Wow Margaret, this is gorgeous!!!! As I only started with B&W, I didn't even think of trying to inverse the colours...thanks so much for that...it is great!!! And I have to admit that I'm struggling a lot in CS2, but things have a way of sorting themselves out. By the way, I like your 1st try too and thanks so much for these alternatives!! Regards, Mireille
Here is the second try, also try turning it upside down, wow so different isn't it fun to have such a good image to play with well spotted and taken Margaret
Mireille I like the curves and the tones in the curves/ especially in the lower part where the dark brings out the lining. I am not sure I think it is the white that draws the eye from the great eye catching composition. I tried a couple of experiments to see how different it made it look. One just cropping and toning down the exposure a tiny bit , and the other using invert and then playing a little with curves, see what you think. It is really good to experiment and I find BW quite hard to get to what I think is good, so I am not a very good judge of BW shots Margaret
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