Weekly Post Processing Challenge 20th October 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 your intentions by Thursday or early Friday.

 

 

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.

Can you make anything out of this file? taken on a grey wet day in May.

Lovely image, Gerald. I used LR to adjust shadows / highlights. Tonal Contrast filter in Color Efex Pro 4.

Yes, it was a gloomy day. But then, the skies cleared!

 

Selected the sky and then the inverse with magic wand in Photoshop CS5. Copied and pasted over the sky image. Cropped, adjusted tonal contrast and brilliance and warmth in NIK ColorEfex. Total time less than 20 minutes.

Edited October 20, 2018 by Glenn McCreery

All Hallows' Eve + Mad Scientist in Clock Tower or as the gentleman walking in front of the store said: Blimey, Should 'A Worn Me 'At

 

Color changes in Photoshop, 3d Lut Creator, and Luminar. Frame from Smart Photo Editor. Lightning from Akvis NatureArt.

 

Edited October 20, 2018 by tom_r

Gerald this is a real nice image this week.

I did two images playing with blur. I copied the image into Gimp. First I adjusted the white and black points. I them made a set of luminosity mask and used them to work on color, contrast, and sharping. Then I made blurred copy and used white layer mask and the blend tool to create the effect.

Guild Tower. Increased crop of tower using Topaz AI Gigapixel, adjustments in Photoshop with a Smart Photo Editor background.

 

Version #1: In PSE15, used levels to adjust tonalities, then used sponge tool for selective saturation increases, then sharpened. Went to Color Efex, used vintage film filter, then boosted reds by adjusting red curve. Then used Output Sharpener. It's below.

Version #2: Used high key filter in Color Efex, followed by levels adjustments in PSE15. Converted to b&w, sharpened and tonal adjustments in Silver Efex.

 

Version 3: Used solarization tool in PSE15, followed by boosting highlights and midtones, and then sharpening.

 

Hi, this has been interesting it appears the most uninspiring source photo's bring out the best in you all. I only wish I could match your ingenuity. regards......GC.

Hi, this has been interesting it appears the most uninspiring source photo's bring out the best in you all. I only wish I could match your ingenuity. regards......GC.

 

GC, your work puts the lie to what you said about ingenuity.

Crazy Sketchy Colors on the Block (Too many steps and programs to remember.)

 

All adjustments in Lightroom 5.7. My idea was to emphasise the reflection of the guildhall and it's tower on the wet paving. First I let LR auto fix level and verticals, then cropped to the format you can see. Using WB I added a global hint of blue to the scene, then with an adjustment brush warmed the buildings and their reflections. Finished off with setting white and black points. Prior to this approach I tried NIK color Efex but there's to many options so I gave up and used trusty LR. Not totally happy with the result but then I never am.

My final version! This one was totally done using a trial of DXO PL 2. Hmmm...funky looking clouds especially on the left. I fear I over-slid the sliders and didn't notice until posting.

 

Edited October 25, 2018 by tom_r