Weekly Post Processing Challenge 14th April 2018

Another weekly challenge.

 

If anyone else would like to post next week please give it a go, upload a High resolution jpeg. Just indicate by Wednesday next in this thread if you are willing to try.

 

Remember there are no rules you can do what you wish in your interpretation, please can you give information of the steps taken and software used to add interest.

 

It is not meant as a competition just a bit of fun.

I used "distort" in Photoshop CS5 to change the perspective so as to eliminate the road, cropped, converted to black and white in SilverEfex, darkened the beam under the bench, selected the sky and added contrast to the clouds, and finally added sepia toning.

1. LR...adjust shadows / highlights and slight crop. DEFIN2 for noise reduction. Detail Extractor and Tonal contrast in NIK's Color Efex Pro 4
   

PN-ProcessingChallenge04-14-2018_DxO by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

DxO PhotoLab

2:1 crop

Clearview at +51

Luminance reduction at 34

Slight crop from right and top in PSE15, then adjusted levels. Use dodge tool to lighten statue's head, neck, and arms. Then used sponge tool to boost saturation slightly in some areas. Finally, used NIK's output Sharpener.

 

Then I converted my version to b&w using Silver Efex's noir 3 preset. Went back to PSE15 to make slight levels adjustments.

The b&w....

Jedi retirement home.

In Adobe Camera Raw increased saturation, vibrance, Clarity, and dehaze, brought up shadows slightly.

PSE 14. cropped, levels, haze reduction, B&W, slight vignette, contrast and brightness adjusted.