Post Processing Challenge, January 14, 2023

[Glenn McCreery]

Let's have fun while we learn (and show) how we use our imagination, creativity and skills in post-processing.

There are no rules or guidelines: your post-processed images can be 'adjustments' that you think improve the image or 'wildly creative' interpretations. Entirely up to you. Please summarize your PP so we can all learn from each other.

The photo was taken at Deveraux Beach, Isla Vista, California

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Glenn McCreery

[JTG1]

Once upon a midnight dreary there were these three dudes who thought it was a good idea to go play in the middle of a storm at night, thus these dudes weren't very bright! To many steps to detail...could of edit many ways, thought this was cool. ~JTG1

[tom_r]

Really nice photo, Glenn!  B/W conversion after SNS-HDR and channel mixer adjustments.  My version hopefully doesn't de-emphasize the surfers while highlighting other visual points of interest.  Obvious criticism, of course, now I've taken a beautiful photo and overcomplicated it.

Edited January 15, 2023 by tom_r

[tom_r]

Still experimenting here.  This time grayscale simplified by cutout filter in G'MIC for Windows. Reduced to four colors, I think.

Edited January 17, 2023 by tom_r

[igord]

Just levels.