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Secret Mountain

by Lee Robinson

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted November 17, 20053,417 views9 comments
Here's another Photoshop conversion to monochrome of an image captured near Arizona's Secret Mountain Wilderness.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on November 17, 2005 at 6:52 PM
Nice crisp detail throughout the image. Monochrome effect is nice here, feels like I'm in an old western movie. Well done.
Registered on July 11, 2004, 283 Posts, 2395 Comments
Comment posted by Michelle C. Parent on November 18, 2005 at 11:47 AM
Lee,
Excellent! Nice sharp details (especially that FG Cactus). It does have that old fashioned look and feel to it. :toast:
Registered on June 23, 2004, 453 Posts, 5551 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on November 18, 2005 at 4:54 PM
Great depth and detail. The clouds really add to this image.

Dave Kelly :toast:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Gallo on November 18, 2005 at 5:48 PM
The monochrome effects are really awesome Lee, I like the fg cactus as well :smile:
Registered on September 14, 2005, 182 Posts, 1471 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Lundh on November 19, 2005 at 2:24 PM
yup yup...me likey. The forground really anchors this nicely.
Registered on April 28, 2004, 774 Posts, 4351 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 21, 2005 at 3:20 PM
Congratulations on a wonderful shot and the EP. Very nice indeed. Can you go over your conversion workflow quickly, it's obviously successful.
Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
Comment posted by Lee Robinson on November 21, 2005 at 8:23 PM
Well, Bill, let's see here:

Import Raw File (ACR3).
PhotoKit Capture Sharpener.
Flatten Layers.
Noise Ninja.
Levels.
Curves.
Shadow/Highlight.
PhotoKit Color to B&W.
PhotoKit Creative Sharpener.
Re-Size for Output.
PhotoKit Output Sharpener.
Save for Web.

That's my workflow in a nutshell!
:cool:

Registered on January 16, 2004, 268 Posts, 757 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 5, 2006 at 3:21 PM
Hey Lee, great work on the effects. Congrats to you on the pick. :toast:
Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Cordes on January 5, 2006 at 5:22 PM
Lee, congratulations on your EP award. This image is outstanding with a DOF to die for. :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 451 Posts, 3366 Comments