Just Black and White-ur B/W Monochrome photos here

**Hattifnatt** · 02-06-2017, 10:12 AM - **7 Likes**

Few shots from Retezat National Park.

bakerking31 · 02-06-2017, 07:28 PM - **15 Likes**

Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones

Along the Pacific Crest Trail near Warner Springs CA

In the Sierras just north of Kearsarge Pass

Zion Canyon from Observation point

**Skewed** · 02-06-2017, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by bakerking31

Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones

Along the Pacific Crest Trail near Warner Springs CA

In the Sierras just north of Kearsarge Pass

Zion Canyon from Observation point

Wow! Super dramatic

wkraus · 02-07-2017, 03:00 AM

Originally posted by bakerking31

Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones

Along the Pacific Crest Trail near Warner Springs CA

In the Sierras just north of Kearsarge Pass

Zion Canyon from Observation point

Masterful black and white!
A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode?

Unregistered User 8 · 02-07-2017, 04:21 AM - **1 Like**

It amazes me how trees can survive like this.

Na Horuk · 02-07-2017, 04:22 AM

Originally posted by bakerking31

Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones

Really nice photos!

Originally posted by wkraus

A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode?

This happens to me when I ETTR and then add a lot of contrast in post. 16bit vs 8bit could also be a reason for this, as could jpeg compression (or re-compression when uploading it to a website)

LeRolls · 02-07-2017, 05:56 AM - **2 Likes**

bakerking31 · 02-07-2017, 09:54 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by wkraus

Masterful black and white!
A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode?

Any help on this would be appreciated. This is one I want to submit for the fair this year, I can manually fix it in Photoshop but I would rather prevent it.

So I checked and I am editing in 8bit.

I am fairly new to Photoshop, only been really using it for a month or so, but I love the flexibility it gives and I found new life in some old images I had using it over lightroom. But I am far from an expert.

EDIT: Thank you Na Horuk for PM'ing me with some info on the banding so we don't take this off topic from the great photos.
I redid the photo and found my error that led to the banding was in overdoing the noise reduction for the sky. I undid that edit and toned the noise reduction down a bit and the result is much better.

**mattb123** · 02-07-2017, 10:50 AM - **5 Likes**

The deer are having a hard winter around here with all the snow.

skierd · 02-07-2017, 12:36 PM - **1 Like**

Olympus 35 RD, Ilford HP2

bakerking31 · 02-07-2017, 01:17 PM - **5 Likes**

Two more. First is in Yosemite with the K-50 and kit lens in 2015, second is a pano in Catalina Island with the K-50 and kit lens as well. Both in my normal style.

**goatsNdonkey** · 02-07-2017, 01:46 PM

bakerking31 --

The banding noted earlier hardly shows on my monitor, by far the best one I have ever owned. In fact, when I try to see it, I'm not quite sure what looks like it could be banding is really there. How much do screens participate in this presenting of banding in images? Could an image that prints without banding still seem to have it on some monitors?

I looked again. The banding is curved. I was looking for something horizontal.

I still really like that set of images. Banding-schmanding, I say!

wkraus · 02-07-2017, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by bakerking31

Any help on this would be appreciated. This is one I want to submit for the fair this year, I can manually fix it in Photoshop but I would rather prevent it.

So I checked and I am editing in 8bit.

I am fairly new to Photoshop, only been really using it for a month or so, but I love the flexibility it gives and I found new life in some old images I had using it over lightroom. But I am far from an expert.

EDIT: Thank you Na Horuk for PM'ing me with some info on the banding so we don't take this off topic from the great photos.
I redid the photo and found my error that led to the banding was in overdoing the noise reduction for the sky. I undid that edit and toned the noise reduction down a bit and the result is much better.

A great image now even greater.

bakerking31 · 02-07-2017, 05:47 PM - **2 Likes**

OK, One more today. This is at Joshua Tree with my K3ii, something like 10-13 photos stitched together @ 50mm.

