Black and White Images

I've been playing lately with a new program to make very cool black and white pictures. Actually, calling them black and white doesn't do them nearly enough justice. It creates a very natural looking picture, emulating several old black and white films. I've never really shot with film, so it's been a learning process for me to see what these old films are like. Here, take a look at some of the pictures that I've been able to make and see what you think.

Don't you just love how the edited version of this picture has a rustic feel to it? It has quite a bit of photo grain so characteristic of film as well as a split tone sepia effect.


Or, you can just do a high contrast black and white version.


Or you can tint it blue, like this.



Here are a few sepia options.



Here's a split view of before and after sepia conversion.



This one is has a copper tint to it.


Here's one of my favorites. This split tone is both silver and blue, with a yellowish paper effect. Very cool.