Before and After - The Weekly Editing Challenge

white balans updated.
green on the rocks somewhat stronger
put some light on parts off the rocks, and did make the sun what stronger and softer.

Wow. Lots of great edits.

Jethr0 wrote in post #18460289
Wow. Lots of great edits.

Agreed. Gonna be hard judging. Been less than 24 hours

Edited in ps. Applied luminosity mask thru channels to bring out the vibrancy and straightened the horizon.

Adjusted horizontal perspective to straighten both horizon and solar reflection. RawTherapee 5.2.

I can see that am going to need to learn some PS skills to participate here ߘ

roseyposey wrote in post #18460603
I can see that am going to need to learn some PS skills to participate here ߘ

Your edit is nice. My is also only LR. This is grate place for training.

FFFCFF wrote in post #18460606
Your edit is nice. My is also only LR. This is grate place for training.

Thanks .... but looking at some of the edits, especially those which gave the sky some blue, made me realise there's lots learn. Mind you I did know that. Maybe when I retire ....

The blue sky on mine is made by adding selective mask in LR and Vibrance adjust and a W/B adjusted to Blue.

roseyposey wrote in post #18460607
Thanks .... but looking at some of the edits, especially those which gave the sky some blue, made me realise there's lots learn. Mind you I did know that. Maybe when I retire ....

I like your edit. You mentioned that you warmed your version which made it look better to you. To make the sky bluer, you could cool the image by adjusting the white balance and then darken using a gradient ND filter, bumping up vibrance, etc.

The main point of this thread is for others to share how they achieved the look they get so others can gain insight on how they can improve their own images.

Brought into DPP made adjustments to highlights and contrast, change Picture Style to Landscape. Straighten horizon, cropped to 16x9, added blue gradient to sky dodged some of the rocks export 1280 long side jpg in LightRoom CC. Added filter in NIK Color Efex Pro along with border, cloned out small blemishes in PaintShop Pro.

4 programs 15 minutes.

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navydoc wrote in post #18460702
I like your edit. You mentioned that you warmed your version which made it look better to you. To make the sky bluer, you could cool the image by adjusting the white balance and then darken using a gradient ND filter, bumping up vibrance, etc.

The main point of this thread is for others to share how they achieved the look they get so others can gain insight on how they can improve their own images.

Also its good practice. And most importantly fun.

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In lightroom I made basic adjustments then I cropped and straightened, warmed up the image, added a grad filter to the sky, and cooled that down. I brightened the right lower corner and the faces of the rocks in shadow just a little. I added a bit of saturation to the blue and green channels. Sent to PS added a high pass filter with a radius of 3.2 added vivid light and called it done

IMAGE LINK: https://photos.smugmug​.com …i-kT7ffLn-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A

LR Basic Adjustments cropped then to PS to remove blown highlights, and a little sharpening to the rocks, back to LR added gradient and color adjustments.