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<blockquote data-quote="stillshunter" data-source="post: 19298" data-attributes="member: 468">Compositionally I love this shot. It has some very powerful elements.I have to agree with Briar. I look at it and hanker for B+W - especially via Silver Efex. Your Lightroom monochrome still looks a little flat, but I think in Efex if you used control points to selective dodge some of the highlights and adding some structure, added some filtering and toning, and....Wait up just an idea....if you're willing how's about taking up on <a href="https://www.photographerslounge.org/f75/idea-one-image-we-each-process-compare-2055/">Will's idea</a> and sending a link to the TIFF and seeing what comes back from other folks? I don't mean to be pushy and you have the democratic right to say &quot;No bugger you buddy!&quot;, but it might be helpful to see what other's would do with such a challenging 'negative'. Because I have to agree with Don it's a curly one....P.S. Sorry guys, just read Will's thread and discovered that it had originally been pared off from this one. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/blush.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="blush&nbsp; &nbsp; :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" /> Ummm....still sounds like a good idea.....I think</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stillshunter, post: 19298, member: 468"] Compositionally I love this shot. It has some very powerful elements. I have to agree with Briar. I look at it and hanker for B+W - especially via Silver Efex. Your Lightroom monochrome still looks a little flat, but I think in Efex if you used control points to selective dodge some of the highlights and adding some structure, added some filtering and toning, and....Wait up just an idea....if you're willing how's about taking up on [URL="https://www.photographerslounge.org/f75/idea-one-image-we-each-process-compare-2055/"]Will's idea[/URL] and sending a link to the TIFF and seeing what comes back from other folks? I don't mean to be pushy and you have the democratic right to say "No bugger you buddy!", but it might be helpful to see what other's would do with such a challenging 'negative'. Because I have to agree with Don it's a curly one.... P.S. Sorry guys, just read Will's thread and discovered that it had originally been pared off from this one. :blush: Ummm....still sounds like a good idea.....I think [/QUOTE]

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