I had a play with some of the ones I posted above. I wanted them to be more 'gritty' and present a bit more 'impact. I've shown the originals with the new ones below. What do you think?
Increased the black and made the people stand out a bit better.
This one, I made the black much stronger and put a white vignette around to guide the eye to the centre. Did that work?
This one, I changed the B&W to a different simulation in LRc.
Thank you. It's certainly a challenge given the not so square/straight lines of many buildings/walls in town.
Brough Castle, Cumbria
Really nice tonality - particularly nicely captured sky. The aspect ratio fits the image nicely.
The edits had differing effects on each image. They really worked well on the last one to make it "pop."
Baby Whale
Very interesting abstract. Of course I am bias, I love the tonality of weathered wood. 😉
Out in the rain
Nicely done. B&W photography is a different animal. People who mostly do color often miss the point that in B&W there is NO color. That sounds simplified but without color subjects cannot be separated using color. Drama cannot be generated using color. What you do have is texture both fine and large, contrast and tonal range. I often use the concept of W. Eugene Smith, "The light comes out of the dark." I think your have accomplished this with this edit. I particularly like the first and third.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I achieved what I wanted to do. However, as a street photo, I actually the second one (with the shadow) the best. Maybe not with the vignette though.
Alan
