The tangled lines in the foreground contrasting with the softened lines in the reflection works very well Guy. It’s an interesting choice to go with a panorama too.
Hi @John_Williams, I really love the panoramic view and spent a while working with a 8x20 large format camera. While digital doesn’t come close to the workout you get lugging that beast and a few film holders, I find I really love what I get with the Canon TS-E lenses which work brilliantly with the new Sony system I have moved to (with the MD-11 adapter). More panoramas in the new year…
Hi Guy,
This needs to be viewed large to really appreciate. I love the range of tones in this B&W scene and the pano format looks to be the perfect choice as it accentuates the exposed branches of the beaver’s handiwork. Beautifully done. Just curious; which preset did you use in SilverEfx? I ask because I use that most of the time when converting to B&W.
Hi @Ed_Lowe, I’m glad you like the image. As to the SilverEfx setting, it started as “High Structure Smooth” but I had tweaked and adjusted it pretty extensively over time. The toning comes from an old Camera Raw filter split tone (an obsolete feature). The exact details of both were lost in a disk crash and many updates to both SilverEfx and PS. One of these days I should do a forensic analysis which “might” be possible since they were done as smart objects, but given all the software version changes I don’t hold out too much hope… Reminds me of darkroom days when the Forte warm tone paper (I could get such amazing toning splits with it) was discontinued without warning. Life and Art moves on…
