{"id":253,"date":"2011-08-22T18:06:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T22:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2016-01-22T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:54:18","slug":"greyscale-and-luminosity-blend-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/greyscale-and-luminosity-blend-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Greyscale and Luminosity Blend Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I have been enjoyed converting some images to black &amp; white using <a title=\"Silver Efex Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.niksoftware.com\/silverefexpro\/usa\/entry.php\" target=\"_blank\">Nik Software&#8217;s Silver Efex Pro<\/a>. The plugin offers tremendous control of the final image, particularly around the structure in the shadows or hightlights of the file.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_254\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/22\/greyscale-and-luminosity-blend-mode\/antarctica\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-254\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254\" title=\"Antarctica\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097_Edit-2_Edit.jpg?resize=900%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097_Edit-2_Edit.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097_Edit-2_Edit.jpg?resize=620%2C260&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097_Edit-2_Edit.jpg?resize=768%2C322&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097_Edit-2_Edit.jpg?resize=570%2C239&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemaire Channel Antarctic Peninsula<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On their own, I have created some B&amp;W photos with which I am quite pleased. At some point I changed the blend mode to Luminosity and let the under lying color through, while adding the structure enhancements from the Silver Efex conversion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/22\/greyscale-and-luminosity-blend-mode\/8-22-2011-5-23-30-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-255\" title=\"Luminosity Blend Mode\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/8-22-2011-5-23-30-PM-940x427.png?resize=780%2C413\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Raw version and the finished version<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_264\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/22\/greyscale-and-luminosity-blend-mode\/antarctica-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-264\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-264\" title=\"Antarctica Raw file \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097.jpg?resize=900%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097.jpg?resize=620%2C260&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097.jpg?resize=768%2C322&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Antarctica_40D15097.jpg?resize=570%2C239&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raw file from Lemaire Channel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edbacon.photoshelter.com\/gallery-image\/Antarctic\/G0000QDz0FJnYib4\/I000092x0vPkS0cw\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Antarctica\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I000092x0vPkS0cw\/s\/900\/376\/Antarctica-40D15097-Edit.jpg?w=900\" alt=\" (Edward F. 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