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 06/20/2011 11:22:04 AM · #1
Sepia
 06/20/2011 11:34:41 AM · #2
So, are there any master photographers to study up on who specialized in sepia?
 06/20/2011 12:17:04 PM · #3
Toning of monochrome images might be a better search. Ever since SEP2, I've found this area of experimentation to have great potential on image impact. I like selenium better than sepia because of the impact on visual presentation.
 06/20/2011 12:25:02 PM · #4
Agreed. Nik Silver makes it easy to tone, first or second version. Saving that tone as a preset is useful as well.

El-Roi...are you looking for examples of subject or the toning itself?
 06/20/2011 01:05:20 PM · #5
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Agreed. Nik Silver makes it easy to tone, first or second version. Saving that tone as a preset is useful as well.

El-Roi...are you looking for examples of subject or the toning itself?


I was looking for examples of subject. Photographers who specialize in the medium to present their art.
 06/20/2011 01:59:30 PM · #6
This one is going to be a challenge for me. I personally have never really liked sepia toned images. I want to try it out though because I think it will challenge me even more than I already have been on this website.

Let the sepia begin! :D
 06/20/2011 03:19:36 PM · #7
Yeh I agree that 'toning' would make for a more interesting challenge. More colours to choose from ;-)
 06/20/2011 03:33:39 PM · #8
So, here's the question...

Will the photo be DNMC if it is not in the orange to brown hue range?

-mefnj

p.s. love the toning challenge idea
 06/20/2011 04:50:34 PM · #9
Originally posted by mefnj:
So, here's the question...

Will the photo be DNMC if it is not in the orange to brown hue range?

-mefnj

p.s. love the toning challenge idea


Can't speak for everyone else, but for me, yes.
06/20/2011 06:53:00 PM · #10
Originally posted by jamesgoss:
Originally posted by mefnj:
So, here's the question...

Will the photo be DNMC if it is not in the orange to brown hue range?

-mefnj

p.s. love the toning challenge idea


Can't speak for everyone else, but for me, yes.


I really, really, really tried to keep this thread away from the typical DNMC naysayer conversation, but here they are... like moths to a flame... here come the nega-tographers!
 06/20/2011 08:47:22 PM · #11
Originally posted by EL-ROI:
Originally posted by jamesgoss:
Originally posted by mefnj:
So, here's the question...

Will the photo be DNMC if it is not in the orange to brown hue range?

-mefnj

p.s. love the toning challenge idea


Can't speak for everyone else, but for me, yes.


I really, really, really tried to keep this thread away from the typical DNMC naysayer conversation, but here they are... like moths to a flame... here come the nega-tographers!


sorry, didn't mean to initiate the DNMC chatter... ;-(
 06/20/2011 09:09:33 PM · #12
well...for better or worse- I have entered.

06/20/2011 10:58:49 PM · #13
I have been waiting for this for a long time, I LOVE SEPIA, if you already have'nt noticed.

Message edited by author 2011-06-20 22:59:35.
 06/21/2011 09:21:15 AM · #14
... I like mine - I have not done much photography since my car-accident... & I think I'm going to wait till after the results are in before checking the score- rather than check it livetime when roll-over does come for voters to vote etc/ :-)
 06/24/2011 02:25:01 AM · #15
I never knew this about sepia.

"Sepia is a dark brown-grey color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia.
The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish."
~ from Wikipedia
 06/26/2011 04:40:59 AM · #16
Free Study in Sepia
 06/26/2011 10:37:34 AM · #17
Originally posted by mbrutus2009:
This one is going to be a challenge for me. I personally have never really liked sepia toned images. I want to try it out though because I think it will challenge me even more than I already have been on this website.

Let the sepia begin! :D


You might prefer a lightly saturated split duotone, limiting the sepia toning to a smaller area of the tonal range. It tends to be more pleasing than just slapping a sepia filter over a B&W image.
06/26/2011 10:57:04 AM · #18
Originally posted by Rorschach:
Free Study in Sepia


I disagree. To me, there are only few sorts of images that look good in sepia. It was very hard for me to come up with something for this challenge, because to me it seemed like there were so few images I could actually convert
 06/26/2011 11:31:46 AM · #19
Here's my question... What is the best way to achieve a Sephia tone? I was thinking a black and white conversion, and then an overlay layer trying different yellows and oranges until I got the right look??? Sound right or is there a better way?
 06/26/2011 11:41:07 AM · #20
Originally posted by Sirashley:
Here's my question... What is the best way to achieve a Sephia tone? I was thinking a black and white conversion, and then an overlay layer trying different yellows and oranges until I got the right look??? Sound right or is there a better way?


