That's what I was hoping for, Don. There's a pretty subtle point where the contrast suddenly becomes too much, too obvious, and after I've been staring at an image for a while it's easy to miss seeing that I went over the line. As it is, I wanted to go back and turn it down a notch, but the Nik software unfortunately doesn't save the image state -- if you want to re-edit, it's generally a complete re-do.
Thanks very much! On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Don Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it works just fine. The subject is not bright saturated colors so > the B&W treatment of the background just helps the subject standout without > screaming PROCESSED! Oh and cool portrait! > > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> >> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:58:14 -0400 >> From: Bruce Walker<bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >> To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List<PDML@pdml.net> >> Subject: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues >> Message-ID: >> <CAJUU0CfD+92EjyaE1JWc7E_8-fZjLJm7t3-=bvwzbzz8mje...@mail.gmail.com> >> >> [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] >> >> Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, >> Toronto. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ >> >> I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro >> 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to >> a contrasty and gritty B&W, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then >> brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on >> its transparency mask. >> >> Hope you don't mind it. >> >> K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 >> Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
