Picture of my Cub Scout

[bhcoker]

This is a picture of my son that I took around Easter. I didn’t like the way it turned out and I decided to convert it to B/W.

1. I first tweaked it in Adobe Lightroom by playing around with the white balance
and tone. I usually bump up the clarity and vibrance a little and I did here as well.
After that I opened it up in PS

2. I used Silver Efex Pro to convert it to B/W
Here I clicked on the antique plate II style.
Next I chose Ilford Delta 3200 Pro as the Film type.
I clicked on grain and moved the slider to 500
Next I chose Vignette under the stylizing tab and played around with the
slider until I got what I liked.

3. After I was finished with Silver Efex, I flattened the image and then added two
layers; one with the text, which is from the Scout Law, and one with the marbling.

I don’t think I have left anything out, I am new to this and to me this is one of my best yet. This is my first post here, let me know what you think.

[star]

Really like the way this turned out, would also work well on a scrapbook page. nice job.

WELCOME to DPS , you will find a wealth of knowledge here and some really great people.

[foxor]

Cool effect! I like it!

[mpenarandaa]

Great processing! Thanks for sharing it.

[tott7000]

I think it went from good to great. I love the effect of the boy scout motto, it adds so much more emotion.

[bhcoker]

Thanks for the comments.

[JGennuso]

Love the edited version. His body language and expression fits just perfectly the motto in the background. Excellent job!

[photolady]

I really love this! As the mom of an Eagle Scout, who also scrapbooks it is a great inspiration shot. He is adorable too!

[periwinkle]

Isn't imitation the greatest form of flattery or something like that? I'd like to mimic this process to do a photo of my godson. Don't suppose you'd send me the text you used? Oh sure, I could Google it. Anyway, it obviously won't come out looking exactly like yours, but I wanted to ask if you minded if I try something similar. I really, really like this!

Anna