excellent work. great break from your normal eye. the second image was niked. i think. like about 90% sure. gawd, we so desperately want to not be wrong. screw it. the second image was niked. 100% sure.
You are 100 percent correct. It’s the bottom one. However, I like the top one. On some b&w images, using the monochrome sliders in Camera Raw are more useful. The interior of the lily (yellow in color) can be darkened with the yellow and orange sliders.
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I have never played with Solver Efex, so I can’t really guess about that part. But I really like the depth of both images. Denny goes goth – who knew?
excellent work. great break from your normal eye. the second image was niked. i think. like about 90% sure. gawd, we so desperately want to not be wrong. screw it. the second image was niked. 100% sure.
You are 100 percent correct. It’s the bottom one. However, I like the top one. On some b&w images, using the monochrome sliders in Camera Raw are more useful. The interior of the lily (yellow in color) can be darkened with the yellow and orange sliders.
I like the top one also. The edges of the flower on the bottom one give it away as being manipulated.
Please, don’t say “manipulated” … say “artfully enhanced by the artist …”
These are quite lovely.