This is a companion post to the previous post about a 1957 Chevy Bel Air I saw sitting by its lonesome in the parking lot of the Cornerstone Church (one of them make-the-pastor-rich mega-churches).
I mentioned I partially channeled oneowner, but these versions are in monochrome, so it’s even less of a partial channeling.
These are the same images as the color versions, only quickly converted to monochrome. If you want to just see the slideshow of all the images, then go to the bottom of the post. Otherwise, keep going.
I mentioned a quick conversion to monochrome. Lightroom has several presets for B&W images, and I chose which ever struck my fancy for each image.
Just as in the color version, I thought I had parked my car far enough from the Chevy to avoid the sort of thing like in this next photo.
So, again, I went back to Photoshop to fix my parking mistake. While at it, I also removed the annoying sign in front of the car.
Yes, these are the same — and the same number — as the color versions.
Unlike many classic cars I’ve seen, the interior was in pretty good shape, even in monochrome. Maybe even better . . .
Anyway, a few more detail shots, and we’ll call it done . . .
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All of these converted well to B&W. I haven’t tried any of the B&W presets that came with LR in a very long time. I like the idea of presets and I usually make my own but I should try some of the Adobe ones. Also, your PS removal of the car looks very nice. I’m way behind on using any of the new tools that are included with PS. I should work on that.
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Just to be clear, there are two ways to get B&W one-click conversions in Lightroom.
One is with the presets on the left side of the Develop module. That’s also where your saved presets show up. However, those presets seem more artistic than I’m often interested in, specialized for certain looks.
These were done using the menu on the right side. You probably already know the following, so this will seem condescending, but others might not, so hence the detailed instructions.
When you click on the B&W button . . .
. . . you get a standard B&W conversion . . .
. . . and if you click on the arrows sub-menu . . .
. . . you get a drop-down menu with the option to browse all the presets . . .
. . . and if you click on the “browse”, you get to choose from a bunch of presets . . .
I’m only showing the B&W ones (there are a bunch of color ones as well).
I call these presets, but unlike the presets on the left side menu, these don’t affect the sliders in the Basic panel. Which means they act more like camera modes which you can then further modify using the usual range of adjustments.
Again, this is pretty basic and I don’t mean to imply you don’t know about these, but I never pass up a chance to potentially instruct a new user about features they might not be familiar with.
Anyway, thanks for the comment, and sorry if you found this boring.
As for the Photoshop AI replacement fill, you can add another item to your Winter Projects . . . although, if you wait long enough, at the rate that they are progressing, they will have the process so automated that you won’t be required to do much beyond ask the program to remove stuff by pointing to it (nearly there as it is).
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Whether full-color or monochrome, this beauty really knows how to shine! 🙂
Fabulous photos!
Wonder if the owner would take us for a ride?
(((HUGS)))
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Thank you, Carolyn.
As for a ride, given where the car was parked, I suspect the owner is in the process of being taken for a ride, and I’m fairly confident I don’t want to join him.
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The monochrome versions take one’s attention off the color and puts it on the many interesting details. Shiny!
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That is why I often like monochrome; it helps focus on the subject as opposed to the colors.
Thanks, AnnMarie.
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