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Post by GeneW on Jan 19, 2010 19:56:52 GMT -5
 Pre-Dawn, Nikon D90, Micro Nikkor AF 55/2.8 |
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Post by herron on Jan 20, 2010 0:38:03 GMT -5
Gene - I love the grain in this one ... reminiscent of old Kodak Tri-X days.  Was the shot hand held? |
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 20, 2010 1:46:50 GMT -5
Gene,
Who'da thunk.
The very thing that plagued photographers for years you somehow turn into art.
Mickey
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Post by nikonbob on Jan 20, 2010 6:58:15 GMT -5
Gene
Just curious about the grain. Did you get that from just converting the high iso colour file to B&W or did you add a grain effect in pp? Whichever way you did it, it did work well.
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Jan 20, 2010 7:13:43 GMT -5
Very nice unusual picture, Gene.
I'm not normally a lover of grain or noise, but in this case it works most effectively to give a cold morning look.
Reminds me of the results from something like HP5 push-processed in very dilute Rodinal.
PeterW
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Post by GeneW on Jan 20, 2010 18:25:43 GMT -5
Ron, Mickey, Bob, Peter, thanks for your comments.
It was a handheld shot at, I think, ISO 400, wide open (f/2.8). The digital image wasn't very grainy -- sensors these days are amazing.
I use a plug-in from Nik Software called Silver Efex Pro which I used here. It's a superb B&W conversion plug-in and I usually customize the effects considerably. But when I saw the look of "Push Process +2" I loved the "grain" it introduced, thinking it very film-like. With the two major highlights and the darkness of the buildings and structures, I decided to go with this look. It reminded me of some of my Tri-X, HP5, and Royal-X Pan shots from years ago.
Gene
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Post by herron on Jan 20, 2010 22:15:52 GMT -5
I use a plug-in from Nik Software called Silver Efex Pro which I used here. It's a superb B&W conversion plug-in and I usually customize the effects considerably. But when I saw the look of "Push Process +2" I loved the "grain" it introduced, thinking it very film-like. With the two major highlights and the darkness of the buildings and structures, I decided to go with this look. It reminded me of some of my Tri-X, HP5, and Royal-X Pan shots from years ago. Gene  I thought it looked a lot like some of my old Tri-X negs! And i didn't have to digitize a thing to get them to look that way!   |
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I thought it looked a lot like some of my old Tri-X negs! And i didn't have to digitize a thing to get them to look that way! 
