Newport Beach.

Another attempt at black and white, from the same location as last time.

I chose this one because of the strong leading lines, and then tried to process it to create some drama and capture the textures, particularly in the sand and the posts.

I’m quite pleased with the end result (it certainly was fun, though B&W is a peculiar discipline). You can see, though, where I’ve over-cooked it (the haloes around the tall posts for example). Ah well, there’s always next time...

America is out there somewhere!

Thank you so much for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image :)

[LR for crop, straightening, lens correction (lots of barrel distortion) and perspective. Went for high contrast, and lots of colour to give something for the black and white conversion to work on.

Then into Photo: sharpening in Topaz Detail (so-so), then Topaz Clarity (very effective here); duplicated and blended with soft light at 55% opacity to enhance the skies.

Finally into Nik Silver Efex for the conversion (great fun tinkering) with slight dark vignette, and slight blue silver toning… et voila. :) ]

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D90
Exposure:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture:	f/7.1
ISO Speed:	200
Focal Length:	18 mm
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6