Coloring a B&W Image/Removing Color from Color Image?

[raid]

Here is one more example: dancers in a club. The digital"noise" is overdone, but I just want to show the original, which is all red.

Now we have the B&W conversion:

Lastly, this is the toned image:

 

[vrgard]

Raid, I have a harder time evaluating this image in its different incarnations. Don't know if it's because the image is so much busier or because of the noise/focus or because of the heavy overlay of red or what. Don't mean to sound critical of the image, but rather, to say that I find it more difficult to have an opinion of the different versions of this particular image.

Roland, any chance you can answer my inquiry above?

-Randy

 

[ferider]

Roland, which FM plugin are you referring to? Is it BW Workflo Pro?

-Randy

Yes, Randy. Sorry for the late answer.

Used for example in the photo of Devon that we just discussed, with
a yellow filter.

Roland.

 

[vrgard]

Thanks, Roland, for your answer. Which leads, of course, to yet another question. When you say "with a yellow filter" do you mean you used a yellow filter on the lens or that you used a yellow filter setting with the PS plugin?

Thanks,
Randy

 

[raid]

Raid, I have a harder time evaluating this image in its different incarnations. Don't know if it's because the image is so much busier or because of the noise/focus or because of the heavy overlay of red or what. Don't mean to sound critical of the image, but rather, to say that I find it more difficult to have an opinion of the different versions of this particular image.

Roland, any chance you can answer my inquiry above?

-Randy

Randy,

Your honest input is valued. Thanks.
I just took this photo to illustrate a situation in a very dark CanCan club with red light.

 

[shiro_kuro]

http://www.journalofaphotographer.c...onverting_color_images_to_black_and_white.php

Try this out and see what you think ...... one of my Favorites for converting color to black and white .....

 

[ferider]

Thanks, Roland, for your answer. Which leads, of course, to yet another question. When you say "with a yellow filter" do you mean you used a yellow filter on the lens or that you used a yellow filter setting with the PS plugin?

Thanks,
Randy

No filter on the lens, Randy. Superia 400, and yellow filter in the plugin
(also has green, orange, red, blue, and a variety of other parametrizations).

Roland.

 

[vrgard]

Thanks, Roland. Me thinks I'll have to acquire this plug-in. Just read about it on Fred Miranda's site and it does look like it would be both easy and fun to use.

-Randy

 

[raid]

http://www.journalofaphotographer.c...onverting_color_images_to_black_and_white.php

Try this out and see what you think ...... one of my Favorites for converting color to black and white .....

Thank you Shiro-Kuro for the link. I will read it carefully.