Lilley

[victor]

C&C Welcome a B/W conversion.




Thanks

David

[ggt]

OH WOW! How did you do that?

[victor]

Gretchen,

A mono conversion from silver efex pro 2 - Pin hole.
A mist layer of white noise
Opacities played with and blend modes
Layer masks added

Regards

David

[Daisy Mae]

Sorry, doesn't work for me at all...the contrast is 'unusual' and very grey and undefined.

The main petal is blown.

I use SEP so am inerested....was it a preset? If so what?

Sorry, just saw it was pinhole

[RockNGoalStar]

I like the effect on the petals and the stamen, but the effect doesn't work for me on the more background areas of the image. I would prefer that area to be much darker, rather than grey and washy. I definitely think it has potential though :-)

[ggt]

I love it!

[Soozie B]

Hi there.

I have to agree with Gretchen here. I totally love this shot. It is soft, subtle and very alluring. In fact if it were in a store I wouldn't hesitate to purchase it and hang it on a wall.

Fabulous work David

[Donald]

Sorry, doesn't work for me at all...

I totally love this shot.

And that's the great thing about a forum such as this where we can exchange ideas and concepts and experiment. Some will work for some people and some won't and, in a rare moment, something will work for everybody.

Keep experimenting, everyone.

[MilT0s]

I am sorry David, it doesn't work for me either.

But as Donald mentioned how fascinating it is not to agree!

[victor]

Thanks Donald. Quite agree with you. Thats why I stick with CIC. Some of the best critics in the world... I have reworked the image as below:



The development continues ....

Regards

David

[ggt]

OH DAVID

rework the original with some selective colorization --make the dark parts eggplant in color and fade the color a bit in to the midtones. . . . .maybe black/green on the edges of the leaves with a hint of green fading inward . . .

Would be soooo cool!

[victor]

Mrs W... has just seen my spelling ....Lilley for Lilly. I am now in the corner with a conical hat bearing my initial "D"...

Well bottom of the class again at 60!!

Regards

David

[Donald]

I think that is a very good image. It's got a depth to it that the other version did not.

As for the spelling - No dinner for you tonight!

[victor]

I think that is a very good image. It's got a depth to it that the other version did not.

As for the spelling - No dinner for you tonight!

Just as well I have been out.... for lunch..

Many thanks also for C&C