Click on one of the above images and then cycle through them in larger size.

Proceeding with my learning process with B&W, I wanted to learn how my processing would work with Pentax jpegs that had been captured in color.  I therefore went back and revisited some images that I had made during my last walk with the Pentax gear for awhile.

I see no problems with using color jpeg files to make B&W images in Lightroom.  The bigger issue is learning what works in B&W vs. color.  See the bird in the center of the first image above.  It was a quick catch of a bird flying from limb to limb.  I didn’t think I captured the bird after I took the shot at a focal length of 300mm.  Once I downloaded it to my computer I saw that I had captured it.

A problem with B&W is that it makes it harder to identify birds, etc., so I took a look at a closer (cropped) color image of the bird.  I show it below, but I’m still not sure what kind of bird it is, might be in the warbler family.  I’ll have to rely on the birders to identify it.