Darkroom Challenge Digital Darkroom Derby #220. Challenge closed and results posted.

[gecko]

Start Date

Aug 15, 2024

End Date

Aug 18, 2024

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #220, 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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JPEG (in Dropbox) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wk5e...ey=uugtu1x6kl6q72l21wtvj9u6s&st=9xkdspco&dl=0
RAW (in Dropbox) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hi2y...ey=1u24mlhquk0uuki7gl20l8j1d&st=i5ac56jz&dl=0

The Challenge will close on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 6 PM EDT, 22 h GMT.
Thank you for your contributions!

 

[WhidbeyLVR]

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Raw file was processed/cropped in DxO PL7. I used a public domain image by Alan Schmierer (Flickr) of a Cloudless Sulphur to add a head and legs to the insect. Surgery performed in Gimp.

Edit: I initially had no clue how the proboscis attached to the head, but I have since concluded it must have curved down, around, and then back up and over. So I added a suggestion of that.

 

[griffljg]

Entry #1:

The raw file provided wasn't supported / recognised by the current version of Capture One Pro. This didn't have any real effect on me as, as usual, I first passed the raw file through DxO PureRAW 4 and then imported the resulting DNG file into Capture One Pro for further editing / processing.

In Capture One, I played around with Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Highlight recovery, Shadow recovery and Clarity, before cropping the image to suit.

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[ektar]

See: 1) nice original image, 2) first two entries put the rest of us on the bench.

Kudos!

 

[Peano]

Lyle had the right idea, supplying a head and legs for the butterfly. Very nice work, Lyle. I wasn't motivated to do that, so I just focused on separating subject from background a little more cleanly. Not competing, of course.

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[gecko]

About one more day until the Challenge closes. Thanks to Lyle, Larry and David for their entries and to ektar for his kind comment. I hope that a few more entries will be forthcoming.

 

[kae1]

Making up the numbers after some great entries - entry #1 DXO PL7 then Elements and PhotoAI

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[kae1]

Entry #2 - entry #1 plus ON1 Effects

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[gecko]

Making up the numbers after some great entries - entry #1 DXO PL7 then Elements and PhotoAI

Thank you, Ken!

 

[gecko]

First, I would like to apologize to all for the terrible Challenge photo that I provided, and to thank all those who participated. I think everyone did a nice job of cropping the image. I think the painstaking reconstruction work of Lyle should earn him first place. Ken, entry #1 is 1st runner up, and Larry's entry is 2nd runner up. As usual, David provided a beautiful entry with a much-improved background.
Thanks again and over to you @WhidbeyLVR.

 

[WhidbeyLVR]

First, I would like to apologize to all for the terrible Challenge photo that I provided, and to thank all those who participated. I think everyone did a nice job of cropping the image. I think the painstaking reconstruction work of Lyle should earn him first place. Ken, entry #1 is 1st runner up, and Larry's entry is 2nd runner up. As usual, David provided a beautiful entry with a much-improved background.
Thanks again and over to you @WhidbeyLVR.

Thank you for hosting, Rashid. And thanks for the win. Your image was fine. It's a challenge, after all.

DDD #221 is live:

Darkroom Challenge - Digital Darkroom Derby #221

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #221, 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...

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