Getting Used To Something New

One of the filters that comes with the latest version of Virtual Photographer is the "Ivy" filter. This filter converts your color image to a B&W with a greenish tint. I am used to seeing photos with various degrees of sepia, or even a blue (cyanotype) tint, but green was something new, and a little hard to get used to. I tried it on several photos. I liked it, but I didn't like it. I wasn't sure why. Maybe it was just too different, or too unorthodox. So for a while I gave up on the "Ivy" filter.

Then the other day, while browsing some other photographers' portfolios, I came across a photo that looked very much like the "Ivy" filter. It was a still life of an old Coke crate with the old 10 oz. Coke bottles. I thought it looked great with the greenish tint, and made me re-think using the "Ivy" filter. Maybe I just hadn't found the right photo to use it on. After all, it's not an effect you'd want to use all the time. So here's another attempt with the "Ivy" filter, and I was satisfied with how this one turned out. (Click on photo to enlarge.) I did desaturate it just a little to tone down the green tint slightly. One of the great things about Virtual Photographer is that you can adjust each preset in an infinite number of ways to make your image look like you want it to.