Windwing

[bulldurham]

Something the over 50's will get right away.

 

[Frank F.]

intense colorscape. daring mixdown on the brink of being overcooked, but just not. Love it!

 

[bulldurham]

This is a technique some of you might be interested in using on selective photographs. I find it works exceptionally well when working with rusty stuff, like these cars. While the technique can be done just using the B&W Adjustment in Photoshop, I tend to use that first so I can push certain colors up and down the color spectrum as I wish, but change the blend mode to luminosity. Then, take it into Silver Efex Pro 2 and generally use the neutral setting and whatever filter I might chose (on this one it was the yellow filter), adjust the brightness, contrast and structure as desired and again, change the blend mode to Luminosity. Adding a mask, I can deftly adjust the degree of "grunge" I want either by painting out or lowering the opacity, or both.

This is a fun tool but as Frank pointed out, it doesn't take much to go over the edge. That said, I always save these originals in layered files so I can go in and adjust as needed.

 

[Frank F.]

Thank You!

I know and use this technique. Learned about it in Dan Margulis "Photoshop Professional" ages ago. Then I bought the Nik Collection and found that I can use the Luminosity-Mix not only with single channels like Margulis "use green channel to sharpen eyes without sharpen skin", but also will all the crazy Silver Efx!

I use it on Landscapes mostly. This way I can remake a dull & foggy landscape into a harsher version of it, also selectively because the effect sits on a layer!