This post is a follow-on to this post I wrote last week about creating your own vintage photo look. As I wrote in that post, this is the video I followed as a starting point. I’m going to talk a bit more about that particular look I created and then show a second one. So that you can see the differences in the two looks, I will show them both on the same photo. I’ll also be including screenshots of what my settings look like for the edits. The file I am using is this one:
ISO 800 22mm f/22 1/160sec
This is a Byzantine-era church that sits in the shadow of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Athens. Both churches are beautiful, but for different reasons. The first vintage style look I created looks like this when applied:
ISO 800 22mm f/22 1/160sec
And here is a screenshot of the edits:
The second look when applied is this one:
ISO 800 22mm f/22 1/160sec
And here are the settings for it:
I hope that you found the screenshots of the settings useful and the fact that the edits are done on the same file to be helpful as a point of comparison. Do you prefer one of the looks over the other? I welcome your feedback and thoughts in the comment section below. I have saved both of these settings for application in other files I’ll be working with.
Cheers!
Added to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Two.
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The second image is my favourite.
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Thanks very much.
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personally, I love the second look, it feels warmer and a good match for a sanctuary
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I agree I think that variation is a good choice for this subject.
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I like that third image. Thanks for sharing your LR settings. LR is a powerful editor yet I find myself using the same sliders. I need to play around with curves and split toning for fun.
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Actually, I’m using Luminar 3 here. I just point that out because I know you have some idea of what is on the market in terms of software. This is an edit though that would be easily done on Adobe’s line of products as well. You are right about using the same sliders a lot, that is something that I do as well.
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I prefer your 2nd edit any. I think the light on the church is more appealing. Nicely done
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Thank you Tina.
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My preference is the slightly cooler first vintage style as I feel it better suits the church’s shaded position. It’s a fascinating building – what a shame it’s so hemmed in!
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Yes, this felt like the little church that the big city grew up around.
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This is such a great post. Thanks Amy for playing 😀
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Thanks very much Cee.
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I like the warmer edit, personally. Nice to see the different versions, very interesting! 😄
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Thank you, the warmer look is my preference here, although someone else thought the cool tones was a good choice considering the church is always in the shadows. I always appreciate hearing what other people think.
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Both are really nice of course, and it’s just personal taste as always with art, but the warmer tones felt more welcoming, and wholesome, like I imagine the church in the scene to be for the people that use it.
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I agree with you 🙂
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Those screen shots are very interesting, Amy. As long as there is no copyright, I may trial them on some of my archives 😉
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Yup, I shared those because I thought some people want to give them a try. You may end up liking them as a starting point, but then alter them to suit your personal taste a bit 🙂
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I love adventures 😉
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I too prefer the warmth of the second edit. It’s dwarfed by its surroundings, isn’t it? 🙂 🙂
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Yes, it really is, I just posted again, this time with the much larger Cathedral the shadow of which this lovely little church sits in.
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Ending a long day here. Catch up when I can, Amy 😚🍰🌺💕
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No worries, hope you are having a good week 🙂
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I would have liked to see what the result was in black and white also
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Honestly, at this point, the black and white interpretation I came up with I didn’t like. The texture was too much or the detail too little as I was working with it.
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Yeah, I guess so. Too much foreground and background which does make it not that fab for B&W
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Or, I just haven’t quite sorted out how to handle the edit. Sometimes I struggle with black and white.
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I find increasing the black first off adds to the definition you may be searching for. I found that Robert at https://robert20359.wordpress.com/
was a bit of an inspiration
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Before I clicked on the link, I suspected I knew whose blog you were referring too, thanks for adding the link, his work is very evocative I think.
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