One Four Challenge: November Week 4
For my final edit of November’s One Four Challenge I’ve gone all nostalgic with Nik Silver Efex Pro. I processed my image using the Antique Plate II preset before making some selective adjustments to structure, contrast and brightness. I selected an Agfa 400 film type and increased the grain-per-pixel, then toned the image with a light Ambrotype and added a vintage border. Seed-heads always make me feel nostalgic for childhood days, blowing dandelion clocks in late summer 🙂 Thank you Robyn Gosby at Captivate Me for organising this challenge. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone’s photo choices for December!
Here’s my gallery and a poll if you would like to choose a favourite.
Taking One Day At A Time 
Beautiful, and quite nostalgic feeling….filters are such fun
Thank you 🙂 They are indeed, but I also like the ability to customise and mix styles! I might go a bit mad with Photoshop CC next month 🙂 You should join in Seonaid!
I will if I can create the time Sarah…..there are so many great challenges which I never seem to get round to joining….but this one does look good 🙂
I thought the creative experimentation of this might appeal to you 🙂 It’s quite nice to focus on just the one image for the month too!
Yes I love the idea of one image four ways over a month…different moods sweeping through 🙂
It’s an intriguing way to see how we approach our own work on any given day! Very insightful 🙂
I like how bright the last one is…it glows!
Thanks so much 🙂 I wanted it to glow so I’m glad that you see that!
Sarah, I enjoyed seeing the transition from first photo to last, but I really liked your final version. The story of childhood days is reflected beautifully in your post-processing choices. Well done!
Thanks so much Stacy! I think I went nostalgic because I was thinking a lot about my sister in Devon. Missing her!
These are all excellent takes, but my eye kept going back to week 2.
Thanks so much Elizabeth 🙂 I can now admit that week 2 is my favourite too! I just think it’s the most appropriate edit for the subject.
I missed your entry in the previous weeks challenge, but I love what you have done with this last version, it suits the subject perfectly and is a wonderful evocative treatment. Great job!
Thanks so much! I need to catch up with everyone else’s complete collections. Week 4 certainly has the most sentiment I think 🙂 Such an interesting challenge from Robyn!
Sarah, I love them all and find it hard to choose only one.
However, if I was viewing these on a wall, I know Id be drawn to number 4 first 😀
It has been a very fun challenge – also looking forward to December!!
I think you’re probably quite a lot like my friend Sam in what sort of decor you like 🙂 She loves Week 4 too! She loves vintage, arts and crafts, New England style. Thanks for everything Robyn!
Yes I do like those things too 😃
I guess its night time there again? Night xx
Ha ha! Yes, it will be bedtime very soon. Right now I’m just chilling out with a cat on my lap preventing me from getting near my laptop 😉 Night night!
Enjoying chilling 😀 night! X
They are all good! It is interesting to see the image changing simplified.
Thanks Pike 🙂 This month was all about simple edits for a simple image. December will be a bit more challenging I think!
Lovely versions, all of them. But my favorite is Week 2, dark and warm at the same time, quite the achievement. Overall, nice work. Looking forward to your December choices.
Thank you 🙂 It seems most people like my favourite! I think maybe it’s the most seasonal. I’m going to go all out for December! This was all about simplicity so I think I should up my game a bit 🙂 It’s a great challenge.
Hi Sarah, it looks like my choice – #3 – is not the favourite! Good to hear about your Nik SEP technique too. Adrian
That’s one of the great things about this challenge, it really shows that art is very subjective and equally versatile! I really like Silver Efex but I always customise the presets, trying out different film types etc along the way 🙂
Oh yes, its all very subjective – and if blogging has taught me one thing its that we are all different in our likes / dislikes etc etc! Re Silver Efex, I do just the same – choose a preset that looks promising and then customise it – the end result often looks nothing like the preset! But I rarely use film types, and I don’t think I’ve ever used a preset without further manipulation. A 🙂
I was between two and three ( BW) but chose two,
Week 2 is my favourite 🙂 It’s what I’d choose to print from them all. Thank you Ritva!
Week 4 just sets this image in another time and place. Beautiful!
Thanks Emilio 🙂 Seed-heads are quite a timeless subject!
Hi Sarah, for some reason I missed your previous entries. Your processing is beautiful and I found it hard to select a favourite. In the end I picked Week 1 for its freshness of background colours.
My fault! I misspelt my Tag! Thanks so much for visiting and commenting 🙂 The bright, fresh feel to week 1 certainly made me feel good! So interesting to see what people like and why. I’m looking forward to our next challenge now 🙂
I just love Nik’s collection. Such great filters for sure Sarah! Stunning effects and shots! I really can’t choose a favourite. They are all so gorgeous. 😀 ♥
Thanks Sophia 🙂 This month was all about showcasing Nik and Lightroom together. It’s been a great challenge and I’m preparing my December image now 🙂 This one will be all about Photoshop!
I’m glad I finally found what program you’re using for your terrific post processing work. Nik doesn’t work as a standalone, unfortunately. I still haven’t made the decision to sign up for the Lightroom/PS Cloud since my laptop has a lousy graphics card with minimal processing space. Oh well, what would life be if I duplicated your style anyway, lol. Keep up the great work! 🙂
I love the Nik Software but I mostly rely on Lightroom. This month I’m going all abstract with Photoshop 🙂 I’ve got a 64bit dual core memory with 6gb RAM and 1tb hard drive and I’m beginning to really struggle for speed! If you can upgrade your laptop I’d highly recommend PS CC with Lightroom. There are so many great pluggins, presets and actions 🙂
In the end I like the black and white image from week three with the low key tone and strong contrast.
Thanks Ben 🙂 This one was very much in the style of the B&W film photography that I used to do a lot of!
I do like this latest version – certainly very nostalgic, and as Emilio says, it sets the image in another time
Thanks Sue 🙂 Some subjects have a timeless quality!
They most certainly do!