I have used (SPP - TIF - DarkTable) from time to time.
It has a bit of a learning curve, however it is free.
And I have liked some of the BW's it has produced, Other wise I mainly use Lightroom.
galenapass wrote:
I find that Silver Efex in CS6 works best for me.
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intimistic wrote:
I have used (SPP - TIF - DarkTable) from time to time.
It has a bit of a learning curve, however it is free.
And I have liked some of the BW's it has produced, Other wise I mainly use Lightroom.
Thanks for the comments. I will take a look at these. I typically use SPPcolor - tif - Lightroom for my conversions. Although I like the overall look of the monochrome conversions in SPP it seems to lose detail compared to the color output. Anyone else notice this?
edwinIII wrote:
@brendans.......Great images and really enjoyed reading your blog. Are your monochrome conversions in SPP or Lightroom? I had trouble coming up with a good workflow with the Merrill files. The monochrome conversion in SPP appears to smooth over the details and the image loses something.
Edwin
Thanks Edwin. Probably 80% of the time I convert in LR from a color tif from SPP. As long as you have the noise reduction all the way off, I don't feel like you lose any details in monochrome. You do get a pretty flat conversion, so there's lots of room for curve adjustments. For most photos exposure, curves and blacks/whites gets me where I want. I love the Merrill monochrome conversions quite a bit more than anything (digital) that I've used.
dpap1978 wrote:
Great photos Julian...The colors are great, especially in the macro flower shots. How did you process them?
Thank you. From raw and SPP I usually use CS6 . I do play with the colours, adjust each for tones and hue. I personally try to avoid any contrast adjustments, as software contrast as a opposed to the contrast a lens gives an image can crush the colours. For any form of contrast I can at time use the a graduation layer, set to luminosity and fade it , that can achieve a contrast that is more subtle. But really within the parameters it is ideal to start afresh each image as, each needs to be handled on it's own merit.
I wrote somewhere here on FM in either this thread or the DP2 thread a bit more about how I deal with colours.
