LightningPaul

Thanks for the many reactions and comments on the previous image. Most people like the textures which give it a nostalgic and painterly feeling. Though some prefer rather black & white and without added textures. This is the same base image as yesterday, except it's converted to monochrome (almost black & white, it has a slightly warmer tone) and the added textures are (almost fully) removed. I'm very interested which version you prefer, and why?


TECH-INFO: I took the same tone mapped intermediate result of yesterdays image but I converted it from RGB to LAB color mode in Photoshop. The latter mode is ideal for (de)saturating images while preserving the color balance and preventing a portion of extra noise due to manipulations. Here I removed the saturation of the B channel using the curves tool. The contrast is increased by altering the luminosity. The sky is made brighter and the wind mill a bit darker. Afterwards I converted it back to RGB mode. I didn't use the television dust screen layer anymore but I still slightly mixed in the texture of the blue stone (but partly masked out in the sky). Somehow it enhances the image to me, especially at the fields. Also the same vignetting layers are used though their intensities are altered too.