James C.

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Here is James and his PawPaw. Now lets make this an even more memorable moment. Black & White images produce a nice dramatic effect...when done properly. Most people like to click on Image/Adjustment/Desaturate. hmmmm NO. That just rips all the color out and I do mean rips. You degrade the color subtleties. When you properly shift an image to B&W the different colors are represented by shades of gray. You should be able to look at a B&W and guestimate what the color was by the briliancy of the gray. Sounds weird but by playing with the balances you really see the difference.

By adjusting the colors properly you get the background in the "warm" gray. And since we started with a Duplicate of the original pix, we can copy the copy and soften the color of our subject.

The result..

James and his PawPay sharing a precious moment.