I took a different approach with your pic. Using Rob's action, I went for a somewhat more conventional look, not quite sepia so much as warm toned, making adjustments to hue/sat, the "film curve" and the amount of sepia tone. The lack of grain didn't bother me so much as the photo had plenty of detail in it to offset the digital smoothness that you found objectionable. IMO, your use of the grain filter detracted from the final result. Here my thought was that, in going for an "old tyme" look, a larger format negative would have been used, and grain intrusion would have been minimal or non existent. I set the warm tone to look more like some older prints I've seen, rather than the colder B&W silver prints that are more contemporary.
I tried Rob's action straight from the can, but it didn't cut it for this pic as far as I was concerned. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OK, here goes. > > My first attempt at digi-b/w. I've used Rob's action and used the > "film grain" filter in CS. The file just didn't look right with > digital smoothness, imho. > > The place is "Mabry mill" in the Blue Ridge mountains. > > http://www.oksne.net/paw/imgp2489.jpg > > Comments appreciated. > > Here's the colour original: > http://www.oksne.net/paw/imgp2489c.jpg > > The coloured one looks kinda mute, but I didn't do any adjustments to > it like I would otherwise. > > Jostein
