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JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
This shot was taken with my G10 during our walk along Circle Trail. The processing involved playing around with a number of Nik filters. First in Color Efex, I applied the Midnight Filter with the Color and the Brightness pumped way up. Then I added the Tonal Contrast filter. After more playing around, I decided to create a more HDR effect in Photomatix (this was single file tone mapping). Finally I applied an Antique Plate preset in Silver Efex. (Everything probably could have been done in Silver Efex.)
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BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSIONS - Many of us were drawn to photography because of the incredible artistic beauty of black and white photographs. For that reason alone, we often want to convert our photographs to monochrome. In the digital world, there are an amazing number of ways to make these conversions. What I have come to understand is that making good black and white conversions is more complex and more sophisticated than working in color. Others may disagree, but that certainly has been my experience. Almost all of my B&W conversions use Nik's Silver Efex Pro. In my journey, I have come across two terrific resources. One is Vincent Versace's new DVD tutorials, "Return to Oz; Oz to Kansas 2.0." Versace has blown my mind when it comes to B&W conversions. The other resource is Jason Odell's "The Photographer's Guide to Silver Efex Pro."
@Dulcie: Yep on the Circle Tr. mileage.
@Nicholas: Thank you.
@Anina: Thank you.
@Lorraine: Whoa! What a nice comment!
@MJ: I'm working very hard on learning how to do B&W conversions well. I'm finding it harder than color.
@Tracy: Thanks, Tracy.
@Marie-Hélène Ammor: Merci.
@don: Thanks, Don.
@marc battault: Merci, Marc.
@khadi: Thank you very much.
@Toni: I also work first in color to get it the way that I would like it in color; then I do my conversion.
@Barbara: Thanks, Barb. B&W is a primary focus of my learning these days.