pp or not?

this is a pic i took a few weeks ago on a trip. ive been trying to decide if it should be left alone or turned to B&W or sepia...i want it to be that B&W/sepia mix, but dont know how to do it? please let me know what version you like better and if there is anything else that may better it. and can anyone tell me how to do the B&W/sepia mix? thanks

[BryanC]

I think the subject of your image lends itself well to b&w or sepia. For me, it kind of gives a different mood with each. I'm leaning toward the sepia version. Either way, the tree has an interesting form to it, and the foreground adds to it. As for the technique of the mix of b&w and sepia, I'm not familiar with it, sorry. But it sounds interesting and hope someone could help. I would like to learn about it also.

[PrimeTime]

I've never tried it, but couldn't you use the sepia pic and make a layers mask and set it to greyscale. Click on the layer mask and make adjustments to the black and white. Then click back on the sepia image . Then use the opacity slider, and as you slide it down, the greyscale pic will start to show through. Is that what your after?

[kencaleno]

Do you mean Quadtone:

In Photoshop:

Ctrl+J
Image> Mode> Duotone
Choose type: Quadtone
Load> quadtones> pantones
Select last option Bl 541 513 5773. Hit LOAD. Hit OK.
Image> Mode> RGB Color
Flatten/save

Originally Posted by PrimeTime

I've never tried it, but couldn't you use the sepia pic and make a layers mask and set it to greyscale. Click on the layer mask and make adjustments to the black and white. Then click back on the sepia image . Then use the opacity slider, and as you slide it down, the greyscale pic will start to show through. Is that what your after?

i can try, with my pp talents, who knows how it'll turn out lol

i dont know, im really looking to add alot of drama to it. and havent seen anything that does it for me! im not very good with the pp-ing so im not really sure what i should do to give this image the look i want