The Art of Black and White Photography by Torsten Andreas Hoffmann

The Art of Black and White Photography by Torsten Andreas Hoffmann

Author:Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2011-09-16T16:00:00+00:00


Figure 15–1

Sign

The first example (figure 15–1 and figure 15–2) shows a cloud front moving above an arid landscape that gives the image a magical effect. Two marked streaks of clouds cross a vapor trail; the right trail is finger shaped, and toward the lower end you can even discern the shape of a fingernail. An interpretation of a “sign of God” would naturally be a clichéd interpretation. However, that such a clearly recognizable finger in the sky suggests the mystical is certainly indisputable.

This photo was taken digitally and all technical means at my disposal were used to emphasize the effect of the sky. First of all, the polarizing filter was turned 90 degrees to intensify the contrast between sky and clouds. During black and white conversion, the Photoshop red filter preset was used. The pictorial effect achieved resembles that of a red filter on an analog camera. If such an image is converted this way, it is essential to have a TIFF file converted from the RAW mode. If this photo had been taken in JPEG mode, unacceptable noise would have been created in the image upon conversion using a red filter effect, and the tonal value gradations would not have been fluid. In spite of the fact that the red filter conversion achieves a magical effect in a TIFF file, the transitions in the sky are just fluid enough to justify this conversion. In this photo, the contrast was increased a little as well. A less effective pictorial effect is achieved in a photo that was converted without applying a filter effect, as you can see in the smaller print (figure 15–1).



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