

The key is to adjust the tones in the picture to get the greatest contrast and bring out the graphic composition but without sacrificing subtle shadow detail.ġ) I start by pushing the Contrast slider up to around 50%. In this instance, I think it’s better to apply the adjustments yourself, so I’m starting from the default ‘Neutral’ look. Silver Efex Pro 2 does have a ‘Fine Art’ preset, but I don’t think it’s particularly effective. It was taken in colour, but I thought at the time that it might work better in black and white. The other thing you need is a combination of subtle tonal adjustments to bring out the graphic arrangement of the objects in the picture and a border to finish off the effect – a border works well when you frame it later. Big, bold shapes are best, and details from nature work well. One is an image with a strong, simple composition that’s going to work well at different viewing distances. There are two things you need in order for this to work. Fine art can mean a whole lot of different things, but here I’m just going to show how to turn a colour image into a simple graphic composition that could work quite nicely when you hang it on your wall.
