It happens very often that you take some cool photographs and they look cool in your camera display and when you’re back home and look at them on your screen, they’re pretty flat and not so vibrant.

Please check out this tutorial to see how you can spice up such an image.

Feedback and ideas are very much appreciated.
Have fun :-)


Cheers
V.T.

Excellent tutorial Vernon. I didn't know the vignetting processing you have chosen. Very interesting technique. Thanks for sharing your tips mate.

Thanks, great! As I said before - more of those ;-)

You are very educational and the tutorial is very easy to use. I sincerely do need to tweak some of my own work and this was inspiring.

...excellent...it is very helpful...thanks a lot...
...all the best...
Codrin

Thank you very much for this useful tuturial Vernon!!
Petra
ps do you also do workshops? if yes...count me in for one! :)

Super Vernon!

Would it be easy to "convert" it into an OE-article?

/ Jacob

sure :-)

Beautifully explained, Vernon. I'd definitely go that step further and convert it into an OE article. Only one note, one still needs a great capture like yours to create such a compelling image! Congratulations!

Ah, I also have a question would you have considered using the channel mixer to convert into B&W? If you would (or even if you wouldn't) what is your rationale for choosing between different methods?

the working file is available for download (at the end of the tutorial post)

cheers
v.t.

Thanks Vernon, a very great idea.
Anne

Cool tutorial!
Thx for the work!

Regards
André

marcello,

channel mixer works as well, the gradient method is the "quick & dirty" choice.
fast & effective, 1 click.
the channel mixer works too, it's a bit more adjusting work for complicated shots or when you need a special output on a specific channel. good for flowers or high key nude shots.

Thank you, Vernon.
I tend to use often the channel mixer, although it is rather more time consuming. I usually try to reproduce the effect of B&W photo filters with it.
But, I must say that I really like the final result in your image with the gradient. So, I shall try and use the "quick and dirty" more often. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! :)

Great stuff, thanks Vernon.

Thanks Vernon, that was useful.

Excellent tutorial for post-processing novices like myself. Thx. a lot :)

thank you bro