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Anonymous
Something that I took at an old abandoned house, enjoy.
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Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D40Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/4.0Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern814Focal Length (35mm Equiv)42 mmImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2007:07:25 08:42:43Exposure Time1/125 secF-Numberf/8.0Exposure ProgramNot DefinedISO Speed Rating200Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length28.00 mmColor Space InformationUncalibratedImage Width3008Image Height2000RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlNoneContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown
>> Anonymous
Epic
>> Anonymous
Can you PLEASE resize this down? Dear god. Also I think you should've kept the color in this one.
>> Anonymous
>>66045
Dumbass, there never was any color.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>66047
Nikon D40 has a color sensor. There was color, even if the OP threw it away when he made the picture.
>> Anonymous
>>66054
argument to shoot RAW, ne?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>66353
Or at least to shoot color JPEG and desaturate in post.
>> Anonymous
>>66374

Usually desaturating is the worst way to make a BW picture.
>> Anonymous
>>66045

Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area = MONOchromatic n00b
>> Phesarnion
>>66421
You, sir, are an unmitigated fuckwit

>>66417
It is usually better to convert from colour into b+W in post. Although you are correct, simply desaturating the image does not give anything akin to a "classic" black and white image, due to the lower red sensitivity of normal B+W film emulsions.

My method is RAW->8 bit TIFF, then use the channel mixer in Photoshop with the monochrome box ticked to achieve the basic look you desire. Finally play around with the levels tool for the amount of contrast you want.