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Post by hmca on Jan 31, 2018 20:31:25 GMT
Posting one day early due to traveling..... We are going to try something different for this month’s challenge. I am sharing a dropbox link to an image that I took earlier this month. It was a dreary overcast day typical for our weather in January. You are invited to edit this image to your liking. For my edit, I chose to do some healing and cloning of the building and its surrounds. If you look at the original you will see bright patch jobs on the exterior of the building. I also added a slight texture to the sky. Black and white conversion was done using NIK Silver Efex. I chose a high key preset but then adjusted the sliders to my liking. I don’t usually add a frame to an image but I liked the way it finished off this picture. Feel free to edit this image using any of the tools/plug-ins that you want but please remember to share what you did. u.cubeupload.com/HMCA/AsburyBlackandWhite.jpg |
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Post by fotofrank on Jan 31, 2018 23:53:28 GMT
Cropped Image Replaced Sky ON1 Raw Repaired Building Finished in Luminar, and Tonality Pro  |
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Post by hmca on Feb 1, 2018 0:10:56 GMT
That looks terrific, fotofrank ! Perfect sky and great replacement! Is tonality pro a tool for B/W conversion? Yes....just googled it. Do you also have Silver EFex? Wondering how it compares.....in your opinion? |
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Post by fotofrank on Feb 1, 2018 3:02:15 GMT
They both do a great job and I have a number of custom recipes for NIK and Tonality comes with 100+ presets and each is adjustable. The both have local and global adjustments.
in addition, Tonality has Layers, limited blend modes, masking and opacity of the effect(s).
I do have my favorites recipes and presets in each, however, I would say that I use Skylum products more. They where originally written for MAC and some have been migrated to PC.
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Post by PeteB on Feb 1, 2018 5:00:07 GMT
Frank...great sky  I used ACR+Nik Filters+ Neat Image Converted with the B&W layer through Elements+. Used the Harsh Contrast preset. Cropped to a 1.618 x 1 ratio.  |
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Post by michelb on Feb 1, 2018 8:30:06 GMT
Simplicity. All done in the ACR version of PSE2018.  |
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Post by hmca on Feb 2, 2018 2:26:23 GMT
fotofrank......thanks for the info about tonality. The ability to use layers seems like it would be very convenient. I sometimes go back and forth between NIK and PS when editing....I see the ability to use layers as a very nice feature. PeteB......I am sure the info about being able to use Elements+ for a conversion will be of interest to our members. It seems that there are quite a few members that have added Elements + to their version of PE. I tend to forget about cropping to a particular ratio. That can make it very expensive if you end up wanting to frame a print. michelb.....thanks for joining this challenge and pointing out what can be achieved without ever leaving Camera RAW.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 18:57:41 GMT
Thank you Helen for a great challenge! I straightened the photo a little and did some cloning on the lake before using LR CC to convert it. I applied some grain and a vignette to complete the old photo look.  |
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Post by PeteB on Feb 3, 2018 19:52:25 GMT
PeteB ...... ... I tend to forget about cropping to a particular ratio. That can make it very expensive if you end up wanting to frame a print. Hi Helen My choice of the photo ratio was not based on printing the image. I chose that ratio for cropping because of the placement of the subject within the newly cropped frame. It just happened that when I tried that ratio and crop, it worked … I could have easily gone with a 3x2 crop and the look would have been similar. I might add that the 1.618 x 1 ratio creates a golden rectangle. Instead of using the Rule of Thirds for subject placement, many times I will try the golden ratio .. as was the case for your image |
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Post by hmca on Feb 3, 2018 20:34:05 GMT
@storkington , sepia was a good choice for this historic structure that has sadly deteriorated. If you are interested you can read more about it here. It is the second building mentioned in the article. PeteB .....thanks for clarifying what prompted your cropping choice. |
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Post by fotofrank on Feb 5, 2018 7:50:36 GMT
Processed is Photoshop CC ACR - removed dust spot. Repaired Building in Photoshop Finished in NIK Silver Effect Pro - custom recipe  Helen - Thanks for taking the time to do these. |
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Post by hmca on Feb 5, 2018 23:50:25 GMT
Glad to see you took another stab at this, Frank.
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Post by hmca on Feb 15, 2018 19:37:52 GMT
Thought I'd add another image to this challenge. I was experimenting with a 10-stop ND filter. While I liked the effect on the water, I wasn't happy with the sky. This is a merged image using a regular exposure for the sky and a long exposure effect for the water. Here is a link for the merged tif. file. linkFor my edit, I used Silver Efex with the under-exposed preset, adjusting the sliders. i.cubeupload.com/rLYYD0.jpg |
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Post by fotofrank on Feb 17, 2018 22:23:04 GMT
Got it - here is my take on the conversion to B&W. Started with Luminar ended in Silver Efex Pro using a custom preset. Cropped and cleaned up a few spots  |
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Post by hmca on Feb 18, 2018 0:07:29 GMT
Nice job, fotofrank. I like the detail you brought out in the rocks and sand in the foreground. |
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