was new ground for me. Loved doing it. Grandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherylN Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Love everybody's black and white pictures! I'm just getting around to commenting on all of them. Here's my first layout using a black and white photo. I took this in color and converted it. I like my black and white photos pretty saturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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