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10/11/2006 08:02:07 AM · #1 |
Hey all,
Alot of people said my image was overprocessed during the challenge. Which when given a in depth critic of my photo thanks to  DrAchoo and eyewave I can now see that it is over processed. My question is, how would you have processed this. Please understand also the Origional is straight from the camera and I was having dust bunnies on my sensor that day so there is alot of spots on the origional.
Origional
My Post Photo for the free Study
PLease give it a shot, and if you could share your processing steps for the photo also, it would be very helpful and i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
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10/11/2006 08:23:45 AM · #2 |
this is just a REALLY quick edit so it's not something I would submit and needs to be tweaked a lot but just to give you an overview heres what i got:
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10/11/2006 08:28:12 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
this is just a REALLY quick edit so it's not something I would submit and needs to be tweaked a lot but just to give you an overview heres what i got:
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Thats pretty much whatm mine looks like lol
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10/11/2006 08:36:43 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
this is just a REALLY quick edit so it's not something I would submit and needs to be tweaked a lot but just to give you an overview heres what i got:
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smoothing out the water makes a huge difference. I didn't mind the colours in the challenge photo but the yellow works quite nicely as well.
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10/11/2006 08:40:52 AM · #5 |
While the water smoothing is lovely in and of itself, I don't think it would be legal, at least not as done here with the distinct side-to-side striations, which did not exist in the original. It's also completely unnatural looking; even if it WERE a long exposure producing "soft" water, it wouldn't have streaks perpendicular to the current flow. Colors are sweet though.
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10/11/2006 08:42:51 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
While the water smoothing is lovely in and of itself, I don't think it would be legal, at least not as done here with the distinct side-to-side striations, which did not exist in the original. It's also completely unnatural looking; even if it WERE a long exposure producing "soft" water, it wouldn't have streaks perpendicular to the current flow. Colors are sweet though.
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Lol! Yeah I have no idea when it comes to landscape/water shots. I was just guessing :P |
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10/11/2006 09:13:34 AM · #7 |
Here's a very complex workflow, per OP's request, to try to make something of this:
1. Open original, do contrast masking, save as 16-bit tiff. This made a flatter, more even-toned image with very little pop but more shadow detail. Play with color balance to get the overall hues roughly where they are now.
2. Open 16-bit tiff in Photomatix Pro, use tone mapping on it, play with the sliders to keep it from going too extreme. This produces the better mid-tone contrast and opens up the shadows a LOT.
3. Open the tone-mapped version in PS, apply gradients top and bottom, sharpen with focus magic, apply vignetting and save.
I can't say I'm totally happy with the color of it, but this will do for now.
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10/11/2006 09:46:41 AM · #8 |
Thank you all for your help, anyone one else have any suggestions on how to improve this shot would be great.
Jaded youth- great job with the shot BTW, thats better than I could have thought to do.
Bear, Thanks for your attempt too. I like the contrasting done through the mapping.
xXxscarletxXx, thank you for trying as well, if 2 people come up with the same solution it seems that it should be that way. thanks for your attempt as well.
Thank you all,
Rich |
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10/11/2006 01:09:28 PM · #9 |
What do you think of this edit?
Thanks
Rich |
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10/11/2006 02:33:02 PM · #10 |
After wrestling with a color edit:
--- to ---> 
I tried a blue tone and liked the midnight feel to it,
maybe even more than any of the color variations I tried.
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Really need to clean your sensor - yikes! |
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