Another experiment in tonal gradation and texture, followed by differential tonal adjustments in Lightroom - that Michael Freeman has got a lot to answer for!
Second Thoughts: For those who are asking themselves what on earth this is all about - and, in retrospect, I share your confusion... you will find the answer in my Doubletakes album for today. Feel free to be rude about this version...
A pinecone??! Would never have guessed. You really are nailing this bw book club! I bought a different b&w book by Michael Freeman and am learning so much! The tonal adjustments info really makes a difference. Also means I have been spending way too much time editing. Sure my husband is going to throw computer out of the window soon.
this is really interesting - I have plans to go back and reprocess things properly for posting on Flickr from this week, because it's been such a scramble taking pictures and getting them up this week that I don't feel as if I've benefited as much as I could from the book this week
Ian