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Color capture converted to B&W

Color capture converted to B&W

With the wide variety of editing software available I never shoot in Monochromatic mode.  I always prefer to shoot my originals in color and then convert them to B&W in post-processing.  For the example above I wanted the red shirt darker than it would have rendered had I shot B&W in camera.  This was my first conversion using my new nik Software Silver Efex Pro2 plug-in for Photoshop CS5.  I have used the original Silver Efex Pro for several years and finally upgraded today.  This shot was intended to be a little edgy so I left the soft box in the gear closet and went with barn doors to control where the hard light went.

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