{"id":95,"date":"2020-02-17T10:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T10:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/?p=95"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:19:08","slug":"orange-ppe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Orange PPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whilst being fully in favour of anything that makes our working enviroment safer I have to admit orange PPE (Personal Protective Equipment&nbsp;) drives me to despair, its not the fact that it reduces you to a bright orange blob on site but its the tonal qualities of the material used and how they reproduce in black and white (my preferred medium) &#8211; have a look at the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unedited image before conversion to B&amp;W image below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conversion to B&amp;W without adjustments &#8211; reflective strips, skin tones and orange material nearly all match in tonality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-mod-02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-mod-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-mod-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-mod-02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SQ_CL_demo__DSD0778_straight-BW-conv-mod-02.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Final result after nearly an hours work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst being fully in favour of anything that makes our working enviroment safer I have to admit orange PPE (Personal Protective Equipment&nbsp;) drives me to despair, its not the fact that it reduces you to a bright orange blob on site but its the tonal qualities of the material used and how they reproduce in &hellip; 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