Yuck bleach bypass

works out quite nicely if done right imO

did you underexpose one stop to do that? or you changed exposure post ?

why would I need to underexpose?

bleaching bypass is an older film technique which basically skips the bleaching process - and in essence what you end up with is a black and white image over a colour image. i read from somewhere probably wiki as i just re-read it there, that people usually underexpose to help create the effect

Edit:
but ofc thats film use. On digital all of which can be edited in PP

This post was edited by SUPACALIFRAGILISTICEXPALIDOCIOUS on Apr 4 2011 01:15pm

well yeah I was talking about the bleach bypass filter from color efex pro.

Ah interesting. Do you simple select filter and adjust curves? or how does that software work ?

well the whole plugin allows you to apply several half preset filters to your photos. I use like 10% of them tho. Bleach bypass is for adjusting contrast. you can adjust global contrast and local contrast plus brightness and saturation. it´s definately more powerful than photoshops regular brightness / contrast adjustment.