Digital BW, The Print

Andre, thanks for showing this site. It does give some technical info but it's all relevant to the film processing. I'm not going back to film just to reproduce this effect. 
I tried HDRI processing using Photomatix. I usually bracket, so I shoot 3 times which is what needed for Photomatix. I had to convert images to B&W before exporting them to tiff because Photomatix reads original raw without Lightroom adjustmetns.
Then I've made different HDRI images using different tome mapping, imported them back to Lightroom. After some adjustments (like fill light, blacks, clarity) I've got better images than before, smoother tones. 
They still don't look like Berts' but may be because he shoots at dawn  and his images are pretty dark.

It's amazing that with digital I need to shoot 3 times and HDRI processing to get little bit close to what he gets with one shot and special processing.

Jacob Mann
http://www.photo3dart.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andre1moreau" <andre1moreau@...> wrote:
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jacob" <jacob@> wrote:
> > Now I'd like to know - how did he do it and how to reproduce this    > look?
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> Hello Jacobs,
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> It seems that the photos you are refering to are shown at the following site:
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> http://www.jeanmichelberts.com/index_en.html
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> Hover your mouse on the homepage pic and choose the "The Technical Pan" link: I think you'll get the info you're looking for.
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> Cheers,
> Andre
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