It all depends. For most black and white work, I use the Nik Silver Effects Pro filter as a Photoshop plug-in. I also have several actions that I've either written or have borrowed from photographer friends over the years. FWIIW, I always shoot in RAW format with my DSLRs and use the converter in Lightroom 3 for all downloads. I then transfer the file in 16-bit TIFF format to Photoshop CS3 where I do my black and white work. Apologies for the long reply, but I have a passion for photography and telling stores thru images. Cheers, Caley
No, I appreciate the reply. I'm a beginner and have just been getting my feet wet for a few months. I never bothered with photography before as I couldn't imagine lugging around a big DSLR and these smart phone cameras were fine for snaps but the mirrorless market got me interested.
I'm also shooting in Raw and convert in Aperture for Mac and I have the NIK software plug-ins. So far it's been pretty easy to figure out how to do things for my current needs but I know nothing about Photoshop and it seems a little daunting (not mention pricy) but I figure I'll take the plunge sometime.
My father was a Nikon shooter back in the day and I still have some old lenses of his including the Vivitar I mentioned in another thread, along with some Nikkor ones. I'm looking forward to using them especially in China as it will be like bringing him here. (he passed away quite a few years back) They are well taken care of but I haven't looked at them in awhile. I'm just hoping they have no fungus on them.
I looked through your Flickr library. You have some amazing work. Any advice or CC on my shots is appreciated.