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Last week I posted an image of a Union Solder’s Coat. This is an updated version of that image.

I did two more things in Nik Silver Effects Pro for this update. The first was to add a control point to add contrast  and slightly darken to the bottom of the solder’s jacket. This accentuated the folds in the coat and created more depth.

The other was to add a bit of a vignette. Besides the usual framing to draw the viewers eye into the subject, the vignette added to the chiaroscuro-the visual interplay of highlight and shadow to make the coats the focal point of the image.

For comparison sake here are small versions of the original color file and the B&W version posted last week.