Last week I shot some graffiti under a bridge in the outskirts of Amsterdam, along the Amsterdam Rhine canal.
I will use them today to try a new way of editing and processing photos.
Lightroom, Aperture, and Photoshop are quite capable of creating excellent black-and-white images, Silver Efex Pro 2, a Black and White plug-in that I often use, offers incredible presets along with simplicity for the user.
What I haven’t used yet was Color Efex Pro, which came as a part of the package when we bought Silver Efex Pro 2.
I took some of my graffiti shots to test it in three steps. It was overwhelming to see the possibilities I had.
Here is what I did:
- First photo: Edited in Lightroom to constrain crop, remove chromatic aberration, enable profile corrections. Then if needed, I worked on clarity, contrast, shadows, highlights, white balance.
- Second photo: Next I used the preset solarization, which gave it a grungy, dodgy and quite dramatic effect.
- Third photo: I used the preset solarization in black and white.
Note: The featured image was also edited with solarization but I reduced the saturation.
What do you think? Click if you wish to enlarge the photos.
I am joining Lens and Pens by Sally, who hosts each Monday the Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge.
Shot with an iPhone5.
The schedule theme for this week’s challenge is: Editing and Processing.
Thanks for visiting!
Wow!Very well done “photo art”. I love this form myself very much also 🙂
Thanks Gus! I had so much fun using this software today.
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The first image works so well as to become an animated character in itself. Its changing layers keep me moving back and forth to savor the charm of the processing. Well done. Happy Photo Challenge.
Thank you so much, Sally. I am happy to hear that you enjoyed the processing. I was pleased to work with these effects.
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wow Lucile, i really love that way of photograpy. I havent thought about this before, but i might have some ideas to try it out myself. Very well done 🙂
Nice pics. The graffiti in Europe seems a little more complex than what I’ve seen in Philadelphia and New York City.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. If you are interested in checking the differences, I have some other posts with more graffiti and street views.
Each and every one of these photos is amazing! You captured the street art in a way that makes us feel as if we were there looking at it with you! And great editing here too… The black and white version is also an interesting side because it showcases the firms and shapes …
Super photos, as always:))
Hi Lia, glad to virtually take you along all the time. Pity you were not there for real.
It really shows different forms and shapes depending on the treatment, and that was fascinating.
Thank you so much!
Lucile, great editing jobs for the challenge! I enjoyed all your edits and the header photo is excellent.
janet
Thanks, Janet! I’m very happy with these results too.
Lucile
Normally, I don’t like overprocessed photos, but you made your photos of the graffiti an illustration itself! I like it, got me thinking about my fixed opinions about what a photo should look like.
Thank you so much for dropping by and I am glad you liked these, considering your comment. Yay! I am not a fan of over processed photos (of people and nature) when they totally change the natural features, colors, etc. and the images look like made by aliens. Some filters and effects are very beautiful though and if applied without exaggeration, you can get strong photos. You could consider it also as a tool to save images that otherwise would have been rejected.
The second editions are really dramatic. The different things it highlights and changes of colour I really like 🙂
Yay, drama is in da huis! You could try these ones, as you also have LR and can do all these things too. It is fun.
oh i thought it was an add on you had to buy? x
It’s an add on that you work from LR.
ah ok, my mistake that you had to purchase it x
Not at all. We pay for it.
These show a real artistic flair! Great pics and thanks for the explanation of the process involved.
Thank you Debbie. Artistic flair! You are ever so generous!
This is overwhelming!
Thank you!
These are super-neat! Great explanations too. I think I really like the second of each trio – I know!! Surprising words from a self-confessed b&w drama co-queen. Well done xox.
Very surprising words form my partner in crime and drama Queen! lol. Thank you lovely!
Trippy effects. Thanks for the short explanations.
Thank you for dropping by and taking time to comment.
I am always amazed at your editing skills and what you come up with. The subject was already cool but you ramped it up twelve notches to amazing!
Terri, please don’t feed my ego….;-)
Thank you. You’re ever so generous. xx
Cool shots; and great fun 🙂
Thanks! It was!
I like! I like! Thank you for sharing your process!
If I ever bring the like button, it’ll be for you! 😀
👍❤️😉