Black & White images

Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/25s f/3.5 at 33.0mm iso800

Often times I'll take an image I know is good enough to publish here, but still 'lacking' something - and I'll get it into Photoshop & convert it to greyscale and begin a quick process of making it into a black & white image; some of my images really do work better in b&w, I've found.

The E1's images really do not require a lot of involved 'post processing' as we call it (compared to comments from photographers using other brands of cameras), and all I do is to tweak the levels control on the light end (brightening it) , and on the black end (darkening it), and these are only slight adjustments, and are done quickly.

Here's a recent image of Rodelyn shot handheld (as always) at ISO800 and that generated some digital noise/grain throughout the image, which was cleaned up with NeatImage - software I really like, and that I also use very sparingly (I use noise redux settings there far below their defaut), and NeatImage is also able to profile my Olympus E1 camera (as well as all the other Pro SLR's from Canon, Nikon, et.all) so it 'knows' what types of noise the E1 files generate, at various ISO's.

Thanks for visiting today, and thanks to my friend & fellow photographer Kevin Weir for his recent emails and compassion for Roddy, as well as to webmaster Steve for all the texts to my mobile here, back & forth - trying to find a solution for her, and some funds for her needs when I see her again later this month or early April, before I have to return to the US.

PJAMES