Before and After - The Weekly Editing Challenge

No HDR, only used the center exposure. In DXO Photolab 3: NR, straightened the perspective slightly for keystoning, cloned or cropped out the modern distractions, adjusted contrast, recovered highlights in the building and brightened the sky.

An old Kodachrome

I only used the 0Ev exposure for this one. Basically, all I did was a lot of cloning to remove whatever I could that looked too modern and then using the Alien Skin 4x Plugin, used an old Kodachrome preset with a film border and added the light leak using the same plugin. Finally, I added a "Fall Color" color LUT as the top layer to warm things up just a little.

This one isn't very imaginative I'm afraid.

1. Just SNS-HDR using -2 and 0EV exposures denoised and lens corrected with DxO

Set B&W Points - a lot of cloning, changed the door colour, fixed verticals & cropped

Lots of work in PS. Add/replace sky, recolor door, remove car and shadow in foreground.

A week has gone by and it is hand-over time. Here are some brief thoughts.

rrblint - good colours, clutter removed, wall texture retained. I like it
navydoc - oh Kodachrome and light leak, that brings back memories. Excellent tidy up but the white wall is burned out and has no texture
NigelD - good framing, excellent tidy up, white wall texture retained (just!). A really good job done.
MAC_daddy - power lines are a distraction, white wall burned out; but I do like the red door and sky replacement!

Nigel gets my vote today (by a whisker) so over to you. Give us a tough one

Congrats Nigel.

I forgot to mention I also reconnected the shadow from the streetlamp to the wall on the ground...and I do see texture on the white wall on my monitor.

Congrats Nigel, very good edit!

Thanks Martin, unfortunately I have a pc crash and no images on my iPad - please can someone else post for me.

Very sorry to hear that, Nigel. I have had 2 near crashes this year on my PC and laptop. Fortunately both were recoverable but I had to completely restore all programs on my laptop.

My second choice to host this week's challenge is Mark (rrblint).

Over to you, Mark

NigelD wrote in post #19121590
Thanks Martin, unfortunately I have a pc crash and no images on my iPad - please can someone else post for me.

Sorry to hear that Nigel. I'll gladly take over this week.

Stiga wrote in post #19121625
Very sorry to hear that, Nigel. I have had 2 near crashes this year on my PC and laptop. Fortunately both were recoverable but I had to completely restore all programs on my laptop.

My second choice to host this week's challenge is Mark (rrblint).

Over to you, Mark

Sure I'll be glad to take over this week Martin. Let find something suitable. I'll get it up later this evening.

NigelD wrote in post #19121590
Thanks Martin, unfortunately I have a pc crash and no images on my iPad - please can someone else post for me.

I hope you get your PC issues resolved soon. I know what a pain that can be.

Doc's Kodachrome simulation prompted me to look back at some of my Kodachromes. Here is one taken in the Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand in 1966!

Stiga wrote in post #19121931
Doc's Kodachrome simulation prompted me to look back at some of my Kodachromes. Here is one taken in the Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand in 1966!

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Bryce Canyon, Utah 1966

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I don't think that the scanning process got the colours quite right.

Very nice Martin. In 1966, I was serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. That's also the cruise I bought my Nikon F Photomic-T camera while in Japan. I shot mostly slide film or black and white at the time. Unfortunately, I lost most of my photos from that time many years ago.

Thanks Doc. My shots were taken with a Pentax Spotmatic.