What do you do when the world hands you grey overcast? I tried Bleach bypass to give this a more "antique" look. Next step might be a texture. Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks...

Ourspolair

I tried Bleach bypass to give this a more "antique" look.
Next step might be a texture.
Comments and critiques welcome.
Thanks for looking!

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mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Ourspolair wrote:

I tried Bleach bypass to give this a more "antique" look.
Next step might be a texture.
Comments and critiques welcome.
Thanks for looking!

Some will suggest sky replacement, but I am not personally a favor of that. I'm looking at the images via my phone and I can't see whether there is any useable sky detail. If there is detail in the sky, and your software is capable of local adjustments and/or luminosity masks you can try lowering the highlights a bit, increasing sharpness / contrast and changing the temperature.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

I think the sepia tint works well with these. The grim sky is part of how it was so it really doesn’t pose a problem for me. Good strong compositions.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

A significant problem for me here in San Diego. I usually go for sky replacement.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Nice recovery of some of the details in the sky. I have recently started messing around with split tone images for those overcast days on the beach where I like to have some sky in the composition, but it's still very flat and featureless. I'm not sure if it would work for these specific compositions, or if that is even a mood you are trying to portray.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Ourspolair wrote:

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Do you allow folks to edit an image from this thread, just in case?

Thanks.

Ourspolair

Rongnongno wrote:

Do you allow folks to edit an image from this thread, just in case?

Thanks.

Absolutely! I here to learn. Fill your boots. I can post the raw files if anyone is interested...

Ourspolair

mwsilvers wrote:

Some will suggest sky replacement, but I am not personally a favor of that. I'm looking at the images via my phone and I can't see whether there is any useable sky detail. If there is detail in the sky, and your software is capable of local adjustments and/or luminosity masks you can try lowering the highlights a bit, increasing sharpness / contrast and changing the temperature.

Thanks for looking and leaving your suggestion. There is some sky detail in the second shot, and probably in the original first one, although I think the third is devoid of sky detail. I will have another look.

Ourspolair

Cwilson341 wrote:

I think the sepia tint works well with these. The grim sky is part of how it was so it really doesn’t pose a problem for me. Good strong compositions.

Thanks for looking in and for the positive reinforcement.

Ourspolair

russelray wrote:

A significant problem for me here in San Diego. I usually go for sky replacement.

Thanks for looking in and for the suggestion.

Ourspolair

johngault007 wrote:

Nice recovery of some of the details in the sky. I have recently started messing around with split tone images for those overcast days on the beach where I like to have some sky in the composition, but it's still very flat and featureless. I'm not sure if it would work for these specific compositions, or if that is even a mood you are trying to portray.

Thanks for the input. I have seen your split tone work, and like it. I thought that I could get an "antique" look by using the bleach bypass method, and I think that it worked for that. The lack of significant sky detail in the third image seems to make it look more like an old sepia image, which is where I stopped.
From the interest this has generated, I shall definitely have my ear to the ground and dive back in to these captures.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Ourspolair wrote:

Thanks for the input. I have seen your split tone work, and like it. I thought that I could get an "antique" look by using the bleach bypass method, and I think that it worked for that. The lack of significant sky detail in the third image seems to make it look more like an old sepia image, which is where I stopped.
From the interest this has generated, I shall definitely have my ear to the ground and dive back in to these captures.

I appreciate that. I'm about to head out for an hour or so on, guess what, an overcast afternoon here in Florida...LOL.

I'll look up the bleach bypass when I get home and give it a go as well because you have piqued my interest on yet another style to try out.

Cheers,
Tony

Ourspolair

johngault007 wrote:

I appreciate that. I'm about to head out for an hour or so on, guess what, an overcast afternoon here in Florida...LOL.

I'll look up the bleach bypass when I get home and give it a go as well because you have piqued my interest on yet another style to try out.

Cheers,
Tony

Good luck. Enjoy!

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Interesting idea George and it worked well with your shots - nice technique!

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Can you post the raw file for the image #2? (or a link to it - The maximal size in MB is about 20mb).