Located in the Black Forest region of Germany, the Geroldsau Waterfall is charming:
ISO 320 f/11 55mm 1/25 sec
I was interested in creating a black and white version of this image:
ISO 320 f/11 55mm 1/25 sec
It has the Luminar Look, Dreamy Landscape, applied with additional adjustments to the shadows, soft glow, and vignette sliders.
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts includes any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
Added to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge, Moving Water. Its square companion post is here.
Cheers!
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Beautiful conversion, Amy. I like Luminar although I use LR more for B&W these days.
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Luminar’s black and white presets aren’t mindblowing in my opinion. I often am using sliders rather than presets when editing black and white in Luminar.
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WOW. Both versions are so beautiful. Although I think I prefer the color. It’s so rich. 😀
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Thanks very much Cee, I think the color version is my preference at this point as well.
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You’ve made a nice job of the black and white, Amy, though if I’m honest, I do prefer the colour version. 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Jo, that’s my opinion as well. It was an interesting experiment though, to give this a try in black and white.
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Lovely! I bet it was a very nice walk to get there too! 🙂
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Yes, just so pretty.
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I actually prefer the monochrome edit of this one
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Thanks, for me it’s still the color. I often struggle to be happy with my edits in black and white when it comes to landscapes. It’s good to practice though!
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Beautiful, I like that it is framed by the vegetation and rocks.
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Yes, it was a beautiful and lush landscape.
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