If anyone is having banding issues like I was, an easy way to fix it is actually using negative dehazing in lightroom. I had to do it on this one as a gradient filter on the sky to prevent banding and painted it out of the trees above the skyline. I still have a little from converting to JPG ... but I can fix that with a bit more tweaking.

Here is the color version

eddie1960 · 02-07-2017, 10:09 PM

a couple more from Sunday , and one of the artists want to trade some work thanks to this (oh boy more art i need more walls)

02-07-2017, 09:54 AM - 1 Like	#12653
bakerking31 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 109	Originally posted by wkraus Masterful black and white! A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode? Any help on this would be appreciated. This is one I want to submit for the fair this year, I can manually fix it in Photoshop but I would rather prevent it. So I checked and I am editing in 8bit. I am fairly new to Photoshop, only been really using it for a month or so, but I love the flexibility it gives and I found new life in some old images I had using it over lightroom. But I am far from an expert. EDIT: Thank you Na Horuk for PM'ing me with some info on the banding so we don't take this off topic from the great photos. I redid the photo and found my error that led to the banding was in overdoing the noise reduction for the sky. I undid that edit and toned the noise reduction down a bit and the result is much better. Last edited by bakerking31; 02-07-2017 at 12:06 PM.

02-07-2017, 01:17 PM - 5 Likes	#12656
bakerking31 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 109	Two more. First is in Yosemite with the K-50 and kit lens in 2015, second is a pano in Catalina Island with the K-50 and kit lens as well. Both in my normal style. Last edited by bakerking31; 02-07-2017 at 02:04 PM.

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wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,060	Originally posted by bakerking31 Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones Along the Pacific Crest Trail near Warner Springs CA In the Sierras just north of Kearsarge Pass Zion Canyon from Observation point Masterful black and white! A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode?

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Na Horuk Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Slovenia, probably Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,186	Originally posted by bakerking31 Love Black and White, here are a few of my most recent ones Really nice photos! Originally posted by wkraus A minor comment: I'm asking myself where the banding in the sky in the first image comes from. Apparently not (only?) from the jpeg compression. Are you doing your edits in 16bit mode? This happens to me when I ETTR and then add a lot of contrast in post. 16bit vs 8bit could also be a reason for this, as could jpeg compression (or re-compression when uploading it to a website)

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goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,730	bakerking31 -- The banding noted earlier hardly shows on my monitor, by far the best one I have ever owned. In fact, when I try to see it, I'm not quite sure what looks like it could be banding is really there. How much do screens participate in this presenting of banding in images? Could an image that prints without banding still seem to have it on some monitors? I looked again. The banding is curved. I was looking for something horizontal. I still really like that set of images. Banding-schmanding, I say!

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wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,060	Originally posted by bakerking31 Any help on this would be appreciated. This is one I want to submit for the fair this year, I can manually fix it in Photoshop but I would rather prevent it. So I checked and I am editing in 8bit. I am fairly new to Photoshop, only been really using it for a month or so, but I love the flexibility it gives and I found new life in some old images I had using it over lightroom. But I am far from an expert. EDIT: Thank you Na Horuk for PM'ing me with some info on the banding so we don't take this off topic from the great photos. I redid the photo and found my error that led to the banding was in overdoing the noise reduction for the sky. I undid that edit and toned the noise reduction down a bit and the result is much better. A great image now even greater.

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bakerking31 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 109	OK, One more today. This is at Joshua Tree with my K3ii, something like 10-13 photos stitched together @ 50mm. If anyone is having banding issues like I was, an easy way to fix it is actually using negative dehazing in lightroom. I had to do it on this one as a gradient filter on the sky to prevent banding and painted it out of the trees above the skyline. I still have a little from converting to JPG ... but I can fix that with a bit more tweaking. Here is the color version

02-07-2017, 10:09 PM	#12660
eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,666	a couple more from Sunday , and one of the artists want to trade some work thanks to this (oh boy more art i need more walls)