Golden Gate Bridge

[Jarques]

The Golden Grate Bridge.

Before:



After:



Used Photoshop CS4. Larger version is on my Flickr page.

[aspencade]

What a difference..love this mono shot....Paul

[Drkranger]

Yup, I agree. The black and white looks very nice.

[Jarques]

Thank you!

[Joey the girl]

Wow! what a difference! So much drama in the second. Nicely done!

[deadgirlreading]

Which method did you use convert to black & white? It looks sensational.

[Jarques]

Originally Posted by deadgirlreading

Which method did you use convert to black & white? It looks sensational.

Quick rundown.

I have a four layered Photoshop file. Layer 1 is the photo itself in standard straight-from-the-camera.

My second layer is a full black layer set to Color, this will turn the file into a black and white.

Layer 3 is a Curves adjustment layer with the following settings:


Last layer is somewhat tricky to explain. I used the rectangular marquee tool with a 250px (max) feather and draw a rectangle, inverted the selection and filled this with black. This layer is set to Overlay at 100% opacity.

With these all in place, the rocks seemed to gleam way too bright, this is where I used the burn tool (set to midtones)to darken them up, I also used the burn tool on the fog/smog above the bridge.

[creativechaos]

I love the b&w! It has a completely timeless quality to it!

[Jarques]

Originally Posted by creativechaos

I love the b&w! It has a completely timeless quality to it!

Thank you much.