I thought now would be a good time to take another look at a filter from the Nik Plugin Collection. This time, we will look at the default filters in the Silver Efex Pro 2 collection. There are 38 of them, so I’ll split this into 2 posts.

The Silver Efex Pro 2 filter is a quick, easy, and powerful way to convert any image into black & white with a myriad of options.

Here is the first batch.

Original Image


Neutral


Underexposed


Overexposed


High Contrast Harsh


High Contrast Smooth


High Structure Harsh


High Structure Smooth


High Key 1


High Key 2


Low Key 1


Low Key 2


Push Process 1


Push Process 2


Full Dynamic Harsh


Full Dynamic Smooth


Full Spectrum Inverse


Full Spectrum


Grad NV 1


Grad NV 2



Fine Art

It is the same subject, with the same composition, but each filter suggest a slightly different emotion. Will look at the rest of the filters soon.