Author Topic: Weathered - Cayucos Pier (Read 665 times)

Jman · « **on:** November 19, 2011, 03:55:05 PM »

Cayucos, CA

Jason C · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:25:45 PM »

Excellent shot, Jordan!

Jason C

count_zero · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2011, 11:06:58 PM »

Sweet, I used to surf at that pier.

asterinex · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2011, 12:06:13 AM »

Nice picture and B&W conversion !

voyager · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:58:56 PM »

Great take on this pier!

lisandra · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2011, 09:25:02 PM »

fantastic, BW HDR

Jman · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2011, 09:14:13 AM »

Thanks - this isn't an HDR shot, though. (A few in the bigger thread in the landscape forum are, though.) just one exposure here.

vdub_er · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2011, 05:13:45 AM »

Great shot, love the symmetry

cosinaphile · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:59:56 PM »

how did you achieve that tonal range with one shot ??.....recipe please

did you burn and dodge or do something in curves...... the shot is stunning

Jman · « **Reply #9 on:** November 22, 2011, 07:51:41 PM »

Ok...the secret to my success:

Here is the original shot straight from RAW with no adjustments whatsoever in Lightroom:

I then pulled the highlights and recovered shadow detail, then illuminated shadow detail by developing the RAW in Lightroom using 87 recovery, 0 blacks (to recover shadow detail) and 41 Fill light. This yielded the following base file for the B&W conversion (and is pretty close to what it actually looked like):

I then converted to B&W using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, with a modified version of the "Full Contrast and Structure" preset. I darkened it from the preset a bit, increased structure a little further, and then applied a light rectangular vignette which burned the clouds and the sand at the bottom to get the final look, which I'll show again below, just to make it easier to view between the three images.

lisandra · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:24:16 PM »

its stunning, amazing post. i find doing stuuf like this is the most relaxing of things

voyager · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2011, 10:03:56 PM »

Nice technique! I need to get Silver Efex Pro.

panzerfaustnl · « **Reply #12 on:** November 23, 2011, 03:32:55 PM »

Excellent!

cosinaphile · « **Reply #13 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:27:24 PM »

you started with a good exposure it had highlight and shadow to work with ...nicely done , thanks for the tutorial

javarob75 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 02, 2012, 04:41:54 AM »

Jman,
Beautiful image! The contrast and detail is superb!

Weathered - Cayucos Pier