Prepared for the tilt

DaveU (e2 Member)

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3 Jun 2008 - 10:05 AM

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Interesting to flick back and forth between colour and BW. The blue and gold contrast very nicely with the silver of the armour, but flicking into BW the guy seems to leap forward and take more prominance in the shot.

So definitely BW for me Neil. The facial expression is good too .... deep in thought, apprehensive and anticipatory in equal measure for the joust to come.

What technique do you use for BW conversion by the way?

javam (e2 Member)

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3 Jun 2008 - 10:12 AM

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Thanks Dave, and thanks for your comment on the previous version.

I tend to get on better with channel mixer followed (in this case) by a colourisation layer to add the tone effect. The conversion blew the highlights as I went with quite a high contrast setting, so I used the layer mask to blend out the conversion on the bright pieces of armour so they are only converted by the colourisation layer.

Thanks again.

Neil

Guillaume

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3 Jun 2008 - 10:15 AM

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B&W for me Neil! But I kind of agree with Dave above about the blue and gold contrasting very nicely and my first thought was perhaps a b&w with selective colouring (quite soft, say 50% opacity) of his cloth. Just an idea. Great shot anyhow.
Guillaume

kaybee

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3 Jun 2008 - 10:23 AM

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Sits nicely with the other 2