HDR In B&W

[Alfred Forns]

Posting this image here rather than the traditional place which should be Travel to show a few things I was trying out... might give you some ideas.

We have been doing lots of HDRs and processed this on a little different ... after the normal conversion and tweaking in Photmatix I went to Color Efex and used the camera thermal infrared filter which gave a neat effect, tweaked the controls then went to Silver Efex for more local enhancements then back to Color Efex for the finishing touch darkening the periphery and lightening the center. Lots of possibilities to experiment ... btw all the enhancements can be done in PS its just more convenient and faster !!

Canon 1DMk3
Canon 17-40 f4.0
f 22
five image HDR

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Can wait to try some of these when class starts Tuesday. Great effects Al.
Congrats,

[Rene Quenneville]

Beautiful picture Al.

I love the B&W effects.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Lots of work Al, and well worth the effort. Love the tonal range. Very beautiful.

[Lance Peters]

Al tonal range is fantastic - great work. Love it :)

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

nice work, love all the texture going on with the checked floor the high ceilings and columns on the side, it all comes together nice:)

[Gail Spitler]

Agree with all the above comments. What i like best is the person sitting on the bench way at the back. It glues the HDR together.
Cheers
gail

[Richard Waas]

I see a class assignment in the making. I love the Spanish Monastery. Field trip.....

[Nick Palmieri]

I love the tonal range in this image. Thanks for explaining your technique, I can't wait to try it. I was thinking of having my 10d converted to infrared but the better investment my be Color Efex.

[Gus Cobos]

This is really nice Mr. Forns....the feel and mood is over the top. I really like this...It sure does look different in mono tone...comgrats...:cool:

[Bob Miller]

Al...love the sense of light amid all that geometry....Congrats!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Wow,..I'm at a loss for words.

Beep-Out

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Agree with all the comments above, the tonal range is over the top and so is the mood. One minor thing for me, the floor is full of line and they feel a bit slant, maybe a CW rotation.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful Al, thanks for posting.