Kenj8246
Well-known
Another color film conversion to BW. Off white 50-something Chevy convertible.

Lost in the '50s tonite... by kenj8246, on Flickr
Kenny

Lost in the '50s tonite... by kenj8246, on Flickr
Kenny
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
What's behind it? A Nash?
kshapero
South Florida Man
That is one incredible photo. Please tell is what camera/lens, everything. So cool.
Kenj8246
Well-known
Yes, a Nash it to its' right side.
Thanks, Akiva.
This was taken with a Minolta X700 SLR, 28-70 zoom lens, Kodak Ultramax 800 color film. Converted to B&W because the museum is lit with big overhead lights that do funny things to some color film.
Kenny
Thanks, Akiva.
Kenny
raid
Dad Photographer
I thought you meant "lost in the 50mm lenses tonight"!
ChrisN
Striving
Good subject, and nicely captured.
How are you doing the conversion? I'd like to see a bit more tonal separation between the car, the floor and the wall behind. Unless they are all very close to the same colour, you should be able to get more separation by adjusting the colour conversion. In Lightroom I'd load up the raw file, go into the Develop module, hit "V" to get a basic B&W conversion, then play with each of the colour sliders (under HSL/Color/B&W) to change the tonal effect of each colour. I'd imagine that most conversion software should allow similar adjustments.
Keep up the good work!
How are you doing the conversion? I'd like to see a bit more tonal separation between the car, the floor and the wall behind. Unless they are all very close to the same colour, you should be able to get more separation by adjusting the colour conversion. In Lightroom I'd load up the raw file, go into the Develop module, hit "V" to get a basic B&W conversion, then play with each of the colour sliders (under HSL/Color/B&W) to change the tonal effect of each colour. I'd imagine that most conversion software should allow similar adjustments.
Keep up the good work!
Kenj8246
Well-known
I thought you meant "lost in the 50mm lenses tonight"!
Funny, Raid. It's a reference to an old popular song by Ronnie Millsap.
Good subject, and nicely captured.
How are you doing the conversion? I'd like to see a bit more tonal separation between the car, the floor and the wall behind. Unless they are all very close to the same colour, you should be able to get more separation by adjusting the colour conversion. In Lightroom I'd load up the raw file, go into the Develop module, hit "V" to get a basic B&W conversion, then play with each of the colour sliders (under HSL/Color/B&W) to change the tonal effect of each colour. I'd imagine that most conversion software should allow similar adjustments.
Keep up the good work!![]()
I'm using PS Elements and pretty much taking the defaults. A little contrast boost usually. I need to spend some time and see what can actually be done, just haven't made the time to do it.
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