Contrast in monochrome shots

[chilliz]

I have a Canon EOS 450D and I use Canon DPP for processing and I want to shoot some contrasty black and white shots but I cant get the effect i`m looking for. If I used a red filter on my lens and then added the red filtration effect in DPP, would I get the red filter effect but more so?

 

[AndyB]

Not necessarily in a good way.

If you are shoting digital and in RAW you would be better to do all the work in DPP or PS. In DPP you can go to the RGB tab and work on it there although that's not as effective as playing with the colour chanels in Photoshop if you have it.

 

[chilliz]

Thanks Andy, I will have to get used to messing with DPP sooner or later (unfortunately I don`t have Photoshop). Thanks for the advice.

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

I just searched for 'on-line photo editor's and found this at the top.

pixer.us

 

[chilliz]

Thanks for that, i`ll have a play with it, I have also downloaded Gimp since joining TP so that may be OK too.

 

[The Matt]

I use The GIMP. I can normally get some nice contrast out of black & white pics just be using the sliders on the Levels dialogue. You can also simulate the effect of a red filter (or green, blue or a mixture) by selecting monochrome on the channel mixer dialogue.