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Digital Camera UK
|July 2023
Apply a high contrast black and white conversion alongside three additional techniques to explore the possibilities for fully processing your mono images
Black and white photography B is an art form, where a simple conversion to mono is just the beginning of bringing out the best in an image. With this in mind, we'll cover just one simple yet effective conversion method of course, you could use your preferred method but the Gradient Map is quick, easy and effective. We'll then move on to some of the techniques that can be used to enhance black-and-white images further.
This story is from the July 2023 edition of Digital Camera UK.
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