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thank you for your suggestions about tones, composition, lighting,

etc...

Hi Jacqueline. I certainly like the idea. Lets have a look. This is a black and white image. You know what is lacking ? BLACK AND WHITE. With b.w. photography we cannot rely on colour for impact. This is why b.w. is more difficult. We rely on shapes, lines, subject, but the most important thing is to have a full tonal range. To have impact we must have black, white and in between. What you have is everything in between. No black or white. Study some of the great b.w. photos and see for yourself. My best wishes to you. Cheers.

Hello Roy, Since I have gone digital I seem to be having this common difficulty with my B&W shots. I just found a detailed article how to assist with this problem (between proper filters and selective post processing in PS). I will repost once I get it right. Thank you for your helpful (yet encouraging!)remarks. I really appreciate it.

Jacqueline, thanks for your kind words on my photos. I've gone through some of the same journey re trying to figure out black and white tones and settled some on an approach that works for me (being the only person I need to please as a hobbyist). If you look at a photo in the people folder of my portfolio called "cigar break" (hand holding cigar in front of a mouth), there's a long summary of the approaches I use in photoshop. Don't know if I am "right" or "wrong", just some ideas you might find interesting, given that digital images from your camera have a limited tonal range (as with most digital slrs) and need sometimes to be enhanced in post-rocessing. Thanks again for your visit.

Thanks a million, Ben. Your detailed explanation of your processing is so helpful. I appreciate you pointing me to its direction! Come back again and I may have improved my BW techniques :)

i wnted to talk some here,but feel, people-idealized have already done that bit.....b and w-black n white.....one can only realize the magic once one has done core into it;as in with proper films and printing.....grades or none digital philosophy is regardless of originality in core b/w....any form is acceptable.....yours is convincibly appreciable....i m not worthy of appreciating ,even then regards....nayan.fido

great shot

Thank you Kevin...