Darkroom Challenge Digital Darkroom Derby #148 - Winner announced

[BosseBe]

Start Date

Sep 10, 2023

End Date

Sep 13, 2023

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #148, a digital image editing/processing challenge.

These challenges are open to everyone. If you have any interest in practicing or improving your image editing and post-processing skills, please feel free to join in!

Please read the rules here. Short version: Host provides the challenge image and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host.

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Raw and JPG files can be found here.

The derby will close at 18:00 CET on Wednesday 13 September.

 

[gecko]

Edited raw file in DxO PL5 (mainly tried to adjust geometry) then tweaked lighting, contrast, haze removal, etc. using Elements and ON1 Effects plug-in.

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[Stiga]

#1 PL6 > ShiftN > PS/ACR selective Levels adjustment, 16:9 crop

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[gecko]

Entry #2: Converted entry 1 to BW using Nik Silver Efex.

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[WhidbeyLVR]

DxO PL6 for most mods, with a bit of touchup in Gimp/G'mic/Nik

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[WhidbeyLVR]

B&W, via Nik Silver Efex

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[griffljg]

Entry #1:

Passed ORF file through DxO PureRAW 3 for lens correction and sharpening purposes, before importing the resulting DNG file into Capture One Pro 23 for further processing.

Performed Perspective / Keystone correction and cropped to 3:2 aspect ratio. Then maxed Highlight recovery to bring out the cloud details, and added some Contrast.

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[WhidbeyLVR]

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #148, a digital image editing/processing challenge.

These challenges are open to everyone. If you have any interest in practicing or improving your image editing and post-processing skills, please feel free to join in!

Please read the rules here. Short version: Host provides the challenge image and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host.

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Raw and JPG files can be found here.

The derby will close at 18:00 CET on Wednesday 13 September.

Bo, what is the origin of that large foggy blob on the left?

 

[griffljg]

Entry #2:

Imported ORF file into Affinity Photo 2. Performed the usual range of lens corrections, exposure corrections, highlight and shadow recovery, before cropping to 3:2 aspect ratio and exporting to JPEG. - I'll be a bit more descriptive when I have got more to grips with this software and can remember exactly what I did and why.

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[Peano]

Not competing ... just creating a mooood ... 🌚

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[BosseBe]

Bo, what is the origin of that large foggy blob on the left?

Probably a rain drop on the lens, it did start to rain about that time.
I did not notice it.

 

[RobD]

#1. ACR & PS

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[Stiga]

#2 Smart Art and Photoshop

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[BosseBe]

One day left, keep them coming!

 

[kae1]

Entry #1 DXO PL5 then Elements and DeNoise

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[kae1]

Entry #2 Topaz B&W Effects

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[BosseBe]

DDD148 is now closed.
Will try to get the judging done this evening.

 

[BosseBe]

Well, 6 participants and 1 non-contestant, not too bad.
Thank you all for participating and doing a good job.

@Peano one of these days you will forget to say it is out of contest and you will get the win! Nice treatment!

The "blob" that Lyle asked about got really distracting when I knew it was there and the picture got processed, so I did give minus points for not fixing that.
In B&W it seems to disappear better so of the 5 pictures going to the finals, 3 was B&W.
Some of the B&W I found too sharp, I started to not use the Bicubic sharper setting for interpolation when exporting B&W's a while ago as I found that to make the pictures too sharp.

So my finalists are:
2nd runner-up: @WhidbeyLVR #2 a B&W
1st runner-up: @WhidbeyLVR #1 in colour, nice fix of the "blob" could not even tell it had been there and the colours match my perception.
Winner: @kae1 #2 a B&W, a little more contrast in this one which I like and I really think this picture lends itself to a B&W treatment.

I know I have placed Lyle at both runner-up positions, that is because I went by the pictures not the contestant, if I had gone by contestant @gecko would have been 2nd runner-up with his #2 B&W which I found a little too sharp.

So over to you Ken!

 

[kae1]

So over to you Ken!

Thank you for the win, Bo.

I'll have a look tonight and get the next challenge up tomorrow.

 

[Peano]

@Peano one of these days you will forget to say it is out of contest and you will get the win! Nice treatment!

Thank you. You're very kind.