With a Canon 50D D-SLR, you can easily switch from taking black and white photos to taking color photos with a quick navigation of the menu settings. While the standard black and white setting works well, making your black and white shot pop out more requires a deeper understanding of the camera settings and how filters work in black and white photography. With some subtle changes, you can create stunning images.
Instructions
1. Press the picture style select button (the second from the right under the LCD screen), then rotate the quick command wheel on the back of the camera next to the LCD screen to the right to scroll down to picture style, then select monochrome, and press to set to store the value.
2. Apply the yellow filter to darken overly bright blue skies by pressing the info button from the picture style menu with monochrome selected, then using the quick command dial to select yellow, and pressing set to store the value.
3. Apply the red filter to darken greens by pressing the info button after selecting monochrome, then using the quick command dial to select red and pressing set to store the value.
4. Use the green filter to lighten blues and greens slightly while significantly darkening oranges and reds; this filter can be used to great effect in desert landscape shots.
5. Use the orange filter to darken blues dramatically while lightening landscape colors like orange and red.
Tags: black white, filter darken, picture style, quick command, store value