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Post by Lillias on Nov 29, 2022 15:44:27 GMT
Close cropped for a different look. Applied a levels adjustment. Then took into Topaz Studio and applied Enchanted Day Sky from the Modern Impression section. Made my own frame.  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 29, 2022 22:03:08 GMT
I like the crop and framing you chose for your painting, Lillias.
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Post by VickiD on Nov 30, 2022 22:12:15 GMT
Whew...made it before the deadline!
When I looked at the original image, the rocks in the foreground struck me as the main subject in the image, so I cropped appropriately in Camera Raw (ACR) before any edits. Then, I did my usual edits: Adjusted white balance (clicked Auto, then lowered the yellow); clicked 'Auto'; Changed Exposure to 0 because I don't like that to be global; kept Contrast at 0; lowered Highlights almost to the lowest number; opened the shadows by moving the slider to the right; didn't adjust Whites and Blacks. Then, in the next section, I added Texture, raised the Clarity and added a bit of Dehaze but not much...this gets really murky if overdone. Took it into Photoshop and used Topaz Photo AI to reduce the noise and add a bit of sharpening. Returned to Photoshop. Duplicated the original layer, moved it to the top, and opened Nik Color Efex Pro. I used "Super Punch" preset, and tweaked the sliders a bit. Returned to photoshop. I now had 3 layers: I changed the blend mode of the Nik layer to Multiply and lowered the opacity to 40%.
Flattened the layers, created a frame and...Done!
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Post by hmca on Dec 1, 2022 0:08:35 GMT
Rich in color, I like your edit and crop, Vicki. The black frame really works well. Challenge ends on Thursday, Dec. 8th.
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Post by VickiD on Dec 1, 2022 4:44:54 GMT
Rich in color, I like your edit and crop, Vicki. The black frame really works well. Challenge ends on Thursday, Dec. 8th. AHHHH...I thought it was tomorrow. Maybe I'll have time to do a more creative edit before the deadline! Thanks, Helen. |
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Post by hmca on Dec 1, 2022 20:22:14 GMT
Used my color edit, added a textured layer and mask, converted to B/W and framed.  |
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Post by VickiD on Dec 2, 2022 5:05:06 GMT
Beautiful edit, Helen! I love the edge effects and the softness of the B/W.
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Post by tonyw on Dec 6, 2022 21:07:54 GMT
Couldn't resist filling that empty ocean space ...  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Dec 6, 2022 23:13:59 GMT
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Post by Peterj on Dec 9, 2022 3:43:41 GMT
I'm amazed & impressed at the diversity of these versions. My submission was one of a multiple vertical capture intended for a panorama. Your different treatments opened my mind quite a bit. I enjoyed viewing all these submissions, my choices are these three, but not in any particular order.
Clive's pano crop was the closest to my original vision.
Helen's B&W with texture certainly was quite different from my vision, but very nice.
Tony's square crop brought the viewer closer to the rocks on the shoreline.
Thanks to all who participated!
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Post by Chris on Dec 9, 2022 10:22:30 GMT
Thank you Peter for sharing your image for this challenge. I enjoyed seeing all the creative edits. Congratulations to Clive, Helen and Tony for their edits!
Kind regards
Chris
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Post by Lillias on Dec 9, 2022 13:07:17 GMT
Congratulations Clive, Helen and Tony. Thanks to you too Pete for allowing us to work on your image, it was fun.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 9, 2022 15:22:46 GMT
Clive's pano crop was the closest to my original vision. Well, gosh, thank you Peter. Was a good image to work with. Thanks. Clive |
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Post by hmca on Dec 9, 2022 15:30:48 GMT
Your photo presented us with many options for editing, Pete. Thanks so much for sharing!
Nice to see our efforts highlighted Clive and Tony.
Still in need of an image for the next RAW Challenge which will be February 4th. Please PM me if you would like to submit an image.
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Post by tonyw on Dec 10, 2022 2:27:00 GMT
Thanks Peter for providing such an interesting image to work on and to see how many different approaches there were.
Tony
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