Three Candid Shots...

[Korky]

Inspired by Martyn's recent offerings, I thought I'd have a dabble with mono.

 

Korky

 

Havin' a Natter

 

The Chef

 

Just Leaving

[JHFoto]

Three excellent shots, well done.......

[Martyn]

Fantastic Korky! There is a lustrous shine to these; an almost velvety luminosity that I love. Is that down to the software you use or am I missing a trick here?

[JHFoto]

Yes I would like to know what PP software was used too........

[Korky]

JH / Martyn

 

These have been processed as in the street photography tutorial that was posted by Fooj a few days ago. The only difference being that I used Adobe Camera Raw to do the preliminary work rather than Lightroom. I opened up the shadows, closed down the highlights, twiddled the blacks & whites and then did the mono stuff in Nik Silver Efex.

 

To be honest, the images looked bloody awful in ACR, but all started to come together when I plonked 'em into Siver Efex.

 

Korky

 

[Denis]

Ouch, just looked up the price of that piece of software, although it looks really good I'm afraid I would have to sell a kidney !

[Graham]

Love the quality of these shots, getting so close to a contrasty silver paper. Although requiring a lot of work, I doubt any of the specialised software does anything that Photoshop cannot do. The trick is learning how to do it and having the time and patience to do so. However, when I see shots like these, it really makes me want to learn.

[JHFoto]

I also cannot afford Nik Efex...............

[Korky]

I'm sure there are alternatives to the Nik plugins. If you're a Mac user there's a very capable piece of software called Tonality - the standalone version is £13.99 at the App Store, but the version that runs as a plugin is £42.00. A 30 day trial is available.

 

Thanks for the positive comments, btw.

 

Macphun Tonality

 

Korky

[ChrisLumix]

I like these, but #3 is far and away my favourite. While I do like the composition in #1, it's a bit too aggressively processed for my taste. i hope Korky will forgive my quick twiddle with it (of course, everyone will hate it)...

 

 

The slight crop on the right, means I had to get rid of the border sadly

[Korky]

Chris - There isn't anything I post on TIPF that's precious, so twiddle away - it all makes for a more interesting forum.

 

I wouldn't have said the processing is over aggressive, but I do like what you've done to the image - those warm tones are lovely. I prefer the crop that includes the lock and bolt, though.

 

Korky

[ChrisLumix]

Chris - There isn't anything I post on TIPF that's precious, so twiddle away - it all makes for a more interesting forum.

 

I wouldn't have said the processing is over aggressive, but I do like what you've done to the image - those warm tones are lovely. I prefer the crop that includes the lock and bolt, though.

 

Korky

 

Thanks Yes, I'd normally prefer to include a lock and bolt too, but on this occasion I thought it took the eye away from those two wonderful chatters?

[kev7d]

Nice set Korky.

I was lucky with the NIK software. I had one piece of the software and received an email some while ago offering the whole NIK plugin set at a big discount. I have the lot. :)