Black & White: Silver Efx Pro™ Software Plug-In

Challenge #2 in the B&W: Shades of Darkness series. Hosted by RickBuddy.

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Black & White Photos processed with NIK Software Silver Efx Pro software plugin. If you don't own it, you can get a free trial that works as a plug in for Apple Aperture, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop software: http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php Once you try it, you may want to keep it around for this B&W series.

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Announced:

Monday, 9th January, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 16th January, 2012 – Sunday, 22nd January, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 23rd January, 2012 – Sunday, 29th January, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Use the SilverFX Pro plug-in to post process any photo — without a cat — that you believe will give you a winning result.
You will only be cheating yourself if you do not use or try this software.

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

Extra Credit: Voters. add at least half a star if the entrant adds comments on some of the techniques used to post-process the entry.
Subtract Credit: Subtract credit of the entry is simply a desaturated color photo.
Remember: No cats allowed.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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1450 votes

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Happy New Year; Say Hello to the Dragon!

by induren

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Part of the Decorations at IFC in Hongkong, as a part of the New Year festivities

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Submitted:	Sunday, 22nd January, 2012 00:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 21st January, 2012
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	1/40 sec
Aperture:	F1.2
ISO:	200
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Views:	36
Galleries:	View this photo in induren's gallery

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