Grayscale? Duotone?

[damonff]

Here are a few I worked on today...

A typical Shanghai street scene.
http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/3228972-L.jpg

A man tries to escape my lens!!
http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/3228965-L.jpg

Street crossing man.
http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/3228973-L.jpg

[Shakey]

Cool shots.
I made a dutone today as well. It is one of many attempts for a challenge called "wheels."
I call this one Exploring Your Inner Wheel . (man I am lame ) LOL


http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/3229797-L.jpg
Shanghai looks great through your lens .


Tim

[damonff]

I like it Tim. What colors are in your duotone?

Cool shots.
I made a dutone today as well. It is one of many attempts for a challenge called "wheels."
I call this one Exploring Your Inner Wheel . (man I am lame ) LOL


http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/3229797-L.jpg
Shanghai looks great through your lens .


Tim

[fish]

What is a duotone and how do you make one?

[AltPro]

What is a duotone and how do you make one?


Fish:
This is a TriTone Image, Originally done as a Tri-color GUM Print-the OLD way.
But in order to use it on the internet, and print it on my printer, I converted and scanned the negative so that I could make it a TriTone. It looks better on my website:
http://throughthelensltd.smugmug.com

Now on to DuoTones/TriTones
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/duotone.shtml
The address above should help you understand what "Duotone /tritone/quadtone print are. But in simple language, this print process came from the "graphic arts" domain, and since most of us have come to realize that printers do not do a very good job on B&W printing, we have found another way around it. By taking tonal readings from the print, you can then take the "grayscale" image, and select other colors from the spectrum that will allow for the gradient scale and tonal range you desire.

To achieve this in Photoshop, take a color photo (make sure you have saved the original)
go to image
mode
select
grayscale
discard color
GO BACK TO IMAGE
Select DuoTone/TriTone/Quadtone
Click on the color blocks and begin to play

Keep in mind this is VERY basic... But the more detailed process is describe in the link, above.
Hope this helps a bit

[AltPro]

What is a duotone and how do you make one?

Fish:

Here is the same image, as grayscale. I bumped the ontrast a bit so that it would have a bit of oompf...
I will try and do it again, sending it as a duotone...

[AltPro]

What is a duotone and how do you make one?
Finally... Here is the same image done as a DuoTone, in two shades of Brown.

Hope I haven't gone on too much.
ginette

[lynnma]

Here are a few I worked on today...

Nice work Damon,

I always look forward to seeing other worlds. I've been playing with Duotone... fun fun.

Lynn:thumb

[lynnma]

Finally... Here is the same image done as a DuoTone, in two shades of Brown.

Hope I haven't gone on too much.
ginettenooo, we are a group of people who love excess.. you can never "go on" too much:D I like the duotone.