Caudwell's Mill

[Lesley Jones]

Having just confirmed with Pete that the lighting is tungsten, this image appears to have gremlins. I processed it in a similar way to Graded Grains, but because of a wooden post in the way I needed to shave a tiny bit off one side. I'm used to filters dropping off after a trim, but the tungsten/daylight conversion won't come back.

I was thinking of converting it anyway. I used to use Silver Efex all the time, but I've been doing almost exclusively colour of late. I love colour, but sometimes it feels too "girly". I fancied a change

 

[Paul Lange]

You're right Lesley this is much more manly! I can just imagine a manly engineer in an oily boiler suit with an oil can just off shot.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I was going to suggest B&W for the graded grains shot Lesley - and this one really works

The lighting and the subject matter really lend themselves to B&W , and you don;t have to worry about color balanced lighting!

 

[Brian Moore]

Its a great shot. I don't know any of the programs you're talking about Lesley,but whatever you've done to it works for me.

 

[Beth Carter]

really nice tones and detail. b&w was a good choice for this, i think colors would have detracted from the textures.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Hmm X and Y

there are letters in your photos today Lesley ... Maybe it's just Sunday morning

Black and white works very well for me!!

 

[Pete Askew]

And V and W. I reckon she's working backwards!