Me, Myself & Irene

Very cute.

Hi Maria, Hi Irene! Sweet!

;o) Excellente !

Beautiful work!

very nice

Adorable compo!

Adorable*****

HELLO !!!
TO TWO BEAUTIFUL LAIDIES !

Thank you all for your attention and comments!

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What a nice trio.

Have I asked you before? What tools do you use to get your images to be black & white? I'm assuming these are digital images - if they're film, then I know that answer. But if digital, do you change to black and white in Lightroom, or similar program, or do you use a black and white setting in your camera?

I ask because I struggle with changing my digital images to black and white. It seems hard to get the right contrast and range of grays that I want. Yours are done so well so I thought I'd ask you.

I usually shoot in digital camera color - it's more difficult to make color from black and white.

I use the FastStone Image photo processing program. There is an item called "Illumination correction", and at the bottom left you can control such moments as shadows/light/contrast/saturation.

I remove the color using the saturation parameter, add a little contrast, and play a little with light and shadows. It's all. I don't have the patience to "enhance" photos with software. I try to shoot in such a way as to make minimal adjustments.