Before and After #459

The game will last 7 Days 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.
Feel free to comment and/or ask questions at any time. This is a good competition for learning new methods, so let's make it a bit more dynamic. I will be judging edits, not comments. Feel free to comment on the original image as well.

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 #460."

Submissions end Friday, February 15th, 2013 at 7:30pm GMT and a winner will be announced.

Here is a link to a RAW File for those who would like one. Looks like a cloning exercise this week folks ....

https://www.dropbox.co​m …2hznybbl59nm/_M​G_3520.CR2

Here is my submission

In Lightroom

Exposure +0.71
Contrast -50
highlights -67
shadows +5
whites -100
blacks +33
Clarity +38
Vibrance +2
Saturation +33

Tone Curves
Highlights +22
Shadows -38

Hue
Red +9
Orange +7
Yellow - 2
Green -100
Aqua +100
Blue -9

Sharpening
amount +120
Radius 1.0
Detail 25
Masking 100

Noise Reduction
Luminance 100
detail 100
contrast 100
color 100
detail 100

Lens Correction
Distortion 200

Camera Calibration

Red Primary
Saturation -33

Green Primary
Hue -100
Saturation -100

Blue Primary
Saturation +100

Export to Photoshop

I did way too much here to be able to do a write up, but in short, I cloned, made a bunch of layers, painted, and blurred areas to get the effect of no railings. I also cropped it in Photoshop because I was getting tired of editing the image... lol

The sensor needs cleaning...

yb98 wrote in post #15587967
The sensor needs cleaning...

Yes - it does!

adjusted the exposure, HDR finish, did a few other little things, I'm fairly new to editing so I'm terrible at remembering everything I have done. Guess I should start writing it down as I go.

auto adjustments in LR to convert to tif
faux-HDR for the sky, layered at about 50% opacity in PS6
removed dust
bumped saturation a touch
removed dust
did things the signs told me not to
cropped it at 5x7 with a border to use as a postcard.

Here goes guys - thanks for the variety this week.

Brandon Perkins - I like the de-cluttered version and the crop - good edit.

yb98 - Lovely B&W Conversion and super sharpening technique. Would like to have seen what you would have done with the clutter...

jpkeokee - The Faux HDR is an interesting look - It's difficult to write every step down - you tend to get carried away a bit and then can't remember - I know I can't.

Dawicka2 - good cloning and colour treatment - I like this.

T3 Heavy Shop - He's living dangerously there on the end of the barrel, do I sense a rebellious character? The crop is quite tight but works in the postcard.

My choice this week, simply because I was looking for a clean up job is Dawicka2. Remained faithful to the colours and therefore just edged Brandon. Well done to yb98 for the B&W though.

Congrats Dawicka2, great job!!

Thanks!
Some really good entries this week (yet again)!
This image was really fun to play with.
Great job, everyone.
459 will be up shortly.
Just kidding

Congrats Dawicka2 !
well done everyone.