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Subject: [Leica] Experimenting B&W in Lightroom
From: platoali at gmail.com (Ali Yazdi)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:50:47 +0000
References: <CALY4SF+s_WG8oTrjHU__Cb_Ez4SSjmfvQfeJcR=OpodutGLuZQ@mail.gmail.com> <p0624081fcb1753dbbb63@192.168.1.101>

Thank you very much. Although it worked at the beginning of the process,
but when I worked a little bit with curve, it got wild and uncontrollable.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> Go in Develop Module to a panel which has HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance)
> at its top. You will see a "black and white" option and click on it. Then
> click on a little gizmo about a couple of millimeters in diameter. That
> will activate cursor control. If now you go to, say, a portion of your
> picture that is green, put the cursor there, press the cursor button and
> move the cursor up or down. You will see that area and any other green
> containing area of the picture get brighter or darker as you move the
> curser, respectively, up or down.
>
> Using this simple technique, you could get more contrast between the
> leaves and the background.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Herb
>
> P.S. Oh. Look in, say Amazon, for Spyder Express. This is an inexpensive
> (about $80) device for calibrating your monitor by creating and installing
> a color profile for it. I have an inexpensive printer, an Epson Artisan 50
> selling for about $100. The color of my prints pretty damn closely matches
> what I see on the monitor.
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> Herb
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>  Experimenting with lightroom and black and white conversions. Any
>> suggestion?
>>
>> B&W exported from Lightroom:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/platoali/Street/Un-2.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/Street/Un-2.jpg.html>
>> .
>>
>> The original color one :
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/platoali/Street/Un+**color.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/Street/Un+color.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> I have also a problem with Color. The color that is shown in DMR LCD is
>> much  much more beautiful  than when I open them in Lightroom or any other
>> Software.
>>
>> Bests
>> Ali
>>
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> --
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
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