Comments on: more low-key black and white dog photographs http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/ A Picture is Worth a Thousand Woofs™ : fun, candid dog and cat photography: private, commercial and stock Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:28:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Vreeland http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1671 Rob Vreeland Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:14:24 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1671 Some of these are stunning. The treatment definitely doesn't work for all, but some (my favorites are 2,3,4) are simply excellent. I'd hang that on my wall. Some of these are stunning. The treatment definitely doesn’t work for all, but some (my favorites are 2,3,4) are simply excellent. I’d hang that on my wall.

]]> By: April http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1650 April Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:54:47 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1650 I love these, very dramatic. I love these, very dramatic.

]]> By: Linda O'Neill http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1646 Linda O'Neill Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:20:13 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1646 Hey friend, these are super cool and beautiful. Of course, I'm a little partial to the ones of Fergs! Hope you have a wonderful holiday and a New Year filled with all good things! Lots 'a love, ~L and M Hey friend, these are super cool and beautiful. Of course, I’m a little partial to the ones of Fergs!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday and a New Year filled with all good things!

Lots ‘a love,
~L and M

]]> By: Jamie 'Cowbelly' http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1644 Jamie 'Cowbelly' Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:30:13 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1644 thanks everybody. :-) @ nick- it depended on the image. what I do is do a maximum vignette in LR2- so under lens correction I do amount: -100 and midpoint: 0, then increase the blacks and also use fill light. most of the magic is actually done with the luminance sliders. these are still color images- they have not been converted to grayscale. it takes some experimenting and the right image, but you start with 100 contrast and 100 clarity, then play with the sliders from there. vibrance and saturation also make a difference. there is no one preset that works for all images, so the key is really to experiment. with some images you will still have very light spots leftover in the background. in those cases I use the adjustment brush for exposure and underexpose 1 to 1.5 stops in those areas, OR increase the amount and midpoint on the post-crop vignette to see if that takes care of it. but it's best not to make the background 100% black because then it looks unnatural. hope that helps! thanks everybody. :-) @ nick- it depended on the image. what I do is do a maximum vignette in LR2- so under lens correction I do amount: -100 and midpoint: 0, then increase the blacks and also use fill light. most of the magic is actually done with the luminance sliders. these are still color images- they have not been converted to grayscale. it takes some experimenting and the right image, but you start with 100 contrast and 100 clarity, then play with the sliders from there. vibrance and saturation also make a difference. there is no one preset that works for all images, so the key is really to experiment. with some images you will still have very light spots leftover in the background. in those cases I use the adjustment brush for exposure and underexpose 1 to 1.5 stops in those areas, OR increase the amount and midpoint on the post-crop vignette to see if that takes care of it. but it’s best not to make the background 100% black because then it looks unnatural. hope that helps!

]]> By: nick http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1643 nick Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:08:59 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1643 Very nice :D Did you hae to do aot of burning for the backgrounds in these ? Very nice :D Did you hae to do aot of burning for the backgrounds in these ?

]]> By: Lesley http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1642 Lesley Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1642 These are great! They remind me a lot of Traer Scott's photos in the book Shelter Dogs. Great photo dog lover book if you haven't seen it. Your pics the dogs look much happier :) These are great! They remind me a lot of Traer Scott’s photos in the book Shelter Dogs. Great photo dog lover book if you haven’t seen it. Your pics the dogs look much happier :)

]]> By: Lori http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1639 Lori Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:37:08 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1639 Beautiful! Beautiful!

]]> By: Simon http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1638 Simon Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:24:02 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1638 Fantastic. Fantastic.

]]> By: Terrah http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1637 Terrah Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:06:47 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1637 Your black & whites are my favorite. These are amazing! Your black & whites are my favorite. These are amazing!

]]> By: Nicole http://www.cowbellyblog.com/2008/12/21/more-low-key-black-and-white-dog-photographs/#comment-1636 Nicole Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:44:09 +0000 http://www.cowbellyblog.com/?p=1346#comment-1636 Love, love, love these as usual. The Fergie ones are my faves. Happy Holidays! Love, love, love these as usual. The Fergie ones are my faves. Happy Holidays!

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