Darkroom Challenge Digital Darkroom Derby #54 - Winner announced

[kae1]

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #54, a digital image editing/processing challenge.

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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Challenge closes 08:00BST on Friday 22nd July.

 

[Herbert Hound]

Entry #1. A slight crop followed by local exposure adjustments and colours in LR. PS to get rid of various road signs, fence posts, gates and sundry distractions.

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[Herbert Hound]

Entry #2. And a B&W of the above...

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[Zeus1]

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[RobD]

#1. ACR & Photoshop

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[Stiga]

Entry #1 - my default landscape workflow ( PL5 > SNNS-HDR > tidy-up in PS

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[Stiga]

Entry #2 - I feel that #1 cold be improved with slightly brighter colours and a bit more contrast. I could fiddle with Photoshop for half and hour and do this but I find that Topaz Adjust is much quicker

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[kae1]

Still got plenty of time to submit an entry.

 

[gecko]

Seeing the superb entries so far, I feel quite safe in entering. Edited raw file in DxO PL5 then tweaked in Elements. Discovered that Nik Color Efex has a nice curves function (Levels and Curves), very useful since I miss such capability in Elements. I think it is rather overdone.

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[WhidbeyLVR]

entry 1

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[WhidbeyLVR]

Entry 2 (B&W)

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[kae1]

Ninety five percent of my photography is trying to capture moving cars/bikes and most of the other five percent is trying to capture moving light! This image was taken in autumn when the colours have moved from green and the clouds just wantrd to move. There was a small chink of sunlight on the mountain which had caught my eye against the flat-ish lit landscape and I hoped PP would make it more interesting at home.

All you submissions proved that PP was the right answer with a great range of submissions from realistic to dramatic. From your submissions I’ve learned that I need to think more about what I am aiming for in PP and work a lot more on my colours and contrast – so thank you.

Third place – @Stiga I like both of your dramatic submissions equally and can’t choose between them
Second place – @RobD – I like the more realistic colours, the contrast and the clouds
Winner – @Zeus1 – I like the balance of the subtler colours, contrast, the detail in the foreground, and the dramatic clouds

Congratulations Hendrik and over to you.

 

[Zeus1]

Thanks, Ken!
I am travelling (yet again) and the only pictures I have on my computer are the 12000 + images of our recent South African trip. I'll have a look in this as yet unsorted mess and try to find something to work with.

 

[Irene McC]

Thanks, Ken!
I am travelling (yet again) and the only pictures I have on my computer are the 12000 + images of our recent South African trip. I'll have a look in this as yet unsorted mess and try to find something to work with.

Go churn them out I'm very keen to see them

 

[Zeus1]

The next competition DD#55 is live and can be found here.
@Irene McC Give me some time, I promise to post a travelogue.