Moose wrote:
> Phil wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback, the extreme channel mix that I used played
>> havoc with the skin texture, I applied some smoothing but felt that
>> any more may result it the Barbie skin look, I feel I could improve
>> on this the next time though.
>>
> Would you consider posting a larger, color version and letting others
> have a shot at the B&W conversion? You might learn a better way from
> their tries. I know there are several folks here who have expressed
> opinions of about the best way to convert.
>
> I suspect you may have been using channel mixing to do what other
> tools are better suited for in setting tonal distribution?
Phil was kind enough to provide a full size color original of this
portrait.
Here's my own first shot at it. First in the original presentation
context
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Pemberton/Charly/charly.htm>.
I like the skin a lot better. Others may like it smoother/lighter. I
like the 'real person" texture without the curse of teenagers and the
slightly more dramatic lighting of the face. It also gets rid of the
'devil eyes' and the halo around the head that must be a processing
artifact, as it's not in the original. And I think the darker background
competes less with the face.
Then here's a sort of step by step visual summary of what I did
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Pemberton/Charly/charlyC.htm>.
(Once again, I'm sorry I don't know how to make it work in IE.)
And I've posted the origianal where others folks who wish to may
download it and do their own version of B&W conversion
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Pemberton/Charly/charlyjpg.jpg>.
Moose
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