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Ocron
5th of February 2009 (Thu), 08:47
This game is to help those of us who are trying to learn new tricks when it comes to editing.

Here's the breakdown of the game. I will post a picture that I choose, resized to exactly 1024 pixels maximum on the long side. Outside of being resized it has to be unedited...meaning no adjustments to any levels, it has to look like it did as it came out of the camera.

The game will last 72hrs and whoever can produce the best edited image (as judged by me) will be picked and it'll be their turn to post their unedited picture for all of us to take a crack at.

The participants must have their "Image Editing OK" turned on and they must provide at least a simple breakdown of how they edited the image, some entrants are a little vague on this point, please give us all details so we can learn and share tips. For instance if you use the unsharp mask tool or Smart Sharpen, provide us with the adjustments you used so others can try them out.

You can post multiple images, but the first image you post will be the one that is judged - all other images will be considered for knowledge and tip use only.

Also, please keep all comments, be they positive or negative, to yourself until after the game has ended.

If you happen to be the winner of the game please start the next one with the title of the game and the following number. For example…the next game should read "Before & After #160".

This is all about having fun so have at it!!!

How about a butterfly?

This game will end Sunday, February 8 at 9AM EST

http://ocron.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p462101826.jpg

BitterSweet
5th of February 2009 (Thu), 11:23
-Cropped
-Sharpened just a little bit
-Color Contrast filter
-Color Stylizer filter with high contrast
-Darken/Lighten filter twice
-Added highlights to the flowers and darkened the background a bit more
-Added more yellow tint to the butterfly
-Vignette (square) with a high transition but about a 80% opacity
-Border340085

MJA
6th of February 2009 (Fri), 17:36
My quick edit-

select flower/butterfly as new layer
converted background to b&w
added texture to background
lowered opacity of top layer
added frame

http://www.cornbread.com/~ratta/banda159.jpg

One thing for certain..the pse6 stock frames arent so hot!

azsteve-o
7th of February 2009 (Sat), 21:52
Decided to do an OOB on this one
created a separate border layer
selected everything outside the border (except for what I wanted to be OOB) and erased it
selected light yellow areas on butterfly and adjusted hugh/saturation
340653

monty28428
7th of February 2009 (Sat), 21:56
Crop, levels, lowered saturation of greens and reds, vignet

S.Horton
7th of February 2009 (Sat), 22:25
CS3 --
Shadow/highlight 6/50/30 top 3 sliders (like a fill light)
Saturation +4 overall
Lab color sharp - unsharp mask lightness only 85/1/4
Back to sRGB
Local contrast - unsharp 20/50/0
crop
curves layer / linear burn / 29% opacity / brushed in mask

http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/469426066_3RcG5-XL.jpg

Ocron
8th of February 2009 (Sun), 10:23
Ok, time's up.

Tracey - Nice job as usual. I like the contrasty look and the dark background. I might have brightened the butterfly a little more, but that's just my taste.

MJA - I'm normally not a big fan of selective color, but with the textured background it works real well in your edit. Nice job. Now about that frame... ;)

azsteve-o - Great idea doing an oob with this shot. It gave it a real nice 3d look. I like it a lot.

monty - I like the crop, it was good to get that bright stuff off the left side. I like the slightly muted look but to me it's just a little on the dark side.

Sam - I like it a lot. You did a great job bringing out the body and head of the butterfly. I bet a crop like Monty did would look great with your edit.

Now I have to pick one...I really do like them all.

And the winner is..........Sam.

monty28428
8th of February 2009 (Sun), 10:50
Congrats Sam!

Nice edits everybody.

BitterSweet
8th of February 2009 (Sun), 11:46
Congrats Sam!!

azsteve-o I love how you did yours.

MJA
8th of February 2009 (Sun), 12:11
Congrats Sam, great job everyone! I am really starting to enjoy these competitions. So many different perspectives and techniques executed on the same photo. It has inspired me to try new things....

tkbslc
8th of February 2009 (Sun), 18:48
MJA and azsteve, you guys rock. I tried to mask that butterfly to do something similar and I could not get the antennae. You guys have skills.

S.Horton
9th of February 2009 (Mon), 18:12
Thx.

I thought everything here was very good, I did not expect a win.

About the crop: I was after the flow/support look of the stems, in particular the symmetry of the butterly's camera-left wing and the stem low/left.

I'm working late tonight; I'll need to get home to create a 1024 long-side copy of an unedited photo, then post. I hope late tonight to do that.

S.Horton
10th of February 2009 (Tue), 21:42
Next round commencing:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7299772#post7299772