When I tried out a black-and-white preset on a Sadie photo I got a rendering that very much looks like some of these super-detailed graphite drawings that my wife loves. Other than making some minor exposure adjustments after applying the preset I cloned out a skin tag that Sadie has on her lower left eyelid.
(Shot with the Nikon D300 using the 50mm f/1.8 lens; aperture-priority with aperture set to f/2, camera chose 1/250 sec; ISO 200; matrix-metered; cloudy white balance; normal JPG.)
Wow! I love the details it gave to her face, but also what it did to the background! That collar was a great choice, too! :) I'd love to see what the original color version looks like beside it.
ReplyDeleteIt really makes their nose come out, doesn't it?
ReplyDelete@carrie: no, you don't really want to see what the original color version looks like. :P it looked bad, so i wanted to try a b&w preset to see what i'd get. stupid me...i deleted the virtual copy of the picture so i don't remember what preset i used.
ReplyDeletei like the bokeh that this lens gives -- it blurs the background in a pleasing way when shooting the lens at large apertures.
the collar is from my friend sue ross of silk road collars.
@petra: i dodged her nose a bit to add a little detail. but the overall result really surprised me.
I don't know what the before photo looked like but that is stunning. I never think to use B/W.
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