Before and After - The Weekly Editing Challenge

digital paradise wrote in post #19160716
Let's try this.

https://www.dropbox.co​m …6ga996i/_U3A656​7.dng?dl=0

Bingo! That works for me

Stiga wrote in post #19160718
Bingo! That works for me

Thanks. Sorry for being a bit of a pain.

digital paradise wrote in post #19160721
Thanks. Sorry for being a bit of a pain.

That worked for me too. Nice pic.


Was just in the processing of suggesting wetransfer as an alternative. Here's my note anyway: Might try wetransfer.com supposed to be pretty good and easy. No account needed. Use copy link after uploading rather than send by email. Here's one I just uploaded to try: https://we.tl/t-0Tfz4YSSQf )


Also, I think it is just an issue with .cr3 files using Aurora HDR, but they can be converted to DNG and used with the software.

- R

RDWP wrote in post #19160732
That worked for me too. Nice pic.

Was just in the processing of suggesting wetransfer as an alternative. Here's my note anyway: Might try wetransfer.com supposed to be pretty good and easy. No account needed. Use copy link after uploading rather than send by email. Here's one I just uploaded to try: https://we.tl/t-0Tfz4YSSQf )

Also, I think it is just an issue with .cr3 files using Aurora HDR, but they can be converted to DNG and used with the software.

- R

Thanks. That is from the London Eye. Dropbox always wants you to upgrade to subscription.

Just about to ask if was from the top of the Eye ... . Nice.

RDWP wrote in post #19160739
Just about to ask if was from the top of the Eye ... . Nice.

Good guess. We were in Portugal all of February this year and in March spent some time in London on the way home. We loved it. I was there several years before with a friend and did the Eye during the day and a night ride. This time my wife went and had a great time. We just got out of there before COVID exploded and were lucky not to catch it. We were pretty careful about it. We were downtown pub during the Friday Brexit happened. I got beer in a paper cup and they could not give my wife sugar for her tea in a glass container, which they normally do. It was illegal that day. Authorities were a little worried about the partiers getting a little buzzed and worked up Nothing happened.

RDWP wrote in post #19160732
That worked for me too. Nice pic.

Was just in the processing of suggesting wetransfer as an alternative. Here's my note anyway: Might try wetransfer.com supposed to be pretty good and easy. No account needed. Use copy link after uploading rather than send by email. Here's one I just uploaded to try: https://we.tl/t-0Tfz4YSSQf )

Also, I think it is just an issue with .cr3 files using Aurora HDR, but they can be converted to DNG and used with the software.

- R

Thanks, Rob. I now have the WeTransfer site is now bookmarked

A great shot of the city I hate! Too much noise and the air pollution is horrendous unless there is a gale blowing it clean!

1. DxO PL4 > lots of switch/slider adjustments, cannot rember them all > sve as DNG
2. SNS-HDR
3. Photoshop ACR Suppress highlights > reclaim blue sky with some brishwork > brighten river > crop

Cannot do much about the "blown" clouds, might try sky replacement next

Stiga wrote in post #19161080
A great shot of the city I hate! Too much noise and the air pollution is horrendous unless there is a gale blowing it clean!

1. DxO PL4 > lots of switch/slider adjustments, cannot rember them all > sve as DNG
2. SNS-HDR
3. Photoshop ACR Suppress highlights > reclaim blue sky with some brishwork > brighten river > crop

Cannot do much about the "blown" clouds, might try sky replacement next

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Nice work

I thought a B&W might be the way to look at this one. Straightened up in Camera Raw using the guides, a couple of radial filter adjustments, brought down highlights and adjusted levels, then put into Nik Silver EFEX. Nice shot down the river.

Experiment with a pastel glow at sunset ...

I thought I'd try and make this view look more like a painting or illustration. After adjusting exposure, shadows, highlights, white balance, etc, I added some 'dehaze' and then reduced clarity. I also added a graduated ND filter to the sky.

Back in PS, I added a levels adjustment to add contrast. Next, I ran Topaz Simplify 'buzzum' effect which also boosts color. I then opened that layer back in ACR to run the dehaze filter a second time.

PS - ACR - curves, color adjustments, replace sky

Just an FYI post - as I did nothing other than open the raw image in Aurora HDR. This is in Enhanced Landscape preset mode - no editing or adjustments. But not bad ... .

1. Aurora HDR, cityscape preset, no editing