![]() By default, this selected the outer areas to adjust. In this step I selected the Radial Filter tool (Shift+M) and added a new Radial Filter adjustment on top of the tractor. To explore other possibilities, I clicked on the Profile Browser button in the Basic panel to review all the other B&W profile options, including the B&W 09 profile I selected here. These combined adjustments made the tractor stand out more.Ĭlicking on the Black & White tab in the Basic panel applied a basic monochrome profile conversion. ![]() I also dragged the Clarity slider to the right to add more midtone contrast. Here, I increased the Texture slider amount to add more micro contrast detail to the beach pebbles. Next, I went to the Presence section below. I darkened the Exposure slightly, but at the same time I dragged the Shadows slider to the right to lighten the darker tones. I then opened the Basic panel in the Lightroom Develop module and adjusted the Tone sliders to improve the brightness and contrast. In doing so I applied the ‘rule of thirds’, where the horizon line lay on the bottom third dividing line. To start with I selected the Lightroom Crop Overlay tool (R) and applied a cinematic crop to the photograph. Martin’s conversion Step-by-step: Martin’s mono conversion in Lightroom I therefore used the Profile Browser in Lightroom to select a suitable black & white profile, where I then modified the intensity to achieve the desired black & white conversion. Paul was keen to see how the photograph would look in black & white. My response was to apply a cinematic crop to the photograph to focus more on the tractor, and to use a localised filter adjustment to make the tractor stand out more. ![]() Although the colours of the tractor stood out, I struggled with the composition.Įventually I settled on shooting wideangle using a low-down viewpoint so as to use the track imprints as lead-in lines to the main subject and to remove other distractions from the composition.” How to convert images to black and white in Lightroom – Martin’s technique ‘The sea-weathered rusty tractor in this scene, used to haul fishing boats, caught my eye due to its character and the bright colours against the deep blue sky. ![]() This photograph was taken on Weybourne Beach, Norfolk. ![]()
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