A few people have asked so I am sending this out to the list. By the way, just to keep it on topic, it can be done with Pentax cameras and lenses LOL. I had sent an earlier posting about a B&W technique I was playing with called pencil sketches. Below is an exceptional example of how nice it looks from a photographer of dogs who has oviously perfected the technique. Below that is an explanation of how to do it if you are interested... it's all done in photoshop. It's a multiple step procedure but does not take long at all. Maybe 15 minutes once you've got the image. Start with a colour image, convert it to B&W and off you go... Vic
Here are some more examples that are very nice... vic http://www.pbase.com/amal007/detroit_dog_show Here's the info on how to do it. I got the explanation it from another web site Convert the image to b/w using hue under adjustments . Adjust curves to brighten the photo. Adjust the brightness and contrast just a bit to your liking but on the brighter side of what you think is acceptable as a photograph Make a snapshot of the image. (ask me about this if you don't know what this means) Apply unsharpen mask to over sharpen image and make a snapshot of that too. Use the sharpened version as the histroy brush snapshot then go back to the unsharpened version and brush in 50-75% opacity into the eyes and lips to bring them out. Use the dodge tool set at about 300 size and 100% opacity to create a vignette all around the top and bottom. Lower the opacity to about 50% and do a light over the hair, especially if it is dark. Adjust the brightness or curves if still not light enough. Filter -> Texture -> softgrain 15-20 at 50% contrast. There you have it good-luck Vic
