Brunswick bridge

I have passed this a 100 times and finally pulled in to get some shots on Christmas day. Here I am processing another shot in Silver Efex and this time I used the full spectrum filter. Then I used a control point over the people at the end to make them more visible. Brought the software today with my bonus morning and a little cash of my own.

[Joan Robillard]

@northy another picture edited with Silver Efex. Took Richard's advise and process in Silver Efex first.

[Filip Rychnovský]

fantastic shot and post processing

[Lin]

Fabulous!

[KWind]

Lovely... great leading lines.

[☠northy]

beautiful bridge, and excellent work with the control point in bringing out the people... the eye is really drawn to them!

so how did you find doing the work in silver fx first?

[Sue Jenkin]

great lines

[Nancy]

What a great bridge and lovely with the couple at the end.

[Danette Thompson]

Very nice.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely processing!

[Candace]

Wonderful lines!

[Taffy]

You will love the software and already are doing great things with it!

[Lindy]

terrific image & processing. I think silver efex is the best!!!

[Joan Robillard]

@northy Less noise, then in lr I adjusted the white and black point, lens, and added a very slight vignette- darker around the edge put not outstanding.

[Sheralee S]

Nice capture. Something about this shot gives it a timeless feel as if it could have been shot many years ago.

[Francoise]

love your little humans

[Kate Goring]

Love all those lines. Great shot.

[Yeshanghai]

Amazing POV, lighting and shadows.

[Morgane]

Very romantic, good depth and I like it when a picture tells a story. FAV

[Merrelyn]

Lovely lines

[Leana Niemand]

a lovely shot Joan.

[Tunia McClure]

Everything you did turned out so well.

[Jocasta]

Great lines and people in the perfect spot.

[Rachel Withey]

Love the lines in this - beautiful light too.
I'm tempted by silver Efex, assume you'd recommend it?

[Bill Fenske]

I like how the bridge frames the people

[Joan Robillard]

@rachelwithey I am loving it especially for the price, @taffy uses it and that is how I got onto it.

[Richard Sayer]

@northy @joansmor Some of the filters in the Efex suite duplicate what we would normally do in LR - open up the shadows, reduce the highlights, increase midrange contrast, etc - and these introduce noise. If we make these adjustments in LR first we end up with noise on noise so I only adjust in LR at the end if I think more work is needed, it seldom is.

[Denise Wood]

great capture :)

[☠northy]

@vignouse ah... ok... well - my workflow does involve making those sorts of adjustments in LR, but i think i'm generally making adjustments in LR mindful of what i am intending to do in nik silver fx... i really actually want to get to a place where i can reproduce the nik silver fx in LR... i actually only do basic conversion in silver fx... all tweaking of whites and blacks, vignettes and control point work i do in LR...

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful shot....love the walking bridge and the humans at the end of the walkway. Excellent!

[Richard Sayer]

@northy We're on the same lines: if you remember my original comment, my workflow for a B&W conversion is to correct perspective, make any crop that might be nenecessary and then make a virtual copy. I carry on with the conversion in LR and when I've finished, I export the virtual copy to Silver Efex and make another conversion there. When I've finished, I compare the two: suprisingly often - about 50% of the time I would say - I take the LR conversion.

[Joan Robillard]

@vignouse @northy I got the silver efex because I want some of the look I see in both your bw's with my subjects. Silver efex will allow me that while I learn to control more in LR.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well done on the processing! And well done on the shot!

[Wendy]

I really like this - and the conversations it started! Well done!
I see that you really enjoy your B&W editing.