In my opinion, converting to greyscale and then converting to a duotone with different color inks is the best way to do it with photoshop alone. Although I use Alien Skins Exposure for both B&W conversion and toning.

Here's a tutorial I wrote a few years back:
//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=43

Since the tutorial is a bit dated, it fails to mention Photoshop's newer Black & White adjustment, which tends to be a bit ore efficient that the other conversion methods.

Message edited by author 2011-06-26 11:42:56.
 06/26/2011 12:21:15 PM · #21
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Sirashley:
Here's my question... What is the best way to achieve a Sephia tone? I was thinking a black and white conversion, and then an overlay layer trying different yellows and oranges until I got the right look??? Sound right or is there a better way?


In my opinion, converting to greyscale and then converting to a duotone with different color inks is the best way to do it with photoshop alone.

Note that after converting to Grayscale and then to Duotone mode in Photoshop, you will need to convert the final image back to RGB mode in order to save it as a JPEG; the only formats which support true Duotone mode are PSD and EPS.

My favorite ink combo for a sepia-like Duotone are Black and Pantone 143. There are also several Duotone presets available you can try as a starting point if you are unfamiliar with Duotone mode. It's easier if you are familiar with Photoshop's Curves adjustment; in Duotone mode you have a Curve setting for each color ink, mixing them to get the effect you want. Traditionally, you'd remove the Black from the highlights, letting the secondary color carry those details, but have the second color fade out at about 70%, or else you can block up the shadows if you have too much of both inks.

Another way to easily get a sepia-like look is to convert your grayscale image back to RGB, then apply a Curves Adjustment layer to the Blue Channel only, pushing the Curve toward the Yellow ("opposite" of Blue).

Message edited by author 2011-06-26 12:24:39.
 06/26/2011 01:20:06 PM · #22
Originally posted by Fiora:
Originally posted by Rorschach:
Free Study in Sepia


I disagree. To me, there are only few sorts of images that look good in sepia. It was very hard for me to come up with something for this challenge, because to me it seemed like there were so few images I could actually convert


Quite true
 06/26/2011 01:45:01 PM · #23
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Sirashley:
Here's my question... What is the best way to achieve a Sephia tone? I was thinking a black and white conversion, and then an overlay layer trying different yellows and oranges until I got the right look??? Sound right or is there a better way?


In my opinion, converting to greyscale and then converting to a duotone with different color inks is the best way to do it with photoshop alone.

Note that after converting to Grayscale and then to Duotone mode in Photoshop, you will need to convert the final image back to RGB mode in order to save it as a JPEG; the only formats which support true Duotone mode are PSD and EPS.

My favorite ink combo for a sepia-like Duotone are Black and Pantone 143. There are also several Duotone presets available you can try as a starting point if you are unfamiliar with Duotone mode. It's easier if you are familiar with Photoshop's Curves adjustment; in Duotone mode you have a Curve setting for each color ink, mixing them to get the effect you want. Traditionally, you'd remove the Black from the highlights, letting the secondary color carry those details, but have the second color fade out at about 70%, or else you can block up the shadows if you have too much of both inks.

Another way to easily get a sepia-like look is to convert your grayscale image back to RGB, then apply a Curves Adjustment layer to the Blue Channel only, pushing the Curve toward the Yellow ("opposite" of Blue).


i'm curious... don't most imaging editing packages have a simple "sepia" conversion. my Capture NX2 does, although the only fine adjustments are "enhance dark tones" and a brightness slider. alternatively, i can Tint the image, and create sepia by combining levels of red/yellow and add in a little green.

-mefnj
 06/26/2011 01:48:12 PM · #24
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by mbrutus2009:
This one is going to be a challenge for me. I personally have never really liked sepia toned images. I want to try it out though because I think it will challenge me even more than I already have been on this website.

Let the sepia begin! :D


You might prefer a lightly saturated split duotone, limiting the sepia toning to a smaller area of the tonal range. It tends to be more pleasing than just slapping a sepia filter over a B&W image.


Thanks for the tip... Shooting today so editing will come... Hopefully I will be able to keep up my high scoring (for me) run I am on... :)
 06/26/2011 02:19:48 PM · #25
Gradient Map
The Gradient Map filter maps the grayscale range of an image to the colors of a specified gradient fill.
Using the Gradient Map filter to simulate a sepia tone
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