Monochrome Shots
Often, converting a colour photo to black
and white can degrade the quality or lose
some of the definition of the object being
photographed. However, Lightroom has
some excellent presets and tools available to
help create the perfect monochrome portrait.
Portrait shots can look great in black and white and this simple hipster fashion shot
especially benefits from an application of the cyanotype processing preset. You can
find it in the left sidebar of the Develop module, under Lightroom B&W Toned Presets.
We’ve added a slight boost to the contrast, as well as the toning preset and -25
points of post-crop vignetting to slightly darken the edges and corners. The result is
a nice atmospheric portrait.BEFOREAFTER56
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