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If you’re a frequent reader of this blog, you may know that I like to play with photos from my digital camera and post them here. In this post, I will show two variations from the original. The original, just as I downloaded it from the camera is shown on the left here. I’ve done nothing to enhance it.
In the one on the right, I have used LightMacine to boost the photo. I really like LightMachine. It runs as a Plugin in my PaintShop Pro. It’s almost like magic. With LightMachine, I can boost the brightness in only the shadow areas and reduce the brightness in the light areas. I can also change the contrast and color saturation. I did just that to this photo and boosted the sharpness.
When I was driving around the yesterday, I remembered that for black and white photography, photographers use a yellow filter for outdoor photos. I wondered if I could duplicate that effect in PaintShop Pro. I took the photo and reduced the amount of blue, green and some read. The photo then looked like I had place a yellow film over it. Then I converted the photo to black and white and boosted the sharpness. You can see the effect.
UPDATE: I’ve taken the color photo and FIRST did my LightMachine work on it. THEN I did my "yellow filter" effect on it and converted it to black and white. As you can see, the effect is different. I think I like the other B&W one better.