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tkbslc
25th of March 2009 (Wed), 21:57
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 #171".

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

This round will end Saturday 3/28 at 8:00 PM MDT


Here's a shot of the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City peeking through some fall leaves. Let's see if we can make it a little better. It was shot at noon, so the light isn't the best.

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tkbslc/ba171.jpg

Farsad
26th of March 2009 (Thu), 10:23
Sharp - Curves - Saturation - Vibrance - masked Blur - transform

http://6npsyg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pGEK4RZtevOwEfqY7qSr0TnMnkPWgYDEyWMSTv6oc2OIrbcw Eu1Oza0OA0684rjfSugWOsZ6podW-uUpGmQ8tx-s6Oom_eDm5/ba171-edited.jpg

Lore
26th of March 2009 (Thu), 11:27
new sky, adjusted foreground w/ layers, curves, brightness, contrast, some sharpening added light vingette

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/silentlore/Untitled-1-1.jpg

Ocron
26th of March 2009 (Thu), 20:22
- Opened in ACR and bumped highlight recovery (37) clarity (25), and vibrance (25)
- Opened in PS and cropped.
- Transform->Perspective to stand the building up (was tilting to the right)
- Cloned out most of the branches that were covering the front of the building (ouch)
- resized the image ~50 px
- bumped the saturation on the sky a little
- ran TRA Bowtwells magic glasses at 50% opacity to give more contrast/depth
- brought up the colors on the leaves by doing a LAB mode soft light apply image, then masked out everything but the leaves
- light high pass sharpening
- border

http://ocron.zenfolio.com/img/v7/p241552065.jpg

tkbslc
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 20:29
We have some good entries so far. Anyone else want to join in the fun?

monty28428
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 21:23
ptlens - lens correction
levels, hue/sat - upped blues, copy/paste leaves from right bottom to top right, cropped, burned center, dodged edges, usm on building

Timphoto
27th of March 2009 (Fri), 23:30
My first attempt at this kind of thing with just a few weeks of CS4 classes at the local community college. Hopefully I'll get better at this.
Straightened slightly (Ruler tool, image, image rotation, arbitrary) Crop
Adjustment layer - Enhanced monochromatic content warming filter, Hue Saturation, & curves adjustments.

http://tjb.smugmug.com/photos/500192362_oZYW3-O.jpg

tkbslc
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 01:10
Man, this is my first time judging and it is hard to narrow them down.

Farsad - You really popped the colors adn sharpness, but I think it is maybe a little bit over the top for my tastes.

Lore - Really cool sky and I like the extra contrast, but there is a lot of halos & fringe on the outer leaves, temple roof.

Ocron - I really like the lighting and coloring, your straightening looks the most natural, and your clonning job is fantastic. I feel like the right side is maybe a little "naked" now, with your crop.

monty28482 - Love the framing with the leaves in the top right corner. Building looks nice and straight, but now fence looks distorted. Sky and building have very nice color and contrast.

Timphoto - I like how you brought more detail in the shadows and the sky looks great. I think the temple looks TOO white now, though.


Very hard call here. I think I like the crops that Ocron and Monty did the best, Between those two, I think the cloning Job and the superb perpective correction while keeping the fence pretty straight deserves the win.

Win goes to Ocron!

Nice work all.

monty28428
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 07:33
Congrats Ocron!! Great cloning job.

Nice go at it everybody.

Ocron
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 07:59
Thanks! That was a fun one. I'll get 172 up this morning.

Timphoto
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 08:33
Congratulations Ocron. Nice work on the great cloning and perspective fix.

MJA
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 09:04
Nice edits everyone! I'm betting tkbslc lost a little sleep judging this one. :D

Kendoway
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 11:08
Congrats Ocron - great work!

Lore - I really liked your treatment, it almost looks like an HDR!

Ocron
29th of March 2009 (Sun), 11:53
172 is up, and it's not for the squeamish. :) http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=669495

Lore
30th of March 2009 (Mon), 00:23
Lore - I really liked your treatment, it almost looks like an HDR!

Thanks Kendoway!

Congrats Ocron! Your cloning work is fantastic!