P.P. Challenge 26 October 2018; I got this one GC.

Please identify the software you used and list the steps you took to prepare your versions. As GC has stated, this is not a contest; it's intended to be a fun way perhaps to learn from others, or simply fun, period.

LR....straighten horizon and heavy crop. Silver Efex Pro 2....Film Noir filter.

OK, Bill. It looks like just you and me. All work done in PSE15: (1) straightened horizon, (2) adjusted tonalities using levels, (3) selectively increased saturation in area in front of fence using sponge tool, (4) selectively desaturated area behind fence, (5) sharpened using slider.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by michaellinder

Crop / up contrast / saturation / straighten / sharpen, etc.

 

Here's my attempt. I used DXO Viewpoint to rearrange horizon and Topaz Simplify (BuzSim option).

 

Michael thanks for posting. Straightened horizon and cropped in LR. Opened in Color Efex Pro 4 and then Film Efex Vintage. Can't remember following steps.

 

I was playing around with this image using warping, cloning, cutting and pasting, etc., and this is what I ended up with. Exact steps would be irreproducible.

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I was playing around with this image using warping, cloning, cutting and pasting, etc., and this is what I ended up with. Exact steps would be irreproducible.

 

Great abstract effect, Glenn.

Second version. Straightened horizon in PSE15. Converted to b&w, adjusted tonality and sharpness, in Silver Efex. Used dodging and burning tools & sharpness slider in PSE, then inverted image.

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I was playing around with this image using warping, cloning, cutting and pasting, etc., and this is what I ended up with. Exact steps would be irreproducible.

 

Glenn,

Very creative! It also gives new meaning to when people go down to the harbor to see the tall ships come in.

Thanks Michael and Tom. I was watching Monty Python reruns on Netflix last night, which may have temporarily warped my aesthetic sensibilities!

I am late to the party but Michael thanks for supplying the image.

I used Gimp. I strained the horizon and cloned out some vegetation in the lower left coiner and some object in the upper right coiner. I also cloned out one of the cars in the middle ground. I added some contrast and did some sharping. For some reason the color of the green area down by the tracks didn't look right so I desecrated it,

Nicely done Mike you show that expensive software options are not the only way to go..........regards GC.

Nicely done Mike you show that expensive software options are not the only way to go..........regards GC.

Neither are cheap software options. ;)

Neither are cheap software options. ;)

True but a negative response, should we maybe more inclusive and be encouraging more people to have a go.;)

Nicely done Mike you show that expensive software options are not the only way to go..........regards GC.

Thanks Gerald. When I bought my camera about 2 years ago I started using Gimp because it was free. The learning curve was petty steep but I have developed a good consistent workflow I like and I get good results with. I have never used anything so I don't know what I am missing.

True but a negative response, should we maybe more inclusive and be encouraging more people to have a go.;)

What I meant by my comment is that it shouldn’t matter whether more expensive or less expensive software is used for post processing. What matters to me is the quality and expressiveness of the post processing work relative to the photo.

 

I certainly did not mean it as a discouragement.

 

What I like about Mile’s take on the photo is that it doesn’t scream software, cheap or expensive. It simply uses software in a refined way to help the photo look like what he wanted it to.