Beamer Falls, Grimsby, Ontario
After reading Denise Ippolito’s blog today announcing the release of the new photoshop plugin from Topaz Labs called Black & White Effects I downloaded the software and immediately began using it on several images to familiarize myself with the interface and found that I particulary liked how it performed on some of my images from last spring, as I made my way around several of the waterfalls found along the Niagara Escarpment near Hamilton and Grimsby. For most of my B&W conversions I use Nik Software’s Silver Efex and absolutely love the results, but with the release of Black & White Effects I now have another tool in my image optimization toolbox.
Devil’s Punch Bowl, Hamilton, Ontario
Grindstone Creek, Waterdown, Ontario
Andrew McLachlan 
Nice waterfall details – thanks
Thanks for stopping by Andy, I appreciate the comments very much.
Andrew, I really like B&W images and the new plug in is really user friendly with lots of different combos to use. I am a big fan on Silver Efex and will probably continue to use it for the bulk of my conversions but this one has some creative stuff that I like. Nice job on the waterfalls. I look forward to more.
Thanks very much Denise. I will use Silver Efex too for the most part, but like you mention there are some very nice aspects about it.