Adrian Lewis

PEOPLE 310 – GOING TO WORK 44

 

 


.

Walking to work on pavements strewn with inspection covers, shadows and fallen autumn leaves.

Veering over a little towards the surreal perhaps, am I?  Starting to look a little bit alien or otherworldly?  Two thoughts come to mind.

First, that following advice I read long ago and have never forgotten, I believe in letting my (now mainly non-existent!) hair down with black and white: black and white is already one step removed from reality, and I like seeing it become even more unreal.  I’m not really into straight black and white representations of colour scenes, such as might be obtained for example simply by desaturating a colour image.  Silver Efex Pro 2 is a very welcome companion on these sometimes delirious flights of fancy.

Then second, with this Going To Work series, I’m trying to look at various approaches and techniques, with a completely open mind, ruling nothing out.

Earlier images from this series can be found here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,  29, 30,  31,  32, 33  34  35  36 37  38 39 40 41 42 43 .  Each will open in a separate window.

Click onto the image to open a larger version in a separate window, and click onto that image to enlarge it further.

Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom, using the Velvia/Vivid film simulation; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Strong Infrared Low Contrast preset and adding a strong cyanotype tone; Broad Quay, central Bristol; 11 Nov 2016.

.
.
.

14 comments

    • In SEP2, the preset list is top left and, you’re right, there’s no mention of any infrared presets. But, ages ago, probably when SEP2 was still a Nik Software product, it was possible to download a second set of presets from Nik, and the IR options are in those. The address was:
      http://www.niksoftware.com/presets

      Since Nik was acquired by Google, this link probably no longer exists, but you could try it. If it still works, get back to me and I’ll give you further info re importing the second preset set.

      I have a spreadsheet of these imports’ parameters. Would you be interested in this if I can simplify this spreadsheet? You could then apply the parameters, and save the results as custom presets in SEP2. A 🙂

      Like

      Reply

      • Thank you, Adrian, for going to the trouble. You’re right, the link doesn’t work. If, in some spare moment, you are willing to fiddle with the spreadsheet, it would be interesting to see how the infrared look is achieved, and then save it as a preset. But please don’t feel obligated or trouble yourself! 🙂

        Like

        Reply

        • Leave this with me, my friend >>> I have an idea of putting out a Talking Images post with the settings for most/all of these other SEP2 presets, so that users can, as you say, save them as their own presets >>> I’m putting a note in my (paper!!!) diary, which means that this will happen! 🙂 🙂 🙂

          Like

          Reply

    • My friend, thank you for your good words about Going To Work, they’re much appreciated – and GTW still has some way to run, assuming the elastic band inside my head doesn’t snap!!!. Like you, maybe I enjoy GTW because I’m no longer involved, and can stand back from it, stand back and look at it. You enjoy your weekend too, my friend. ATP xxxXXX!!!

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

This blog has two pleasures for me - creating the images and hearing from you - so get your thoughts out to the world!

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.