Weekly Post-Processing Challenge - January 10, 2015

[michaellinder]

<p>I selected an image for this week's challenge that should allow a variety of responses and treatments. That's the plan, anyway. It was taken originally in July, 2010 with my Canon T1i. A copy of the full-size original will follow.</p><div></div>

[michaellinder]

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[Rick Bortnick]

<p>I went down the Modernistic route. Used ColorFX Detail extractor & Pro Contrast. Used Fractilus to get the bright, sketched look, Then brightened the edges.</p><div></div>

[yanavas]

<p>My attempt was not so radical. Actually I took 2 attempts. First, I just fixed the vertical distortion and played a little with levels and saturation.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17945096-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" /></p>

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[yanavas]

<p>In my second attempt I cropped the image to concentrate the focus on the people.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17945095-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" /></p>

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[ficarelli]

<p>A tempt to give a little more cozy ambience. Used Pro contrast and ND Filters on Nik Color Efex Pro, a little touch on Viveza.</p><div></div>

[michaellinder]

<p>My take on the challenge . . .</p>

<p>Resized,adjusted levels and sharpness in PSE 11. Used the dark contrasts filter to modify overall tonality, then used pro contrast filter to adjust contrast levels, added blue glamor glow - all using NIK Color Efex Pro 4.</p><div></div>

[michaellinder]

<p>Oops . . . forgot to mention cropping in PSE 11.</p>

[allyn_saroyan]

<p>I isolated one possible subject via Photoshop's Field Blur and lowering the exposure of the blurred background.</p><div></div>

[LineMartel]

<p>Straighten the perspective in camera raw. Adjusted tonality and structure in Topaz Adjust. Converted to BW in Silver Efex, added vignetting and texture.</p><div></div>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>I wasn't sure where to go with this image, but I finally decided that it would be fun to have one of the mannequins leave her confines and walk down the aisle. Edited using Topaz Remask 4 to reposition the mannequin.</p><div></div>

[michaellinder]

<p>Line, you inspired me to try a B&W. So I further cropped the image, added a touch of dark contrast, converted it to monochrome, and then made some tonal adjustments.</p><div></div>

[sarah_fox]

<p>Just thought I'd say "hi." Not much time for the computer this weekend. Company in town. I look forward to working on next week's challenge.</p>

[sjmurray]

<p>Cropped, blurred the background, more saturation.</p><div></div>

[jordan2240]

<p>Been reading the Photoshop Elements book I got for Christmas, so trying some different things. For this, I selected the heads using the polygon lasso, then did a content-aware fill. This did a pretty decent job of removing the heads, but then I did a lot of cloning and painting to try to make it look seamless. Adjusted lighting and levels a bit, but not much. </p><div></div>

[Karl Schuler]

Cropped and BW processed in Photos app on iPad with the intention to get the essence of the picture with focus on the

man on his mobile phone. On this app I do not know how to change a particular area of the photo. Otherwise I would have increased the contrast on the man. Also, I can not resize the photo to make it directly visible in the thread contribution. Karl<div></div>

[Brad_]

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[Karl Schuler]

Here is the resized photo. Karl<div></div>

[jordan2240]

<p>Some great work as usual. I enjoy seeing processing that tries to improve upon the shot as is as well as processing that takes it down a different path. Amazing how simply cropping the shot can create such variation. Keep 'em comin'.</p>

<p>I'm happy to say that Karl, in addition to being a new participant this week, has also volunteered to post next week's challenge on Saturday/Sunday, so there will be no weekly Wednesday solicitation. He has a shot he'd like some processing ideas on, and where better to get them than here. </p>