
I shot this image of Mount Rushmore in 2005 while on the Nikonians Annual Photo Adventure Trip (ANPAT). I converted this image to black and white two different ways: first, in Nikon’s Capture NX 2 with my Black and White Action Pack and Color Efex Pro 3.0. The second conversion was with a beta version of the just announced Silver Efex Pro 2.0 from Nik Software.
If you use Lightroom, Aperture, or Photoshop, I highly recommend using Silver Efex Pro for black and white. It’s just that powerful. But as you can see, Capture NX 2 users need not fret about the fact that SEP isn’t available for them as a native plug-in. You can do very well with Capture NX 2; even better if you have Color Efex Pro 3.0 installed.

what can Silver EFX Pro 2.0 do that
Capture Nx and Color EFX 3.0 and your Action Pack not Do?
John-
See my blog post. 🙂
I just received word from NIK that version 2 SEP will be out soon. I’m anxious to know if you will be following up with your version 2 “The Photographer’s Guide to Silver Effects Pro”?