[Pirate!!]

Ahoy,

This was taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ3 3.1 Mp prosumer jobby. Converted to B&W and PP'd with CS2/PSP X and is an archive photo.

Not quite Bristol Pete standard, but hey!

EXIF in photo.

[Ray]

Nice detail in the face but have you pp'd the background out ? She looks a bit too 'cut out'.

Ray

[Pirate!!]

Ahoy Rayfin!

Yes. Once I started the process, the backgound became darker so I just used the paintbrush to finish it off. I agree with the 'cut-out' comment. It was just an experiment with B&W conversion and PP techniques, so I'm not trying to score points, so any comments or citicisms welcome.

[ScottBT]

How did you change the image to B&W, simply selecting greyscale or going in through the Lab colours then making an overlay so you can adjust depth?

[Pirate!!]

Ahoy Scott!

Greyscale, filter, sharpen, smart sharpen, remove gausian blur (at least on this image). Just experimenting with CS2. I haven't a clue about the Lab option.

I also adjusted the exposure settings.