Great shot Pete with the kit lens too.... did you print it yourself, there is a good test for calibration if ever there was one!
(Oh calibration....I feel a headache coming on )...
Good Luck with the comp.. keep my eyes open for it, think I saw the comp. in Feb Digi SLR :

nice one Joshua., thanks for new tip...will go away and play with that ...this certainly stirs a creative spirit...

Thanks Joshua for prompt reply

I have now tritoned this with:

Black
Panatone warm gray 3c
Panatone 400c

Is this like split toning?
Does it improve it overall, what do ya think?

Thank you for all you very positive comments, well chuffed! and encouraging !

I too like my ballustrade to me it kind of balances and stabilises the image.
I did notice it was a bit thicker at the left end and tried to level it but the horizon got worse - so presume it must be fault of Cornish builders!

Anyway, have att. its original for you to see.....




I did like Daniels split toning shots and immediately went into CS2 to select Duotone (is that the same effect?) and found it was greyed out and cd not select it in this image, I had used duotone before on a previous image that was scanned from 35mm mono neg and was working OK.

Has anyone got any ideas why/if it does not work with some type of images?

Lilly

Had a go at this with Joshua's inst., (well good).

Its not a raw, a jpg as not wx t'day for pics, so made do with one I took earlier, not sure how it will appear out there as worried screens differ, had a bit of trouble getting the sky to look interesting and thought in the end I didn't know when to stop!
This is very addictive too, I seem to be glued to this seat

Anyway, sock it to me... steep learning curve!




Tis, Lilly

Thank you Joshua you are a star & a gent, I couldn't have received a more detailed and easy to understand reply and from a master too!

I shall be onto to it first thing, I can't wait, brilliant very much appreciated

Hi guys, a change from HDR I know - I thought I wd keep well out of that one, was getting way beyond me!

Seriously, I would appreciate any direction on converting b&w.

I have seen so many ways of attempting this in mags and the like and have experimented with channel mixer method to a reasonable result.

But as mono is my main love and digital is so new to me I would like to know the absolute best way to do it, that retains as much tonal range and integrity of the image as possible. I dont mind putting the hours in if its worth it.

I did find Mattmattics article using the LAB mode with CS2, but had probs got to no.8 and image refused to paste back up.

ps- I did like Matts HDR BTW not atall obvious...

http://www.hdrsoft.com/examples.html

I have been reading about this subject and wonder if anyone has had any experience yet?

Que : If you are talking HDR then I wd presume that wd compose a completely diifferent atmosphere

ie. all shadows wd be lost. If that is your mission look at this - it must be possible some how
Discuss forum :

Thanks a lot for that John put very nicely in laymans talk, there are so may ways you can approach digital and I have a lot to learn

Here modified as you suggested - looks great thanks again, thanks too Pete for your input...good luck