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Demmi in B&W
by Lonnit Rysher
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10-MAR-2009 Lonnit Rysher

Eighth Place
Demmi in B&W
by Lonnit Rysher

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/160s f/4.0 at 70.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge15-Mar-2009 16:32
Melb, thank you. :) She kept coming at me with great poses and expressions before I could even get a chance to direct her! I was too busy shooting to have an opportunity to actually ask her to do anything. LOL!

BTW, my next birthday is approaching quickly. I'm about 5 weeks from 49. No chance of claiming 25. LOL! ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Mar-2009 16:23
My pleasure, Nico. I'm just happy that you liked the image. :) ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Mar-2009 05:48
Pretty young lady, nice expression and tastefully processed Lonnit.

The only 'downside' is possibly the problem you might face in claiming your next birthday as your 25th. ?..... but I could be wrong... ? ... lol

I really like the colour portraits as well, she models very well.

Regards Melbob
jnconradie14-Mar-2009 03:48
Thanks, Lonnit, for taking the time and trouble to share all of that... very interesting and helpful. Kind regards Nico
Canon DSLR Challenge14-Mar-2009 02:49
Yes, Trav, she has many different looks in this shoot. There are more frames that are different from these and one another. She's a great little model!

As for the conversion, I used an Alien Skin Exposure BW conversion to start (I think it was the daguerrotype), tweaked it to customize, then put the whole thing thru a PS filter - maybe it was watercolor? Then adjusted the opacity. I generally love the AS Exposure BW filters, as well as the color film filters.

As a typical workflow, after RAW conversion, my first step is to crop an image, if necessary, then run it through an AS filter to get the film type I like for the image. I might use it full blast, I might use it subtly. I shoot RAW with all the bells & whistles turned off to get the most unaffected image from the camera. I feel this gives me the most flexibility to take the image in any direction I want later. Sometimes after that I will also run it through a Nik filter. More often than not though, I will use a Nik instead of an AS, as opposed to using it with an AS. I might play around with blending options and I also adjust opacity for more or less of the effect. EVERY image, except for the rare times I do a white fade at the edges, gets burned in around the edges. I don't consider it finished until that step is done.

Thanks all for commenting. ~ Lonnit
jnconradie13-Mar-2009 13:07
Excellent bw conversion! Do you have a special trick/technique for converting from colour to bw? Would love to learn from you. Regards Nico
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Mar-2009 02:59
This is extremely well done, Lonnit! I love the eyes!
Lonnit, are you joining us for the NYC get-together on March 28th? I sent you an email but haven't heard from you yet. We would love to have you along! Let me know! ~Sharon
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Mar-2009 02:48
What has been interesting to me, Lonnit, is that all three, (now 4), portraits show a...different young lady...to me. Nice, all of 'em. Traveller