Le regard

Here is yet another photo of Liliana, a profile this time. The light turned out perfect for this picture, even though I had nothing to do with it: Lillie was looking out the window at the time, in the late afternoon.

The editing consisted of a conversion to B&W by only saving the lightness channel in LAB mode, followed by one Curves layer. Contrast was further enhanced by a second layer of the picture set to a partial Soft Light blending mode. I also cropped it, as the original was a landscape layout and made the composition uninteresting.

f/5.6
55 mm
1/90 sec.
ISO 400

Icicles

This photo was taken during the last (?) freezing rain of the season. I pushed the white balance to give it a blue tint, in order to emphasize the coldness of the day.
I applied a little noise reduction to minimize the effect of the high ISO, caused by the lack of light that day. I also took the shot without a tripod.
Of course, I finished with one Curves layer.

Aperture Priority
ISO 800
Focal Length 55 mm
f/8
Shutter Speed 1/90 sec.