Post Processing Game

Its time, it was between Benitoite and rrblint

and i prefer the edit from rrblint, just a little more. because the complete head of the dog.

So RRBLINT, Congrats its your turn.....


my own edit.

Thanks Mozes, I'm honored. I've been at work this morning. I will get something up sometime this evening.

Nice one, RR! It's such a clean edit!

Ok guys(and gals) HERE'S THE NEW CHALLENGE, Good luck to all.

Mozes wrote in post #17712983
Its time, it was between Benitoite and rrblint

and i prefer the edit from rrblint, just a little more. because the complete head of the dog.

So RRBLINT, Congrats its your turn.....


my own edit.

Nice job, Mark!
Mozes that it a lovely edit too

An old painting effect!

first, i separated the green and brown colors.
Make them more vibrant, and some more saturation.
Added some sun-flares
repainted some parts, yellow and some tints green, to get a more telling image. and some dept in it.
put a high/low filter on the water to make it a bit more pop out of the image.

Van Gogh filter/default settings, levels adjustments in GIMP.

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here is my version. Applied a blue gradient over the sky, increased contrast for more depth, added some yellow and blue to the foliage and water, applied a USM filter and that's it

Mine can't compete with the others but here it is anyway.

Found in John Muir's wallet:

navydoc wrote in post #17715852
Mine can't compete with the others but here it is anyway.

Found in John Muir's wallet:

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why can't yours compete with the others? I find it really very creative, Gene!

Thanks but it's just a straight edit using AlienSkin's Exposure 7. Nothing very creative done by me "manually" other than think of using that particular preset...oh, and to use a hand written font for the name. ..oh, and the idea that John Muir would have a photo like this in his wallet in the first place.

I might have gotten a little carried away.

Pushed the shadows, pulled the highlights and made some vibrance and clarity adjustments in Lr.
Went into Perfect Effects 8 to add some dynamic contrast, added a high pass layer while I was in there.
Into PS I added some motion blur to the water (missed a few spots in the foreground, oh well)

Then I kinda went nuts adding some additional "elements."

bumpintheroad wrote in post #17716605
I might have gotten a little carried away.

Pushed the shadows, pulled the highlights and made some vibrance and clarity adjustments in Lr.
Went into Perfect Effects 8 to add some dynamic contrast, added a high pass layer while I was in there.
Into PS I added some motion blur to the water (missed a few spots in the foreground, oh well)

Then I kinda went nuts adding some additional "elements."

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Mark, you kind of went nuts adding some additional element; but heck it's fun, though

Wow, what a group of fantastic edits! How do I choose just one?

While I love the "added animals" edits and appreciate the time and effort involved, I'm a sucker for the old Tin-type look. I'm not sure why but I've always loved that look. I used to sit in my high school library and pour through volume after volume of books on early photographs.

So, I choose navydoc's edit as the winner. Over to you Gene, and congratulations.