Group Hug

[Mike Moats]

I've always wanted to convert some of my images to black & white but never had a printer that could produce good B&W prints, I bought the Epson 7880 last summer to do bigger prints for my art shows and finally got around to trying it out on the B&Ws. It does a awesome job on the prints, so now I'm making some conversions. This group of leaves never did much for me in color but it came out great in a B&W print. You can see more of these B&Ws at my webite www.tinylandscapes.com (http://www.tinylandscapes.com) clink on the B&W link.

[Julie Kenward]

I saw this on your blog the other day, Mike. I love it as a b&w.but I also thought it would be equally as strong with a sepia tint to it. I ran a simple "antique" action over the b&w image and then lightened it a little bit with a shadow/highlight adjustment. Great texture and pattern either way!

[Dave Mills]

I like both posts but I'm leaning towards Julies only because I see more detail in the leaves.

[Ed Vatza]

I really like the look of both of these. It all states with an excellent composition. When you have that, there is no limit to what you can do. Beautiful!

[Joseph Martines]

Once you have such a great composition you can do a lot of different things to the image.

[Steve Maxson]

This image is striking, Mike and I find both versions very interesting - and I'm not usually a big fan of black & white. Well done.

[Mike Moats]

I think your all right, both versions look good.

[Anita Bower]

Excellent composition. I love how the leaves are wrapped around each other in a line, with strong diagonal lines and triangles. You did a fabulous job of capturing the texture. I, too, am not a fan of B&W, unless it is excellent work. I think your original image falls into that category. Would like to see it in print.