tom_r

Thanks for the upload, Mike!

In PS deleted the water/rocks, turned the background blue, replaced the blue with clouds and finished in ACR exposure adjustments.

Here's an attempt to fix the color version using AI tools. Topaz Denoise AI followed by Retouch4me Clean Backdrop, then a little negative clarity to get closer to the original image. This may not help you, but I appreciate the chance to experiment.

Tried to sharpen and deblur using Topaz Photo AI, Topaz Denoise AI, Topaz Gigapixel AI, Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz Detail, and lots of Hue adjustments in PS, followed by a sketch action.

Darkened, upped the contrast and tried to minimize those rocks (shells?) which I found distracting.

As Above, So Below

Going for the Mystical Turtle Look.. Dynamic Auto Painter template "Luciano," Photoshop color, geometry adjustments, crop, and Luminar Neo mystical slider.

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. If you would like to post a PP challenge next week (or any other week!), please do! Any Photos/Images can be posted for PP challenges. They should be of sufficiently high resolution, for example, 3000 px on the long side.

Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and reduction, SNS-HDR landscape mode,APR-F sharpening, B/W conversion w/ Infinite Color, and slight coloring with Pixbim Colorsurprise.

Here I'm experimenting with the free plugin G'MIC and decided on a version derived from adjustments to the Artistic > Brushify selection.

Leslie, Thank you for addressing my question, and for your detailed steps.

I started listing retouching steps I had taken for this latest challenge, but then I stopped and wondered if there were anyone out there in the great beyond who actually reads these edit notes and finds them useful?

Going for a graphic novel look.

Here's a Dynamic Auto Painter version with some ACR adjustments. It's a Vincent van Gogh template, so I'm calling this one "Starry, Starry Bullfighting Arena."

Watercolor version.

I really enjoy these challenges. Even though the challenge photo this week was posted by me, this is a photo that I probably never would have gotten around to working on.

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. If you would like to post a PP challenge next week (or any other week!), please do! Any Photos/Images can be posted for PP challenges. They should be of sufficiently high resolution, for example, 3000 px on the long side. ¡Olé!

G'MIC for Windows PS.