What kind of PRO TECHNIQUE is this?

[jack_lord1]

<p>Hi everyone,<br /> i'd like to know some info on what kind of post-production or settings are involved in creating this kind of light intensity and colors. Is it just heavy PP in photoshop or other? Please help i'm going mad about it ;)<br /> They're from this year World Press Photo winner Davvide Monteleone by the way.<br /> Thanks very much!<br /><B>MODERATOR: PHOTOS REMOVED. PER THE PHOTO.NET TERMS OF USE, DO NOT POST PHOTOS THAT ARE NOT YOURS. POSTERS NEED TO RESPECT COPYRIGHT AND THE TOU.</b>

[leicaglow]

<p>Jack, there are a lot of ways to accomplish this. The easiest is to desaturate the image in PhotoShop, then shift the color slightly to cyan, green, or magenta, bringing the saturation up. Here's a shot I grabbed with the first portrait at the normal levels, and the second one where the saturation was reduced 50 points, and a slight amount of Magenta and Green added back in.</p><div></div>

[jack_lord1]

<p>Ehi thanx Michael, that's a close one! ;)<br /> In fact it looks really similar! What other methods are there? I ask because i'm fairly rookie on pp colors processing.<br /> Do you think it's all about color levels? Look at this last one<br /> <a href="http://www.davidemonteleone.com/album11/images/Abkhazia_Indipendent_005.jpg">http://www.davidemonteleone.com/album11/images/Abkhazia_Indipendent_005.jpg</a><br /> I post a direct link for non infringing copyright ;) <br /> Thanks very much, great picture!</p>

[steve_swinehart]

<p>Digital Film Tools had a bleach bypass effect that does exactly what you want. The 55mm filter tool set software was purchased from Digital Film Tools by Tiffen Corporation and the bleach bypass effect is part of their Dfx-V2 filter suite.</p>

<p>website is here: <a href="http://www.tiffen.com/dfx_v2_home.html">http://www.tiffen.com/dfx_v2_home.html</a></p>

[jack_lord1]

<p>Thanks Steve! I've tried the Tiffen filter before. It looks like the right path fot it. I just have to get over my belief that pp filters are like cheating :) So PRO photographers use them too! ;)<br>

Thanks very much!</p>