One of my goals this year is to try new things in processing. Hopefully to learn a trick or two. As I go, I may push things too far, but I don't think I'll learn what's possible if I don't. So this has a whopping dose of Shadows/Highlights, followed by Nik Silver Efex (I still have 9 days left!) with push +1 (which is my favorite setting, but probably not worth $200), and a pretty good (for me, anyway) crop. Taken with the wide angle, hence the distortion. Love the light through here on Saturday mornings. The phone guy on his ciggy break was taken just across (to the right) of here.
I like the shot. The shadow on the post is very cool. It looks like the guy on the left is singing. I'm still thinking about the processing. It looks a little HDRish for my tastes. But I tend to like really hyper realistic stuff, so I'm probably not the person to ask.
The shadow on the post makes this image! Do you have a problem with people objecting to you taking their picture? Or do you shrink to teeny tiny size so they don't see you? LOL
Love this look, it almost has an HDR'ish feel to it, though in a good way as opposed to the horrible overdone ones. Great range of tones.
I particularly like the way you've managed to catch the central man's shadow on the pillar as he walks by.
As far as Silver Efx goes, I love it. I find that I set one of the presets as just the start of my B&W processing then I make much more detailed adjustments using the panels on the right hand side. One of the features I find very useful are the control points, they do a great job of bringing out certain areas of the photo without making it look fake or post processed. I do agree with you that the price is a little steep though.
Great capture, Deb. This has an almost HDR 3-D effect. I love the shadow of the guy on the right and the one on the left in mid-yawn. Your people/city shots are great. All I see around here is dead grass. LOL
Love the way you got the man's shadow on the column. It looks Hitchcockian, like the guy is a spy about to make a secret drop for a KGB mole. Great shot if it's making me invent backstories for the characters portrayed.
I, too, have been eyeing Silver Efex but am daunted by the price tag.
Great looking shot! I love the guy's shadow perfectly aligned on the column, that is VERY cool. Excellent processing as well. I was on the fence too about dropping $200 for Silver Efex Pro; had a few cool presets but I couldn't justify the $$. Then I discovered how to adjust the presets past the obvious brightness, contrast and structure controls; WOW how worth it! Play with the film types and stylizing controls; you can adjust amount of grain, the color tone, vignetting, so many cool things. I bought it last week :-)
Of course the shadow is wonderful, and I also really like the guy on the left, looks like he's yawning haha. I think that because it's so prominent, that big pole in the center needs to be perfectly vertical though.
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