tom_r

Cool! You trapped your friend in an endless loop of scenic Montana. There are worse fates. :)

"Ansel Adams Back Deck plug-in” and “Suitable for framing” Classic! Your version is no joke though. Nice!

Really nice job! Makes me think brother should look into the custom curved deck…really believable. Your thorough and funny write-up is appreciated!

Ok, I don't have many candidate shots, but I uploaded one.

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. Have fun! Ok, no one posted yet, so here goes. This is the view from my brother's deck. I don't remember if it was one shot or a panorama construct. Anyway, the deck railing is supposed to be rectangular, but that's not an assignment unless you want it to be.

Hilarious! And great quality! It looks like a poster one could buy. Here’s another possible caption: So that’s what our son was laughing about in that high squeaky voice when he filled our tires from that tall tank! OR SON + HELIUM TANK = PARENTS' WORST NIGHTMARE

Whew…lots of fiddling around to get this one. Used Topaz Mask AI, Codijy Pro for the colors, lots of PS messing around with layers and vibrance, and a free “insert your own captions” place on the web.

Thanks for uploading, Punta! Here I was going for an old-timey image and messing around with orange and teal luts. Frame effect came from Mediachance Photo Reactor plugin for PS.

Punta, Are you somewhere in the glints in the eye of that eel staring back at us? o_O mpressionz, It was a challenge, wasn't it? I looked them up online and some were mostly dark gray with whitish markings, but I'm still unsure about the greenish patterns in some of the highlight circular patterns I ended up with on its skin. I think I should have tried to eliminate them. Could it be a kind of mold?

Tried to get the goomer to his natural colors, but not sure if I succeeded. Used 3d Lut Creator to attempt to remove blue cast, Topaz Sharpen AI stabilize mode, Topaz Detail 3, plus adjustments in ACR whites, highlights, shadows, and clarity. He/she looks better blue.

I sort of like these colors from applying a reduced opacity of Topaz Studio AI Remix.

Glenn, beautiful landscape! Auto settings in LR, sent to PS to use Sharpen AI plugin, sent to Gigapixel AI x 6 to enhance resolution, reduced image size back to original in PS. Save and cropped it into a panorama attempt and ran it through mostly default settings in SNS-HDR bumping light up a little.

Glenn, Did you insert the soup and then paint back the fingers with the Art History Brush? Just curious about your approach. Tom

St. Pat's Parade? Thanks, Mike! I used 3d LUT Creator to go greenish, Akvis Explosion for the fairy dust, overlay for shamrocks, plus other color adjustments in PS and ACR. Added a final LUT to mute things a bit.

Another nice photo, Mike! Hmmm…hard to remember the steps on this version. It started in PS and went through a few changes that were negated by the end product. I think I plopped two different skies together from two different programs and then used a lot of graduated filters for exposure in ACR. There was also a little painting plus some burning in my mediocre attempt to control the light, both in the sky and on the water.

Thank you for posting, Mike. I used Redfield Quad Pencil plugin followed by vibrance adjustments in ACR. Next a pass through SNS-HDR and back to PS for a leveling crop.

Light 'o the moon

B/W painted version.

Thanks for the nice photo, Mike. I went through these steps: --In Topaz Gigapixel AI I enlarged the image x 6. --Then used PS to reduce image size back to OP size. (Sometimes those two steps increase resolution. I don’t know that it was needed here, but was experimenting.) --Applied Topaz AI Sharpen using stabilize mode. --Next sent to Lab mode in PS using the Dan Margulis Canyon Conundrum adjustment (a and b equal adjustments at all four curve end points toward the middle horizontally) --Finally I sent the file to SNS-HDR for its default application.

Dynamic Auto Painter template "Fluffy Tratto" with some Photoshop color adjustments.

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. Here's a SOC from a trip to Montana.

The party was over when the dog came out...

Going neon...

Thanks for the nice photo and the interesting comments.

Ahhhh! The cool shade of the forest in downtown Minas, Uruguay.