OK, not in comparison to what some of the folks here can do, but for me it was a lot of processing. Robert ( Bear_Music) asked what I did, so here's the rundown for those who may be interested and aren't quite as skilled at processing as some of the folks here are:
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Processing: Crop - pretty significant by my standards. Adjustment layers - levels; shadows/highlights (14%/10%); brightness/contrast (6/24); flatten image, duplicate layer and change blending mode to soft light. And then, yes, ladies and gentlemen, I dodged! I burned! Not a lot, but brought out the detail in the ceiling and the little wall at the back. Next, converted to B&W using the CS3 B&W adjustment and tritoned using the burgundy/gold CS3 tritone (my personal favorite). Sharpening was involved somewhere in there, then I added grain and faded to taste. |
