Exercise mat - evolution!

Yesterday, a photo on Ashish's blog shot in B&w on the camera inspired some reading on the Net, and some experiments this morning. It seems that professional photographers always advocate shooting in color, and adjusting in Photoshop (or equivalent) for greyscale photos. I have generally thought that adjusting in Photoshop is manipulation. Not so, say the pros. Seems that even the exposure compensation or using different aperture is manipulation. And b & w is defintely manipulation, after all nothing exists in b & w in the real world! So here I go manipulating!

Mat - as is. Shot in color.




Below, mat converted to simple greyscale. This is probably what you will get if you shoot in greyscale in the camera too.



Below, mat fixed in Photoshop Channel mixer. I think I pushed up the Green channel to get this effect. I like it better this way.