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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Harald L on August 31, 2013, 06:49:10 pm

Title: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Harald L on August 31, 2013, 06:49:10 pm
Baltic Sea
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Peter Stacey on August 31, 2013, 06:59:00 pm
Very nice, clean image.

Do you app,y the LensWork toning to your images, or is that a personal mix? It looks close to the LensWork warm tone.
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Harald L on September 01, 2013, 05:54:25 am
Quote from: Peter Stacey on August 31, 2013, 06:59:00 pm
Very nice, clean image.

Do you app,y the LensWork toning to your images, or is that a personal mix? It looks close to the LensWork warm tone.

Thank you. For BW-toning I mostly use a personal mix of Selective Color Correction on Greytones: Absolute adjustment, Cyan -3 ... -7, Magenta 0, Yellow +3 ... +5. (C and Y always the same value)

In this particular case I've used -5/+5

Harald
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: francois on September 02, 2013, 06:50:57 am
I like it, there's a nice symmetry with the trees. Toning is very pleasant…
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2013, 09:21:58 am
Quote from: Peter Stacey on August 31, 2013, 06:59:00 pm
... Do you apply the LensWork toning ...

Is there a formula for that? Replicable in LR or PS?
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Harald L on September 02, 2013, 09:50:24 am
Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2013, 09:21:58 am
Is there a formula for that? Replicable in LR or PS?

1) BW-Conversion in SilverEfex 2: "Ilford Pan F Plus 50"
2) Toning in PS by applying a layer "Selective Color Correction" on Greytones: Absolute adjustment, Cyan -3 ... -7, Magenta 0, Yellow +3 ... +5. (C and Y always the same value)

In this particular case I've used C=-5 and Y=+5
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2013, 10:24:08 am
Thanks Harald, but my question was meant for Peter, who mentioned the LensWirks toning.
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: RSL on September 02, 2013, 10:37:29 am
Never could understand why anyone would opt for brown and white instead of black and white. Maybe it's a form of political correctness.
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2013, 12:35:38 pm
Quote from: RSL on September 02, 2013, 10:37:29 am
Never could understand why anyone would opt for brown and white instead of black and white. Maybe it's a form of political correctness.

Do not worry, Russ, it is still black and white, just warmer. Like "compassionate conservatism," if you insist on political metaphors :)
Title: Re: Beach Tree (II)
Post by: Peter Stacey on September 02, 2013, 04:34:34 pm
Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2013, 09:21:58 am
Is there a formula for that? Replicable in LR or PS?

Yeah, it's available for both PS and LR.

In LR, the values are:

Split Toning panel:

Highlights
Hue 40
Saturation 10

Shadows
Hue 40
Saturation 10

Full explanation from Brooks with links (at the end of the article) to the warm toning presets for both LR and PS is here:

http://technology.lenswork.com/2010/01/lenswork-duotones.html