Two versions done two different ways
Nov 5, 2022 10:10:45 #
mindzye wrote:
Yeah, I'm with you on the sky thing. One item I've... (show quote)
So true! I tried doing a neutral density filter in LR, and that didn't work. I tried masking it in LR. That didn't work either.
Nov 5, 2022 11:59:56 #
StevenG
Loc: Long Island, NY
AzPicLady wrote:
I maybe should post this in the Post Processing section, but I'll put it here. I shot this in colour, but thought at the time it would make a really nice B&W. My automatic thing to do was to do it in LR. So I simply clicked on the B&W button in LR, then did a tiny bit of tweaking. Then, someone reminded me of Silver Eflex, so I tried doing it in that program. I'm curious which one y'all think is better (without my telling you which is which). I sure have a favorite.
I prefer the second. It really pops!
Nov 5, 2022 13:35:39 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I maybe should post this in the Post Processing section, but I'll put it here. I shot this in colour, but thought at the time it would make a really nice B&W. My automatic thing to do was to do it in LR. So I simply clicked on the B&W button in LR, then did a tiny bit of tweaking. Then, someone reminded me of Silver Eflex, so I tried doing it in that program. I'm curious which one y'all think is better (without my telling you which is which). I sure have a favorite.
Nov 5, 2022 14:05:06 #
AzPicLady wrote:
And you would be so right. Frankly, I've been playing in Topaz so much, I forgot all about having Nik. So I did the first one in LR and the second in Silver Efex. I like the bottom of the second and the top of the first! So now what to do?
That is the question, isn’t it?
Nov 5, 2022 14:46:07 #
StevenG wrote:
I prefer the second. It really pops!
Thanks, Steven. That's sort of where I'm leaning.
Nov 5, 2022 14:46:25 #
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Nov 6, 2022 00:21:29 #
After a lot of back and forth I think I'll go with No. 2. Not going to try to say why, I just like it better 
Nov 6, 2022 08:49:05 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
After a lot of back and forth I think I'll go with No. 2. Not going to try to say why, I just like it better
Thanks. I agree with you - except for the sky. Don't know why Silver Efex made it so dark and dramatic. And I don't know what to do about it.
Nov 6, 2022 13:24:40 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Thanks. I agree with you - except for the sky. Don't know why Silver Efex made it so dark and dramatic. And I don't know what to do about it.
It depends a lot on what preset you start with. Here as a good tutorial from Anthony Morganti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIoP5NAQqoA that should help you out. He has a lot of good tutorials about various editing programs, the site is well worth checking out.
Nov 6, 2022 17:11:09 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
It depends a lot on what preset you start with. Here as a good tutorial from Anthony Morganti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIoP5NAQqoA that should help you out. He has a lot of good tutorials about various editing programs, the site is well worth checking out.
Will do. Thanks!
Nov 17, 2022 14:47:43 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I maybe should post this in the Post Processing section, but I'll put it here. I shot this in colour, but thought at the time it would make a really nice B&W. My automatic thing to do was to do it in LR. So I simply clicked on the B&W button in LR, then did a tiny bit of tweaking. Then, someone reminded me of Silver Eflex, so I tried doing it in that program. I'm curious which one y'all think is better (without my telling you which is which). I sure have a favorite.
I like the second better as I like the contrast better. But I am looking at this on my cell phone and I really should look at them on a bigger screen.
Nov 17, 2022 15:38:53 #
JimH123 wrote:
I like the second better as I like the contrast better. But I am looking at this on my cell phone and I really should look at them on a bigger screen.
I agree with you - except for the sky. Thanks for looking.
Nov 17, 2022 16:29:51 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I agree with you - except for the sky. Thanks for looking.
I'm used to doing IR images where the is very dark, so I am not bothered by the darkness of the sky.
Nov 17, 2022 17:15:50 #
JimH123 wrote:
I'm used to doing IR images where the is very dark, so I am not bothered by the darkness of the sky.
Thanks. IR does cause the sky to go pretty dark.
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