Yup totally agree, cracking shot. Rojin any tips on B&W processing?
I'm guessing the toned BW preset in LR and then manual tweaks for contrast and levels? Looks wicked! My custom preset used to give that look in LR3 but LR4's updated algorithms meant I had to redo all my presets and they just don't look exactly the same any more.
Need some time spent on it
I had the same issue, the custom preset I made in LR3 didn't translate into LR4 very well. I'm getting there, I've now got a starting point which I tweak for each picture. I'm on the iPad at the moment, I'll be away with work until the end of the week so I'll add more info then. Basically though:
It's using the 2012 settings in LR4:
Highlight slider is pushed up to around +20%
Shadows are pushed right down probably -90%
Whites are at 0
Blacks are around -20%
Curves are something like:
Highlights slightly raised
Lights raised a bit more
Darks just a bit less than lights
Shadows slightly raised
I've added a slight tone (just went by eye for what I like)
No sharpening or noise reduction as default.
I also added a slight vignette.
Now the above is purely a starting point. I might find that I raise the shadow slider for an image and drop the curves dark instead etc. It all depends on the image...
Basically I just hammer the hell out of the sliders until I find something I like, then save as a preset!
