zwarte_kat
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I'm starting to get more and more into shooting with the x100 and editing BW with Lightroom 4.
I find I don't really need Silver FX so much to get a nice "organic" result (doesn't have to look exactly like film for me). It's also cool that you can shoot in just raw, but still use your jpeg settings to check how things will look in BW. It seems like a weird mistake, because all those settings are gone when importing in lightroom, leaving just a clean color raw image. But it works out for me!
Guess it would be even better if lightroom somehow transfer those jpeg settings to their own raw engine, so that you can get a head start!
Anyway, why don't we exchange some tips and tricks about our X100, X10, or Xpro workflow, because I sometimes see some really nice results here and would like to know more about the process! Maybe you can post one or a few images and explain what you did during shoot or edit to make the look good in BW. Whether it looks like smooth film or sharp digital, anything goes!
I'll humbly start with some of my own own pictures:
DSCF0439 by Rudy Shots, on Flickr
Here the shutter speed was quite low (1/15 sec), so the image has some movement blur. Instead of trying to fix it, I made it even smoother by reducing the clarity. I got lucky with the faces kind of standing out.
Here is another one:
DSCF0565 by Rudy Shots, on Flickr
Here I front focussed a little. This one is a bit extreme, and most won't like it, but it illustrated my point well. I have the Zeiss Sonnar 1.5m, and found that sometimes I PREFER a very slight front focus. Again, I reduced the structure in Lightroom to increase the effect, though the bokeh on the x100 is not stellar, I can get it a little bit more "Sonnar like" this way.
Now come on, don't make me have written all this stuff for nothing, share your own, I am eager to see them! 🙂
I find I don't really need Silver FX so much to get a nice "organic" result (doesn't have to look exactly like film for me). It's also cool that you can shoot in just raw, but still use your jpeg settings to check how things will look in BW. It seems like a weird mistake, because all those settings are gone when importing in lightroom, leaving just a clean color raw image. But it works out for me!
Guess it would be even better if lightroom somehow transfer those jpeg settings to their own raw engine, so that you can get a head start!
Anyway, why don't we exchange some tips and tricks about our X100, X10, or Xpro workflow, because I sometimes see some really nice results here and would like to know more about the process! Maybe you can post one or a few images and explain what you did during shoot or edit to make the look good in BW. Whether it looks like smooth film or sharp digital, anything goes!
I'll humbly start with some of my own own pictures:
DSCF0439 by Rudy Shots, on Flickr
Here the shutter speed was quite low (1/15 sec), so the image has some movement blur. Instead of trying to fix it, I made it even smoother by reducing the clarity. I got lucky with the faces kind of standing out.
Here is another one:
DSCF0565 by Rudy Shots, on Flickr
Here I front focussed a little. This one is a bit extreme, and most won't like it, but it illustrated my point well. I have the Zeiss Sonnar 1.5m, and found that sometimes I PREFER a very slight front focus. Again, I reduced the structure in Lightroom to increase the effect, though the bokeh on the x100 is not stellar, I can get it a little bit more "Sonnar like" this way.
Now come on, don't make me have written all this stuff for nothing, share your own, I am eager to see them! 🙂
