Snapseed: Tips on editing black and white photographs

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Here is the second in the series of colourless Agra...I heard some good feedback on the first part of the series so decided to share the Part II sooner rather than later.

I also thought that as I share these images, I should also share how I edited them to give the effect that you see below. It might take away some mystery from these images but I really do believe that knowledge expands only by sharing and learning from each other.

I edited this entire series using Snapseed on my iPhone, but I think it will work with the same effect on any of the other mobile phones as well.

So, here is my secret recipe to get some fantastic black and white shots with mobile photo editing! ;)

Steps to follow:

1. Open the image in Snapspeed & crop (if needed)

2. Convert to Black & White
3. Use 'Drama' and pick either 'Drama 1' or 'Drama 2'
4. Adjust the filter strength (100% is way too dramatic, I prefer something like 30-40% or less)
5. Finally open 'Tune Image' and adjust Contrast to get the desired effect
6. And you will have a stunning shot in black and white :)

And do play around with the settings to get the desired effect, the numbers usually vary for every shot.

The last image below shows the image 'before' (unedited) and 'after' (post-processing with Snapseed) of the first image in the post...

The very pious visitors

The caretaker of the mosque within the Taj complex

At the entrance...

-- -- Siddhartha Joshi