Sillustani (reworking)

This is a reworking of an old image.

 

Thank you for any feedback.

 

Rob

Beautiful b/w work...

Regards! CL

Absolutely stunning bit of work. Can I ask, what reworking did you do? It would help learners like me if you could please detail your technique and upload the pre- and post-reworked images. Thanks.

Thank you all for your kind comments.

 

Hello Samrat,

 

The processing on this was quite simple to be honest. I am certainly no expert.

I processed this using Photoshop 7.

This is basically what I did:-

 

1. Channel Mixer - I used the channel mixer to convert it to B&W. I pushed the green channel to 90, pulled red to 45 and blue to -42. It was just a case of playing around with it until I found a result I liked.

 

2. Brightness and contrast - I upped the brightness to 3 and contrast to 4.

 

3. I applied a platinum toning using the 'Denny Wagner Platnum' tone that can be easily downloaded from the webby.

Here's where I got it from:-

http://www.butzi.net/articles/toning.htm

 

4. Finally, I sharpened it a little.

 

So, it was really quite a simple job. Whilst I am pleased with the results, check out ChrisH(Socalif)'s page here for real expertise when it comes to B&W conversions!

 

All the very best,

 

Rob

 

PS. Here is the original image as well. I think it actually looked quite nice without any processing.

A gorgeous b/w rework..what a beautiful scene and viewpoint....Regards

That was very nice of you to explain things in such detail. I think part of he reason that the b/w conversion worked so well was that the original photo was well taken. Of course, the b/w conversion gives the photo more character.

 

I will take your advice and visit Chris's photos. regards.

A so good bw,I like grey tones here,very good light that you manage so well,all my best Radu.

Great shot. Very dramatic in B &W. Well done.