Sepia Toning
Aug 15, 2018 04:10:59 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
srt101fan wrote:
In black & white film photography, chemical se... (show quote)
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Here is an 'Oldie' that I captured in the UK. Gave it the modern (digital) Sepia treatment, which made it stand-out even more, from the modern cars.
I waited a while, thinking Laurel & Hardy, or the 'Beverley Hill-Billies' would appear, and climb on board...………...Nobody showed-up, or I would have had a REAL SCOOP!!
Aug 15, 2018 06:01:05 #
I do it about 5% of the time because as has been said, some subjects lend themselves more to this sort of thing than others. I also Selenium tone sometimes but not often.
I do it the old fashioned way...it's more fun that moving sliders.
I do it the old fashioned way...it's more fun that moving sliders.
Aug 15, 2018 06:47:58 #
Back in the day I spent a fair amount of time sepia toning copies of old photos to give me a useable print to start the restoration process. The worst of prints I copied and sepia toned to give me a more workable print. It is part of the past now just like my old darkroom. I hardly ever tone digital prints now days.
Aug 15, 2018 06:53:38 #
BHC wrote:
After surviving the "jfantasma" fiasco of four years ago, an innocent download onto someone's computer is no worries ... All copies and adjustments have been deleted.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-181016-1.html
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Aug 15, 2018 08:02:06 #
SuperFly48
Loc: NE ILLINOIS
Interesting thread about sepia. I have achieved a kind of sepia tone with Lightroom by taking a black & white image and changing its temperature, warming it up as you will? I also found out just the other day that in the menu options in my D850, under monochrome, there is a sepia option and it works!
Aug 15, 2018 12:10:03 #
Ron Dial
Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador
These days, there are many different tones you can use to "treat" a photo for special effects. In Photoshop, you can change the Mode to Duotone or even use a tritone and add different Pantone pastels to create a great looking soft portrait. Experiment and be sure to write down your "formula" because there are thousands of Pantone shades, and once you have an effect you like, you want to be able to replicate it. Using this methodology will render way more options than using a plug-in.
Aug 15, 2018 12:34:48 #
I love to use sepia toning - quite sparingly, wholly dependant on the subject, and almost always to create a mood. And I don't think sepia has to be an all-or-nothing proposition. A bit of sepia toning with muted colors can create, IMHO, a nice emotional image.
Aug 15, 2018 12:58:17 #
I was on the Columbia Gorge while it was raining and dismal. The colors were dank and drab. I felt sepia was the only way to save the shots.
Aug 15, 2018 16:17:38 #
I personally like converting to B&W then adding "sepia" to most all my images of items and places of "Before Color" AKA antique/historical. I use Photoshop actions for the sepia tone. Not as good as some peopleget but I'm happy with it.
Harvey
Harvey
srt101fan wrote:
In black & white film photography, chemical se... (show quote)
Aug 15, 2018 16:57:18 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
After surviving the "jfantasma" fiasco of four years ago, an innocent download onto someone's computer is no worries
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-181016-1.html
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https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-181016-1.html
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I remember that. I only did the experiment for comparison. I occasionally do this to satisfy my own curiosity, often without the copyright holders permission, but I always delete all traces of my tests. I occasionally see a posted edit or an alteration of a posted image. Doing so without permission violates the forum rules and is extremely rude. On the other hand, blanket permission to alter an image opens the flood gates. To carry it a step (several steps?) forward, such as was done to you, is a crime and the banning of the culprit should have been just the beginning of his (it's?) problems. Did you get all the pictures taken down? Are you aware of the problems faced by another member who used her daughter's picture as an avatar, the problems she encountered and the reason she left the forum?
Aug 15, 2018 18:02:01 #
This is digital sepia toned image from B&W film.
Aug 15, 2018 18:22:49 #
Aug 15, 2018 18:31:06 #
srt101fan wrote:
In black & white film photography, chemical se... (show quote)
Randomly use sepia is not good but if it enhances the subject it works. I did a portrait of a young woman in 1890's clothes and the B&W was ok, the color was actually better but the sepia fit the look.
So it is the artistic endeavour and not just randomly applying it in an arbitrary manner. Just like designing a well designed building nothing is arbitrary but has a purpose and works as a whole. Contractors fail miserably at designing homes etc. for this very reason that they arbitrarily place elements etc. on the building because it is a fad rather than using them correctly to make a logical and beautiful whole.
Aug 15, 2018 19:47:31 #
Aug 16, 2018 02:30:54 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
DaveC1 wrote:
This is digital sepia toned image from B&W film.
Well, I can see a pink sky with a mono landscape!!.(?)
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