Shoot Yosemite Valley day and night with landscape photographer Jeff Sullivan
I converted a few images to black and white using +Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Silver Efex in the +Nik Collection, and +onOne‘s Perfect Effects 8. In some cases I also pre-processed RAW files in Lightroom and processed multiple exposures in Photomatix 5 to increase dynamic range before starting the black and white conversion.
2019 update: I’m continuing to experiment with black and white. Our eyes are drawn to brightness & contrast, and our gaze follows edges/lines. Black and white can help focus our attention on lines, shapes and light.
Here’s an album on Flickr of some of my results over the past dozen years: Black and White.
Update June 2020: Click on these samples produced in Silver Efex 2 to see a larger image:
Update June 2023: Click on these samples produced in Silver Efex 3 to see a larger image:
Comments
Those are really nice. I use Lightroom for most of my post-production, and I like to drop the vibrance and saturation down, but not all of the way. I usually give clarity a boost (how much depends on the shot), but I like to mess around with the vibrance and saturation at low levels with high contrast, varying clarity. I find that I can get some very dramatic shots, like this one:
https://500px.com/photo/83464521/your-last-memory-by-ronin-dusette
Keep it up. Your work is awesome.
Le contraste manque de profondeur…..
Beautiful photos in Black and White.
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Beaux clichés mais pas extraordinaires.ou est la profondeur? .Le contraste est à sent. Desolé
+Frederic.benabdelkader Frederic.benabdelkader Did you "+1" your own post? Hahaha. Wow.
+Frederic.benabdelkader Frederic.benabdelkader Yes, high contrast would make them better, for sure. No need to keep explaining it. lol.
+Rōnin Dusette On this pass I mainly took images I had processed in color, since they already had spot removal and other steps done, but sometimes the noise seemed more noticeable in black and white. I should definitely adjust a few from scratch to black and white.
+Rōnin Dusette j'ai été regarder ton poste à part une pub gratuite pour Apple.et quand à tes photos proposés. Moyen est un terme très gentil en ce qui te concerne.un conseil ;.quand on y comprends rien en photos de mode.ce suis est ton cas.on regarde.on tourne 7 fois la lande dans ta bouche et peut-etre alors tu pourras critiquer pauvre cruche……..
Awesome Jeff!
+Rōnin Dusette je n'en est pas besoin.pour etre photographierque pour les couvertures Moi ij'etait mannequin dans les années 80 et 90 étaient très rares et encore plus pour les http://hommes.ne n'inquiete pas pour moi mais dans ton cas c'est pathétique
Wonderful capture!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!!
Très belle photos 📷
beautiful black and whites!
Très bel album!
+Frederic.benabdelkader Frederic.benabdelkader Just as not all music is loud, not all images are processed to be dramatic. Just as a fine wine changes over time, these images are at the beginning of their journey, not the end. These are exploratory edits using four different editing tools. No doubt these images will display different personalities each time they reappear in the coming years. The various versions won't appeal to everyone, just as no music or wine appeals to everyone. While it is rewarding to please some people, when my images are too popular, I should probably consider whether I have settled for some flashy gimmick to make them stand out.
Since album posts like this don't get much circulation and visibility on G+, sometimes I use them to show recent travels or work in progress. I did have some more distinctive results. I have several more photos which I will post individually. One of the images I made six versions of, so I'll have to pick one of the three that are my favorites.
Great pictures 👍👌..
These are lovely
Lovely Album Jeff.
Mycket tjusigt.
Great shots.
I love Black and white photos it helps to see shadows of depth of life, therefore the color is simpler to read, I thinking about getting a new photoshop one that is ease to use, yet I am still getting use to my Macbook Air and what it has to offer.
amazing