Post Processing Challenge Saturday 22nd July 2017

Another weekly challenge.

Remember there are no rules you can do what you wish in your interpretation, but if you can give information of the steps taken and software used to add interest. It is not meant as a competition just a bit of fun.

If anyone else would like to post next week please give it a go, upload a HIGH resolution jpeg.

In Lightroom I leveled and cropped, Clarity 60, vibrance 31, saturation 33, boosted the orange saturation to +56 -62 luminance, dehaze 52, sharpening 57.

Adjusted levels in PSE15. Converted to b&w, further tonal and sharpness adjustments in Silver Efex.

Tried something new this week. LR for my usual adjustments. Cropp and convert to B/W. NIK software to add antique look.

PN-Post Processing Challenge 07-22-2017 by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

Nice file.

 

I processed with DxO Optics Pro 11.4.2.

I struggled to find a level spot. Apparently the earth is sloping down to the right. I finally found what seemed to be a "true" vertical in a four-story brown building near the center of the image, to set a trued up vertical.

I applied DxO's Clearview adjustment at a level of 50. Raised overall EV by +20. I let DxO's automatic lens correction do what it wanted to. I cropped to a 2:1 aspect ratio, put more emphasis on the village and abbey.

 

When I looked at 100%, it seemed a little soft, so I ran it through piccure+, which applies a pixel-by-pixel sharpness calculation. It did improve things, but you only see it at 100% on your monitor. It would make a difference in any decent sized print.

 

As I look at my finished product, it looks real. I'd need to pump it up a bit more if I were trying to sell it.

Here's another take on the challenge image. It started with an alternative crop, and then continued with more steps in Color Efex.

 

I decided that there were too many buildings in the foreground, so I cloned some of them out with water selections. (Rather crude cloning; a good job would likely take at least an hour, rather than 5 minutes.) I wanted to bring out the sky and clouds, so I made a duplicate layer using multiply blending, and then erased the bottom 2/3 of the added later using a white paint brush in Photoshop CS5, decreased saturation, and flattened the image.

 

Michael- I presume that you changed the pixel dimension ratio in your last image?

Edited July 24, 2017 by Glenn McCreery

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I decided that there were too many buildings in the foreground, so I cloned some of them out with water selections. (Rather crude cloning; a good job would likely take at least an hour, rather than 5 minutes.) I wanted to bring out the sky and clouds, so I made a duplicate layer using multiply blending, and then erased the bottom 2/3 of the added later using a white paint brush in Photoshop CS5, decreased saturation, and flattened the image.

 

Glenn, your presumption is entirely correct.

 

Michael- I presume that you changed the pixel dimension ratio in your last image?

Nice scenic view, reminiscent of a painting ... hum...

1. Field blur centered on castle

2. Fine touch for painted effect

3. Increase some saturation

4. Erased painted effect on castle

5. Crop

All adjustments in LR 5, heavy crop to see how far it would go and then just basic Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks then a little sharpening.