Post Processing Challenge September 28, 2019

There are no rules as to how you apply your post processing to this image; but, please let us know what you have done so we can all learn.

If you would like to post a candidate image next week, please ensure it is of sufficiently high resolution for manipulation by the participants (3000px on the long side, 300dpi for example).

 

Most of all, let's have fun while we are learning or demonstrating how we use our post-processing software, imaginations and interpretations.

 

I think I'll post 2 images this week, both from the Netherlands, because I can't choose which one. You can choose either, neither or both. Like last week, these were from a river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest.

 

Have fun!

 

A side trip to Zaanse Schans.

 

'I know I parked it here somewhere!'

Great images this week. My friends are now on the cruse from Amsterdam to Budapest. For the bicycle image I cropped in LR and converted to b/w in Silver Efex Pro2.

Crop in LR and added Tonal Contrast in Color Efex Pro 4.

PN-ProcessingChalleng09-28-2019_DxO by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

DxO PhotoLab 2.0

Crop 5:4

-54 Highlights (still couldn't get white ducks/geese totally unblown)

+78 ClearView Plus

+15EV (to make up for the added contrast of ClearView)

 

Great files, like this, require very little adjustment.

PN-ProcessingChalleng09-28-2019_DxO by David Stephens, on Flickr

 

DxO PhotoLab 2.0

Crop 5:4

-54 Highlights (still couldn't get white ducks/geese totally unblown)

+78 ClearView Plus

+15EV (to make up for the added contrast of ClearView)

 

Great files, like this, require very little adjustment.

 

 

Sorry David, I can't see your response.

Nice photos, Punta! Here's hopefully an Old-World version via a woodgrain painting template (DAP) and a broken plaque effect (Smart Photo Editor) followed by perspective and cropping adjustments in LR.

Sorry David, I can't see your response.

 

Weird. That's not been a problem in the past. Which browser are you using? Thanks.

 

Combining the two images and adding clouds.

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Combining the two images and adding clouds.

 

Hmm... that's a whole lot

of visitors for just one

windmill...

http://bayouline.com/o2.gif

Weird. That's not been a problem in the past. Which browser are you using? Thanks.

Chrome & Safari-same result

When I looked again at these images, I thought how advanced these people were/are on not producing greenhouse gases, so I combined them into a poster.

My wife didn't get it....CO2 & COTulip. Leading by example.

Hmm... that's a whole lot

of visitors for just one

windmill...

http://bayouline.com/o2.gif

 

The sign explains the crowd.

Love both images, Punta, but have time to work on one only

 

Version 1 In PSE, solarized, used levels for tonal adjustments, then slight saturation boost. Sharpened using Output Sharpener.

 

 

Version 2 Converted to b&w with Silver Efex. In PSE: modified both horizontal and vertical perspectives. After Output Sharpener , back to PSE & used dodging tool where I thought it was needed.

 

 

I love these typical photos - and especially the creative PP versions so far- of my adopted country! Windmills and bicycles - the only things that perhaps need to be squeezed in are cheeses and clogs :)

 

Mike

There are no rules as to how you apply your post processing to this image; but, please let us know what you have done so we can all learn.

If you would like to post a candidate image next week, please ensure it is of sufficiently high resolution for manipulation by the participants (3000px on the long side, 300dpi for example).

 

Most of all, let's have fun while we are learning or demonstrating how we use our post-processing software, imaginations and interpretations.

 

I think I'll post 2 images this week, both from the Netherlands, because I can't choose which one. You can choose either, neither or both. Like last week, these were from a river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest.

 

Have fun!

 

A side trip to Zaanse Schans. [ATTACH=full]1312187[/ATTACH]

 

'I know I parked it here somewhere!'

[ATTACH=full]1312185[/ATTACH]

Thought I'd try the other photo too. This is a combination of illustration followed by impressionism.

Hey Mike, you asked for it!

Punta, you already may know that Photoshop Elements has a feature called called Photomerge; this is a tool I use quite often for compositing images. Although I suspect that your pair of recently posted images were directed mainly to Mike M., I decided to have some fun and used that tool on them., Interesting, since one was landscape and the portrait, Photomerge sometimes yields some odd - occasionally very weird - results. The following is for your viewing pleasure.