Challenge! Digital Darkroom Derby #17

[Zeus1]

Start Date

Feb 15, 2022

End Date

Feb 18, 2022

Welcome to the Digital Darkroom Derby #017, a digital image editing/processing challenge. The rules are here. Please read them.

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This is the view from the Trollstigen Viewpoint (Throlls Path), Norway. A fun road to drive (steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the top tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily"), and a magnificent viewpoint.

The jpg is here.
The RAW is here.

Challenge ends Friday 18th around 1500 hrs GMT +1

Start up Your computers and get to work!

 

[BosseBe]

My computer was already up and running so I get a head start!
I tried to crop out the observation platform, but didn't like the result so I did the opposite, I un-cropped so the picture is now wider.
Entry #1:

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[BosseBe]

Entry #2:

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[Mrs B]

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[RobD]

#1. ACR & Photoshop

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[RobD]

#2. Crop

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[kae1]

Entry #1 - Incredible view - would love to drive that road (ideally when 2500 others aren't about)! DXO PL5 then Elements and DeNoise

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[kae1]

Entry #2

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[RichardC]

Lightroom & Photoshop.

Entry #1

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[betamax]

spectacular drive I imagine. Started off in Capture 1 to reduce haze, then went onto Snapheal to get rid of the viewing platform on the edge.

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[betamax]

Tighter B/w crop:

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[RichardC]

Entry 2

Lightroom & Photoshop.

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[ektar]

Nice work. I s*ck at landscapes, so I'll be a spectator.

 

[Zeus1]

Just a few more hours, surprise me!

 

[Zeus1]

DD#17 now closed. Voting later in the evening after Eunice has blown itself out and I still have a roof.

 

[RichardC]

@Zeus1 - how's the roof?

 

[Zeus1]

Sorry to all, have been working these days in order to clear the damage done by Eunice. House is OK, but the garden in a giant mess: downed trees, everywhere dead branches, fence destroyed by fallen trees. Hard at work with a professional team in order to make it again a garden. Lost about 15 adult spruces of 50-60 years old And several bushes. Roof tiles broken on the wood pile. And naturally the necessary discussions with the insurance.

Oh, seems I have to decide on a winner: after a short review (I try to be honest)
winner: @betamax with the B/w rendition
runner up: @Mrs B

And txs to @RichardC for drawing my attention.

 

[BosseBe]

@Zeus1 Thanks for taking time of from more important work to give a judging and hope you will get everything set right without to much hassle.

 

[RichardC]

Sorry to all, have been working these days in order to clear the damage done by Eunice. House is OK, but the garden in a giant mess: downed trees, everywhere dead branches, fence destroyed by fallen trees. Hard at work with a professional team in order to make it again a garden. Lost about 15 adult spruces of 50-60 years old And several bushes. Roof tiles broken on the wood pile. And naturally the necessary discussions with the insurance.

Oh, seems I have to decide on a winner: after a short review (I try to be honest)
winner: @betamax with the B/w rendition
runner up: @Mrs B

And txs to @RichardC for drawing my attention.

We were lucky. No damage to property. A few twigs broken from a couple of trees.

However, further down my street......

Driver and passenger walked away

 

[Mrs B]

We were lucky. No damage to property. A few twigs broken from a couple of trees.

However, further down my street......

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Driver and passenger walked away

Lucky people!!