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Posted on 04/02/14 8:35:13 PM |
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Claudio_F.
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Black and white
Hi, first post in this section... Much interested in study/doing B&W photos, I will love to receive feedbacks/advices from more experienced members... This is a shoot of Livorno, Tuscany, the city were i live... Any comments apprecited...  _________________ "Sometimes I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, is that none of it has tried to contact us." -- Calvin and Hobbes |
Posted on 07/02/14 7:58:37 PM |
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salfordnurse
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Re: Black and white
Beautiful image!!! was this blackened white processed in camera or in photoshop/lightroom etc? either way its beautiful |
Posted on 08/02/14 10:00:33 AM |
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Claudio_F.
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Re: Black and white
Hi salfordnurse, tks for feedback and for the kind words... This was blackened and retouched in photohsop and lightroom I'm attaching the original photo so you can see the before/after... Regards, Claudio  _________________ "I'm curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -- Alex Trebek |
Posted on 08/02/14 12:28:22 PM |
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salfordnurse
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Re: Black and white
Black and white looks so beautiful. Love the added clarity and contrast in the sky. Lightroom is an amazing tool for photography, I tend to use it more on my straight photography, now. Have you ever tried any of the Nik software like silver effects pro, recently downloaded it and must say I'm very impressed, and it integrates well with both photoshop and light room |
Posted on 08/02/14 3:33:59 PM |
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Claudio_F.
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Re: Black and white
Yep - black and white images are beautiful - really an art. Yes, I have tryed/studied Nik Silver effects pro and Topaz BW effects. Both are great plugins... Silver effects pro offer great presets, Topaz BW - somehow - give a bit more control... But I have dropped both plugins. My idea was to use those plugins to try to have some good starting point, but I have completly dropped both: the results they offer simply can't be compared to personal/by hand retouching... 
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