Before and After - The Weekly Editing Challenge

Before and After - The Weekly Editing Challenge
...now compiled into a single, easy to locate thread, that can be added to your subscribe/follow list!

Rules are simple:

• Download the image file from the current week
  
• Contestants will have 7 days to edit the image and post their edited version to the thread (as many entries as you wish) The owner of the original image will choose a winner
  
• The winner will copy & paste this post and include a new downloadable image link
  
• The new image must be unedited / SOOC (straight our of camera), full-resolution, and in a RAW format, ie. CR2, DNG, TIF, etc (Dropbox works well for uploading and linking these large files)
  

rrblint wrote in post #17881472
Ok, time to judge: All the edits are excellent. I enjoyed Benitoite's imaginative edit but it was very close between the clean edits.

I think that I like the colors in neacail's edit best. So, you're the winner Shelley. Take it away.

Nice job, Shelley! Congratulations

Here is my first take

Congratulations!

Here is my edit. I really didn't know what to do with this gorgeous photo. I can see why it's such a popular spot to shoot! I didn't do much. Turned down the highlights a bit to bring out more detail in the clouds. Bumped the shadows some to bring out the foreground a bit. Also a slight tweak to clarity and profile correction. All edits done in lightroom.

Couldn't help myself as I couldn't decide if I liked a crop to a panorama effect or not. So here same settings as above, but cropped to imitate a pano shot.

Another version

I can't decide which of the two I like more. Great job with both.

In ACR
grade filter top and bottom
changed in top grade filter colortone to more blue.
Bottom grade filter, colortone to more green orange.
in CS6
made the shadows on the mountains stronger.
ad yellow and green.
added a warm filter
added midtone contrast.
Added vibrant to the rivers

Here is my shot at it. Awesome picture to play with though.

Straight version first.

Greetings everyone! Long time no see or participate.
The new format of the competition looks like a good idea. Although I did like the
old numbering system for naming files but now I'll just use the post number for reference.
It's nice to see lots of participation and people still having fun

Anyhow, just playing around for a bit to get back into things,
I just copied the uploaded .jpg and messed around for bit in PS with some selective color and sharpening adjustments.
Almost added a warming filter but decided I liked the cooler edit better and then added the frame.

One more

itsallart wrote in post #17882569
One more

Hosted photo: posted by itsallart in
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forum: Competitions

That one reminds me of Kodachrome, Renata

These are looking good everyone . . . you're going to make this tough for me!

Mark, you're right I was going for that look...well, kind of