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I also considered the rocks to be an important secondary subject, so I wanted them to be strong but not distract too much from the falls. This meant in post-processing IвЂ™d have to do a heck of a lot of burning to help draw more attention to the water and less attention the background noise. Of course, even if I had a good angle on these falls I was also dealing with a lot of things that fight for the eyes attention in this shot.

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The camera settings were f/9 29 mm, 1.6s (handheld against a fence), and ISO 100. I managed to get one click before people arrived and there was too much foot pounding to get another semi-clean shot like this. I kept thinking this was the perfect location for the GT2531 tripod that I so desperately wished I had with me that day (and a rope with a long cable release ). I tried about 30 different things to avoid having to resort to that, but none of them worked (with the long exposure that I wanted). As a result I just had to effectively handhold this shot with limited stabilization for 1.6 seconds. I had a tripod but I couldnвЂ™t get it stable on the very uneven ground and in a position to clear the fence. The original image from my 2012 camera of the year, the Nikon D600, was a disaster because I was resting my camera on a fence with the vibration of the falls coming through the very unstable fence blocking me from getting a better shot. Processing Comparison #3 вЂ“ WaterfallsДЇor the last image I decided to give myself a gnarly challenge. In fact, this preset was very satisfying with the Temple photo too, so I marked it as a favorite. If I were tweaking IвЂ™d probably bump the contrast a bit, but it was a good result. It had a nice bright face, great tonal range and good contrast. This image is pretty solid even with a neutral conversion, so when I poured through all of the onOne presets I found myself preferring its near neutral вЂњAutoMagicвЂќ preset.

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In fact, if I were processing this shot for real IвЂ™d probably mask the eyes and facial skin from this one and put it on the Silver Efex version to create the perfect overall image (for my taste). While the face was a little brighter white, I really liked the high key feel of it. In second place was B&W Effects which used a film preset where I turned the grain off for a cleaner look. The zones looked great and it just felt spot on.Д«&W Effects - 100 Fuji Acros Preset (Grain turned off) I also loved the amount of light on the face without blowing anything out. I felt that the contrast was very good overall and the blacks were simply delicious.

Overall, this preset nailed the look I wanted for this image. Silver Efex Pro 2 - Fine Art Process Preset

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All three were solid images, but I just really loved the tonal range of the Nik Software version. It was tough to decide which I liked the best, but what follows is the stack rank of what I felt after carefully examining my these prints in a lightbox.ДЇor this test I thought that Silver Efex Pro 2 gave me the best result, followed by B&W Effects 2 and last was Perfect B&W. I created a huge 24вЂќ x 36вЂќ contact sheet of images from all three products and then one sheet of large prints of my finalists.

This image was taken with a Canon EOS 6D ( review) set to f/9 175 mm for 1/60 sec at ISO 100 using studio lights (key light was the Elinchrom 39' Rotalux Deep OctaBox ). I figured this would give myself and users who just use the presets pretty much вЂњas isвЂќ an idea which might work best.

Processing Comparison #2 вЂ“ PortraitДЇor the original color portrait ( found here), I decided I would use just the presets with my only allowable enhancements beyond that was to turn film grain off. With that said, letвЂ™s jump into two more processing comparisons and see which I liked the best. The first part was called COMPARISON: Nik Silver EfexвЂ“vsвЂ“Topaz B&W EffectsвЂ“vsвЂ“onOne Perfect Effects (with discounts) - Part I of II, in case you missed it.

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Thanks for joining me for the second part of this series where I compare the top three black and white conversion plug-ins.

OnOne Software Perfect B&W, Nik Software Silver Efex, & Topaz B&W Effects

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