For this exercise I needed to pick a picture and use the channel conversion to create a particular effect.
I chose an aerial landscape photograph and attempted to emphasise the depth by strengthening the haze.
This is the original:
It is a an aerial shot from an elevated position with some haze in the background.
For my alteration I changed all the colour filters, in particular I used the blue to try and emphasis the haze.
The result is reasonably successful in that the haze is more evident but it has not, in my opinion, made the photograph significantly more interesting. The lack of colour probably does not do this photograph any favours.
For the final version I used the automatic (in lightroom conversion of the colour shot to black and white).
This version probably demonstrates that the one I created has more depth, this version looks a little washed out.
In this exercise I had to pick two photographs that had strong contrasting colours and then I had to produce two different black and white versions. To do this I had to adjust the tones and colours in two ways one lightening one and colour and darkening the other and then for the second reversing the effect with the other dominate colour.
For the first photograph I chose a picture that I had taken for another assignment.
There is a clear red and green focus in this shot.
The first black and white conversion has the red contrast slider to the highest level and the green to the lowest.
The second version has the opposite;the red at the lowest setting and the green at the highest.
The experiment has shown that there are two very different effects and therefore two very different photographic versions created by changing the contrast of the colours. As red is the dominant colour the version with the low red has effectively created picture that is unusable, the first version with the high contrast red is a much better version has all the detail of the hydrant can be seen and the background is faded away.
The the second attempt I used a photograph that I had previously used on another course that was looking at the colour relationships. I though that the strong blue and yellow in the shot would be ideal for a black and white conversion.
The original photograph was taken with the express purpose of utilising strong colours.
On this version the blue was lightened and the yellow darkened.
For the final shot the yellow was lightened and the blue darkened.
I think that the black and white version is more effective as it shows more detail of the primary subject. The blue board in the photograph is less important and simply acts as a contrast to the banana.
For this exercise I had to pick two photographs that I considered would best suit an adjustment in contrast and then an adjustment in brightness either up or down the scale in order to make the best black and white version.
I chose this first photograph has it had quite a lot of shadow area that I thought that I could bring up thus displaying more detail using levels of contrast.
This second version has the contrast brought up to the highest level I could whilst still able to identify all aspects of the fountain. This version has more detail than the first but appears more washed out.
I then converted the high contrast version to black and white, the effect is quite marked and I definitely prefer it to the other two, the lack of colour in the original shot helps to enhance the detail in the black and white version.
For the second photograph I chose a shot that had some colour in it but was limited and one that I thought that the detail in the shot could be enhanced with a shift in the brightness and contrast.
I have exaggerated the changes in the contrast and brightness almost creating a gaudiness about the clock face.
Once again the black and white version has converted well, the enhanced brightness and contrast has helped to make the black and white shot exaggerate the detail in the clock face.
