B&W Images of a pod of Long Beaked Dolphins

Some black and white images of a pod of Long Beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis off the coast of South Africa waiting for the Sardine Run to arrive...

And some color jumpers :-)

Enjoy,

M

Nice; how did you do the B&W conversion? This always interests me to see how different folks do it. I have not decided for sure yet which is my favorite way, but I think it is using channels in PS.

Nice; how did you do the B&W conversion? This always interests me to see how different folks do it. I have not decided for sure yet which is my favorite way, but I think it is using channels in PS.

For the B&W images - I use a number of different methods. The one that tends to work best and is the first method I try is (Photoshop instructions below):

1. Change to LAB color space

2. Choose the a channel only

3. Convert to GreyScale (discard color information)

4. Duplicate the background layer

5. Change new layer to Multiply

6. Change Opacity of layer until I like it

7. Flatten image

8. Increase contrast

I also use Craigs Actions plug ins B&W convertor, especially if I want to stay in the RGB color space and add color back into the image at a later date.

Enjoy,

M

Thanks; yes I like this method keeping the luminosity channel, though I like the channel mixer method sometimes if I am trying to get a filter effect. I will take a look at the Craigs Action plug-in too.