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Silver Efex Pro B&W Conversions

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Swissblad said:
Not taken with a HB, but my favourite camera at the moment, the little Fuji X-100, whose lens has a very HB-like feel to it.
Image converted in Aperture / SE2, neutral film grain, fine art processing, minor sharpening.
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Ha, I have the X100s baby brother the X10 and I really like it.
 
This image was taken on a Mamiya C330f twin lens reflex with standard lens on Kodak Tri-X film. When I developed and scanned the film I was very disappointed with the flat result which bore no relation to the scene that I had seen whilst driving that prompted me to turn around and go back to take a picture of the vista before me.

It was not until I opened Silver Efex Pro 2 and started trying some of the built in profiles I started to see the image come to life and replicate the fantastic image that I had seen with its low sidelighting and stepped changes in the landscape.

I can't remember exactly what I did now but I am sure that I wouldn't have ended up with the result I did without the Silver Efex plugin.

DevonViewmonosmall.jpg
 
Ed Bray said:
Ha, I have the X100s baby brother the X10 and I really like it.
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I'm glad you like the little X10 - the X-100 has become my faithful companion.
The quality of the optics and digital files is simply awesome - at times I think they are better than that of the Nikon D700.
If only Fuji would resurrect the Xpan!

Nice landscape - I haven't tried SE for my negatives yet - good idea!
 
Went back to the spot where I took the image above on the Mamiya the other day, as the weather was very nice and clear with a nice sky. I knew from my previous visit that the sun doesn't clear the trees until about 10:30 in the morning so I had plenty of time to drive the 28 miles required.

This time I took both the Hasselblad H1 and also the little Fuji X10 (I really like this little camera).

Image below was cropped from an image on the Hasselblad with the 35mm lens at f32 and at 0.7 secs at ISO 50, I used the mirror lock up and a radio trigger to try to reduce any vibrations whilst it was seated onto my Gitzo tripod.


Devon View by Ed Bray, on Flickr

Silver Efex Pro 2 conversion:

I used the 015 Full Dynamic (harsh) as a starting point, then Kodak Panatomic X (32asa) film and then moved a couple of sliders around until I then got the result I wanted, back into Photoshop 'flattened layers' added some USM and in lens correction added -10 vignette to slightly darken corners then added a 3mm black border.


Devon View mono by Ed Bray, on Flickr
 
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