Response to Broken (Response #29)

Uploaded 575 Days Ago by Tom - - 10 comments

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King said 575 days ago:

Very nice b/w image (I adore b/w when it's well done). My hunch is that you won't get high ratings for Relevance, but my ratings are counter-balanced with high marks to the right.

How did you shoot and process this? and what decisions did you have to make?

Ana said 575 days ago:

broken AND old. nice.

CraigMartin said 575 days ago:

This doesn't so much say broken to me, but what a fantastic shot. The tones and contrast, particularly in the sky, are just wonderful. High marks.

CraigMartin said 575 days ago:

I echo King - I would love to hear more about the processing.

Tom said 575 days ago:

The processing was quite easy on this. Using Photoshop convert to B&W using whatever method you prefer (there are a ton of them on the web) and then....after the conversion (on a full size image from Canon 5D btw)....To really add punch to the shot I did this.......convert image to LAB mode.....then.....select only the lightness channel....then....unsharp mask 14, 50, 0 (when you do this watch that some highlights don't get blown)...if they do use the history brush to bring them back. Then convert back to RBB and use whatever Dodge & Burn technique you like. I use a custom D&B action I created by following the instructions in book by Photoshop guru Katrine Eismann. It is a non-destructive method. Then re-size the image down for the web. Another trick there is as follows. Take the full size image and bring it down to 1500 x 1000-something and go to filters > sharpen. Hit sharpen once. Then resize down to 900 x whatever or 800 x whatever or 750 x whatever to fit the requirements here.

Best of luck. Any questions....fire away.

SeekingFocus said 574 days ago:

"Using Photoshop convert to B&W using whatever method you prefer..."

Shift + Ctrl + U

Hands down the best!

King said 574 days ago:

Tom: Ask and ye shall receive! Thanks! (Canon 5D--yikes! As if that had nothing to do with the quality of this image).

SeekingFocus: You're easy to please, aren't you?

King said 574 days ago:

@Tom...oh, yeah, congratulations!

Tom said 574 days ago:

Many thanks King.....and many thanks to all.

simpfan742 said 570 days ago:

Beautiful work, Tom! Those whites really pop in this image.

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