Digital BW, The Print

Friday, October 24, 2003, 3:12:07 PM, you wrote:

PDD> I'm fairly new at B&W, and would appreciate constructive criticism of these.

PDD>       http://www.pbase.com/pderocco/black_white

PDD> They were all shot in color with a Canon 10D, and edited to varying degrees
PDD> in PS.

PDD> --

PDD> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
PDD> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

They seem very nice subject wise but in a word they are
"flat"---Lacking in strong punch and good contrast. I copied a couple
into PS and looking at the Levels histogram neither had a true black
nor a true white. Your tones were too condensed as well. Try to tweak
with levels or curves a bit, get some rich blacks and add some sparkle
to the highlights and the entire image will have more pop and snap.

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...