Out Of My League

July 22, 2009

This week’s You Capture challenge is black & white editing.

I was unsure if I would be able to participate this week because, well, I’ve never “edited” a picture beyond red-eye reduction and cropping.

But, for the sake of the team, I’ll give it a shot.

I pulled a picture from my archives because none of the pictures that I have taken this week seemed to be decent shots to convert to black and white.

Here is our McFamily Christmas picture from 2004.

And here is our McFamily Christmas Picture after the wee bit of editing that I did. Sadly, I don’t think I improved the picture at all. I wanted to make the entire picture except for the four of us black and white, but I could not figure out how to do it. I played with the opacity and the sharpness/softness. I was clearly out of my league this week.

I had fun playing around with the photo and my little family still looks cute, but, I think I prefer the color picture over the black and white version.

And this one is just for fun!

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Tagged as: Alex, McDaddy, Stevie

{ 7 comments }

1 Jodie July 23, 2009 at 7:49 am: How about the picture of Styfelin holding hands with the boys walking down the dirt path in the woods? I think that would make a good B&W shot.
.-= Jodie´s last blog ..You Capture – Shapes =-.
2 Kathleen July 23, 2009 at 8:53 am: Aww…I think you did a fabulous job! The McFamily is great in color or B&W!!
.-= Kathleen´s last blog ..You Capture – Black & White =-.
3 Andrea aka Prairie Lady July 23, 2009 at 9:11 am: That looks wonderful.
.-= Andrea aka Prairie Lady´s last blog ..It’s a Bird, It’s A Plane NO it’s Super Boy/You Capture Black and White =-.
4 Jodie July 23, 2009 at 10:01 am: Aww….I like the one of the boys! That’s a good pic of them…look at those faces.
5 staciesmadness July 23, 2009 at 11:44 am: very cute!
6 Stefany July 23, 2009 at 12:32 pm: Don’t give up! Editing is tricky but so much fun once you get the hang of it. I think you did a great job for your first time.
.-= Stefany´s last blog ..You Capture: Johnny in b&w =-.
7 Melanie July 24, 2009 at 9:40 pm: You did a great job! I too prefer color versions of my photos most of the time. But I did find black and white worked well for some pictures I took of my daughter playing in the snow over the winter!
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