Some Pics from Scotland

[Dr. Z]

Originally Posted by petemc

If you shoot RAW you can rescue it by reducing the exposure or using the recovery slider in adobe camera raw. Also, desaturating to create a black and white is about the worst way of doing it. Black and white is as much an art as colour. Its a combination of altering various colour channels to create a look.

I know that, and I know that you know that I know that. I just couldn't figure out how to do that in the GIMP, so it was only an EXTREMELY quick blast.

Had I had photoshop to hand, the results would have been in much the same direction as yours.