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Jan 14, 2011 07:53 |  #1

This game is to help those of us who are trying to learn new editing tricks.

Here's the breakdown of the game. I will post a picture, re-sized to exactly 1000 pixels maximum on the long side. Outside of being re-sized it has to be unedited...meaning no adjustments to any levels, it has to look like it did as it came out of the camera.

The game will last 4 Days (96 hrs) 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.

Also, please keep all comments, be they positive or negative, to yourself until after the game has ended.

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 #338.

This game ends January 18th at 7 pm GMT.



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Jan 14, 2011 14:41 |  #2

New crop, changed the color of the water and the landscape, levels, curves, changed the sky a little.

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Jan 14, 2011 20:20 as a reply to  @ surgeonhawkeye's post |  #3

kinda gave the image a HD look but tried to tone down the sky as to not overdue the HD look.

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Jan 18, 2011 03:58 as a reply to  @ Palladium's post |  #4

Adjusted exposure, clarity, vibrance in ACR.
Used Shadow/Highlights tool
Converted to lab and increased the contrast on a and b channels to boost color

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Jan 18, 2011 11:12 as a reply to  @ sllo's post |  #5

I'm still learning so I experimented with several different ideas. (Meaning that I probably forgot a couple of things I tried.) And, I'm still not sure how to keep my edits non-destructive so I flattened the layers three or four times.

HDR'd a copied top layer and then reduced opacity to about 60%
Selected the sky and increased the vibrance and contrast (I could have spent more time refining the edge)
Noise reduction
Vignetting
For the roof and emblem, selected and then Increased saturation

Edit: I just posted this a moment ago and now the tall plant and lamppost in the foreground are catching my eye. If I were to take a second go at this, I'd either crop or clone them out, or perhaps increase their vibrance and luminance to make the plant a focal point.

Your advice is always welcome!


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Jan 18, 2011 15:13 |  #6

OK folks - here we go:-

surgeonhawkeye - good crop, trees a bit dark, nice change of water colour.
palladium - lift to exposure works well and sky is better but colours a bit muted
sllo - nice change to colour temperature and lab boost works very well.
cacawcacaw - best sky, just loses a bit on the right hand side on the foliage - seems a bit blurry for some reason.

This weeks winner for me sllo - over to you.


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Jan 18, 2011 15:49 as a reply to  @ NigelD's post |  #7

Hey, I wish I had found this thread a long time ago. This is great!

For some reason, I didn't think we could crop the photo. Here's how I would have probably cropped it.

I really hope to learn more about non-destructive editing. I agree that parts of my edit should have received some sharpening, or something.

Thanks for letting me play.


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Jan 18, 2011 16:38 |  #8

You can do basically anything you like I believe...


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Jan 18, 2011 16:42 as a reply to  @ NigelD's post |  #9

Thanks Nigel.

By the way, nice original image. Is there any chance that you're going to show us your final edit on it?


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Jan 18, 2011 16:44 as a reply to  @ NigelD's post |  #10

ahh man, i missed it, didn't see the GMT. oh well, since i edited already might as well post it...
I tried to bring out some more detail in the trees, so I brightened the whole images and bumped up the shadows a bit with a layer mask. Then increased saturation to bring out the colors in the flowers and the stones. Increased contrast in the sky to see some more blue and cloud definition. Got rid of some of the haze on the hill in the background with an unsharp mask. Fiddled around briefly with the exposure of the water.


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Jan 19, 2011 01:24 |  #11

Thanks Nigel.
#338 is up.




  
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