High Contrast B&W with slight grain LR preset

[Hamish Gill]

I cant afford Silver effect at the mo so ive been playing with LR to get a B&W preset i like, this is what i have come up with

Original photo

another example

original photo

Few more shots with this Preset
http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general/2831-shots-alice-bens-visit.html

Download here

Details

This Preset is most suitable for indoor or low light environments as it boosts the exposure quite a bit in the process of adding more contrast

Exposure + 1.3 stops
blacks +15
brightness +60
clarity +40

curves
point curve - medium contrast
split controls set to 19 65 and 90
highlights +60
lights +5
shadows -75

B&W mix set to auto

Grain settings all set to 30

 

[Pete Askew]

I like it and I'd actually assumed you'd used SilverFX! Has a very Delta 100 look to it.

 

[Darren Turner]

very good Hamish i just downloaded your PS just took me 20 mins to learn how to import Pre-set........i didn't even know you could download & install them........!!

Well how much fun am i going to have this evening.........................off to google LR3 presets....................woop woop

 

[Pete Askew]

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[Hamish Gill]

Yesm, you can get em all over the net ...
I just like the idea of sharing the odd one here

 

[Paul Lange]

Nice one Hamish. I downloaded a few PS filters last night and hope to get round to assessing them soon. The good ones I will put on RPF. To be fair although there is loads of free stuff for PS and LR a lot of is not so good, it's free however and you just need a bit of time to download and sift through them.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ark at Paul Lange and his new avatar!
Face to a voice/words on a page and all that shiz

If you find any good ones Paul, link to them else where rather than post them, Id rather keep ones here as ones we put together our selves if you know what I mean?

 

[Paul Lange]

No Worries.

The photo is my FB pic. I thought I'd let people see what I look like.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ive also updated this one so that it only effects the stuff that it should ...
If you use this preset i would advise deleting the old version and downloading this one instead