3 variations

[Fons Baerken]

1


neutral conversion

2


niks' colour efex, detail extraction, and niks' define some noise reduction

3


b/w conversion photoshop added contrast

Df voigtlander 180mm f/4

[Mongo]

Looking at these images, Mongo must say Fons that the Nikon software seems to do what it says. Specifically, No. 2 looks noticeably more detailed than No. 1. As a consequence, it looks (and may well be) sharper.

No.3 has a reasonable amount of defining contrast and as such also looks sharp and detailed

Mongo only wishes he could get the Nik software to work on his CS5 on his Mac but no luck so far so have given up wasting time on them. Shame, because they seem to work

[Fons Baerken]

Mongo thank you for your response!

[Olivier]

Hi Fons,

I actually much prefer the original image. It doesn't need addtional detail or contrast to be pretty...

Olivier

[Fons Baerken]

thank you monsieur Olivier

[tommiejeep]

Very nice Fons.  I prefer the Nik'ed images.  Do you remember how much detail extractor?  Good job with Define.
Tom 

[Fons Baerken]

Very nice Fons.  I prefer the Nik'ed images.  Do you remember how much detail extractor?  Good job with Define.
Tom

Tom that's about a 25%.

[JohnBrew]

I like the extra detail and texture of #2.

[Fons Baerken]

thank you John

[Lars Hansen]

Hi Fons,

I actually much prefer the original image. It doesn't need addtional detail or contrast to be pretty...

Olivier

I'm with monsieur Olivier,  .. heer Baerken

[Fons Baerken]

selvfølgelig, tak hr Larsen

[Mongo]

Mongo notes that some are expressing a preference of which image or effect they like. Mongo simply reported the visible effect of the treatment to the images. This in no way is an expression of preference which is a different matter altogether. Maybe reporting both back to Foss might be helpful to him. In terms of preference, Mongo prefers 2 and 3 by a small margin over 1.

[Akira]

Hi Fons,

I actually much prefer the original image. It doesn't need addtional detail or contrast to be pretty...

Olivier

Totally agree.  The delicate colors and textures is rendered most pleasantly in #1.

[Fons Baerken]

Thank you guys

[David H. Hartman]

I find the choice easy: the first one.

Dave