Get More Than Black and White with Topaz B&W Effects

One of my favourite plugins, Topaz B&W Effects, is on sale this month, so I thought you might like to see some examples of photos I have made with it.

Bandon Beach Seascape — Seascape at Bandon Beach, Oregon. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Traditional Collection – Classic preset.

Not only does it do regular black and white conversions, like this classic example, but it does lots of other nifty things too – things using colour, which you wouldn’t expect from a plugin called Black and White Effects!

Two Baby Elephants Playing — Two baby elephants playing in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Opalotype Collection – Hand Tinted Chiffon preset.

Mesquite Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Van Dyke Brown Collection – Chamoisee Cyan Dynamic preset.

Live Oaks — Boone Hall Plantation, South Carolina. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Toned Collection – Gold Blue I preset.

Sierra del Carmen Mountains, Texas. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Stylized Collection – Painterly Color preset.

And finally this one, which might look familiar since I just published it on the blog last week:

Zebras at the Watering Hole by Anne McKinnell — Zebras at the watering hole in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Processed with Topaz B&W Effects – Opalotype Collection – Milk Memories preset.

Here’s a peek inside so you can see what the user interface looks like. If you use any of the other Topaz plugins, it will be familiar because they all work the same way with the collection at the top left of the screen and the presets within each collection on the bottom left. You can then further customize the effects by adjusting any of the sliders on the right side of the screen.

You can get $20 off the price of Topaz B&W Effects until the end of March, 2015 – that brings the price down to just $39.99. Just use this link here and then use the coupon code marbw.