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Gear Talk => Processing & Publication => Topic started by: Bjørn J on September 19, 2015, 13:25:21
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Andrea chose me as the "winner" of Edit Challenge 4, and as a result I had to find a photo for number 5.
This is a dull and flat landscape photo, and it absolutely needs some editing.
So go ahead and do whatever you like with this one:
http://www.jottacloud.com/p/arcticphoto/2f35aeb5e13d4dc7a399fdd9ae54d21e
Here is a thumbnail:
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It just needs some coloring and cropping to my idea ;)
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Some LightZone work. Posting the LZN jpeg, so people with LZ can check or use it as a starting point.
Needs to be B&W for me with the contrasty foreground.
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Wow. Great nature shot. Looking forward to more renderings.
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Wow. Great nature shot. Looking forward to more renderings.
Thanks Frank. I am looking forward to your edit :)
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Free your mind......
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Duke_1/_D3X2049_zpskyni7mqa.jpg)
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I was struck anew by how good the D3x files are. Quite amazing. I think D3X files compare quite favorably to the D810 except for possibly some noise issues. OK maybe there is a little bit less DR, but that doesn't matter as much as we like to think, perhaps?
I've been indulging myself in Square Crops recently.
1) It's just the sand in my 1st version. With a tiny little strip of tension at the top. What wonderful patterns the winds have made!
2) My 2nd version is a more conventional square scene from Photo Ninja with a small tweak in NX2.
I tend to get too heavy-handed with the PN detail slider. ::)
3) I had some trouble with the sky. Bjørn J, did you use a polarizer or filter?
When I tried to click-white some clouds for a little brightening, I got some pinks and cyans.
The 3rd version is my *failed* attempt at going with that colourful sky.
I think that we might expect some angels to fly out from behind the mountain at this point!! :P ;D
Gotta back off this colour a bit, methinks.
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Here's my version:
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That's funny, Patrick. I made a version almost exactly like yours.
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My attempt of, perhaps, a straight forward pictorial style. ;D
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That's funny, Patrick. I made a version almost exactly like yours.
Really Bjørn, That's simply because we two are very much alike, as you know, in both personality and so on! :-) Love you Bjørn, I hope we can meet soon again!!??
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That's funny, Patrick. I made a version almost exactly like yours.
Can I see it then?? Here or on mail?
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After failing to possibly match an inner associative picture of candyfloss and blue ribbons through color shifting in L*ab and some layer technique, I decided to go with a pretty straightforward "clean window" RAW development plus cleaning in Photoshop. The olympic spirit is alive.
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Trying something different, although the original framing was very good.
(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-2/p1500119555.jpg)
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Then attempting a not so subtle night scene:
(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-2/p1500119519.jpg)
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Seems a pano is missing:
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Werner. Coool. Out of the box.
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Here is a quick edit in LR. I attempted to keep it subtle :)
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Thanks all. Many interesting interpretations here, but I am supposed to select a "winner", or pick the edit I like best. My vote goes to Hans Cremers (HCS) for the b/w version. I am a bit surprised to see how well the photo works in monochrome - I never tried it myself on that photo.
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Good choice Bjorn. Congrats Hans!
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Pardon me for adding these 2 after the choice has been made!
Congratulations, Hans!
When I saw this thread I downloaded the file and did some postprocessing: one in BW (which is often a favorite of me for landscape) and one in color. And then I saw page 2 and the verdict. So I thought to add them just for fun.. I hope you don't mind.
When I saw the photo, the first thought I had was to create a bit of a Mount Doom effect in BW because of the light above the mountain.
(http://www.visualcue.photography/img/s/v-2/p1538694893-6.jpg)
I wanted to keep the color version more natural looking and just accentuate some parts.
(http://www.visualcue.photography/img/s/v-2/p1538694694-6.jpg)
Fun exercise! I am looking forward to the next one!
PS: And a beautiful photo to work with!
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my version
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Thanks all. Many interesting interpretations here, but I am supposed to select a "winner", or pick the edit I like best. My vote goes to Hans Cremers (HCS) for the b/w version. I am a bit surprised to see how well the photo works in monochrome - I never tried it myself on that photo.
Wow! Thanks Bjørn J. ! Big honour for me, especially since i consider myself as a not so great post-processor.
I'll dig up an interesting file that needs work and post it in a new challenge thread. Need to find out how to do the dropbox trick.
Wait for it ...
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just for fun