Ian Bramham's Photoblog
The Hidden City #2
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 4 December 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Part of Manchester city centre that visitors to the city rarely see as it is so far below normal street level.
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Links to the websites of other photographers whose work I love and who have all helped me enormously over a long period of time. I find the work of all 3 to be inspirational.
Frankie from Boxmeer, Netherlands
Christmas is comming. An attractive photo. Well done
4 Dec 2007 9:45pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Marvelous night images --especially the B&W work. How do you convert to B&W --channel mixer and finesse, or some other process?
10 Jan 2008 3:00pm
@Twelvebit: I am a beginner both to photography and Photoshop so I try and keep everything as simple as possible.
The method that I use for conversion is an automated one within Photoshop Elements 5. There are 4 or 5 pre-set B&W conversion options which each give slightly differing styles (I never use the 'newspaper' style one)....from that start point you can alter the amount in each colour channel using a very simple automatic interface. The final bit I do is to adjust lce usm, contrast, light and shadow to the point where I feel happy with it. Oh, yes, on some shots I also do a bit of dodging and burning...it depends on the image.
I'm still trying to get to grips with layers but it's something I definitely want to do in time.
Robert from Kingsville, Canada
Your b&w work is very good. I really like the mood it evokes. Love the ultra wide shots especially .
3 Dec 2008 3:54pm
Nikon D40
5 seconds
F/8.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)