Before and After Ribboners & High Scorers

01/26/2007 02:48:33 PM · #176

Originally posted by biteme:

You slimmed your belly?! WHY!?

LOL because I can :P

hanneke

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/26/2007 02:49:24 PM · #177

hahaha!!!

great editing job cin, nice to see the original!

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

01/26/2007 02:57:49 PM · #178

Originally posted by biteme:

great editing job cin, nice to see the original!

Thanks, Hann. :D

scarbrd

Leica M10

01/26/2007 09:30:41 PM · #179

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01/26/2007 09:41:17 PM · #180

That took guts to post Cindi. I have to say your burning of the muslin and floor is borderline. I just keep thinking of SandyP and her poor flamingo shot.

01/26/2007 09:46:27 PM · #181

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

That took guts to post Cindi. I have to say your burning of the muslin and floor is borderline. I just keep thinking of SandyP and her poor flamingo shot.

I totally agree, Jason. I saw it on a monitor other than mine and almost died at the slop I saw. For the record, the final version looks great on my monitor! lol

01/26/2007 09:48:40 PM · #182

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
That took guts to post Cindi. I have to say your burning of the muslin and floor is borderline. I just keep thinking of SandyP and her poor flamingo shot.

I totally agree, Jason. I saw it on a monitor other than mine and almost died at the slop I saw. For the record, the final version looks great on my monitor! lol

Heh, I'm not talking about sloppiness, I'm talking about major elements. My monitor here on my desktop is far too dark for me to see anything sloppy there. It's all black to me.

01/26/2007 09:49:26 PM · #183

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
That took guts to post Cindi. I have to say your burning of the muslin and floor is borderline. I just keep thinking of SandyP and her poor flamingo shot.

I totally agree, Jason. I saw it on a monitor other than mine and almost died at the slop I saw. For the record, the final version looks great on my monitor! lol

Heh, I'm not talking about sloppiness, I'm talking about major elements. My monitor here on my desktop is far too dark for me to see anything sloppy there. It's all black to me.

Oh I waited until I'd recieved validation before I posted!! :D

01/26/2007 09:52:38 PM · #184

Originally posted by idnic:

Oh I waited until I'd recieved validation before I posted!! :D

Ya, I'm not busting you. I'm sorta just surprised that it passed muster. I know SC isn't perfect and application of the rules (especially the subjective ones) will vary over time. I just thought that SandyP's DQ had set some precedent and have always been nervous about burning things in the background since. Were I working on your picture I would have figured there was no way I could get away with burning that muslin and the floor.

Not lookin' to get you a DQ. If anything, I'd rather give Sandy her ribbon back. Mostly looking to get a feel for "what goes" for my own work.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

01/26/2007 09:53:17 PM · #185

Well it's good to know where that line might be. I'm not sure I would have had the guts to do that edit without getting it pre-validated first. However with that said, it's the concept that makes the shot not the editing.

01/26/2007 09:54:32 PM · #186

Sure, I understand that, Jason and was mostly why I chose to show the original of that shot. I have cloned as needed in the past, but never quite as much as that image needed. I held my breath for 2 days after the challenge closed hoping it would pass validation. Thankfully, SC now sends an email saying it has been validated else I would still be holding my breath.

01/26/2007 09:59:37 PM · #187

I don't want to hijack the thread, but I'd be curious as to whether any passing SC would care to share the final vote on that one. Was it close? Did it pass with flying colors (ie. can I get away with even more?)

I'd love to know.

OK, back to the previous subject.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

01/26/2007 10:00:43 PM · #188

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I would love to know too.

Marc923

01/26/2007 10:02:19 PM · #189

I've noticed that quite a few of these started out rather dark. Is this being done on purpose? If so, why?

Rebecca

Nikon D80

01/26/2007 10:04:15 PM · #190

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by idnic:
Oh I waited until I'd recieved validation before I posted!! :D

Ya, I'm not busting you. I'm sorta just surprised that it passed muster. I know SC isn't perfect and application of the rules (especially the subjective ones) will vary over time. I just thought that SandyP's DQ had set some precedent and have always been nervous about burning things in the background since. Were I working on your picture I would have figured there was no way I could get away with burning that muslin and the floor.

Not lookin' to get you a DQ. If anything, I'd rather give Sandy her ribbon back. Mostly looking to get a feel for "what goes" for my own work.

I was surprised mine got the thumbs up, too. It seems like SC has been much liberal on the major elements rule lately than they have been in the past.

kawana

Sony Alpha a7R

Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC

01/26/2007 10:06:09 PM · #191

Originally posted by scarbrd:

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wow now i feel like i suck with cs2 lol how did you do this?? I need to learn how to get more out of my pictures If i got a picture like that id probably chuck it cuz i wouldn't know how to salvage it.

ShaneBlake

Nikon D7100

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon

01/26/2007 10:06:33 PM · #192

Best of 2006 entry () :

96 out of 705
Avg : 6.4806

Original portofolio version :

(i like this one better, i think...)

Stright from camera :

this was basically my second outing with the IR filter. i had _no_ idea what i was doing...

RolandB

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Raynox Pro Digital 0.66X Wide Angle Conversion

01/26/2007 10:17:46 PM · #193

Originally posted by scarbrd:

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I AM STOKED!!!! Thanks for posting this.

dleach

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/26/2007 10:24:58 PM · #194

Fireworks II:

Original:

After (4th):

I try to always list my processing and I really enjoy reading how others process their photos!

dleach

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/26/2007 10:43:07 PM · #195

Originally posted by karmat:

Just as an aside, I don't know if kosmikkreeper, Breeee123, or elsapo want to share their originals from the FreeStudy, as they are still being validated, but I was very suprised at the amount of post processing (or lack thereof) that went into them, compared to some of the other winners we've seen.

Especially the "Hoops" shot.

I would love to see

elsapo. That tiger was something else!

scarbrd

Leica M10

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

01/27/2007 11:45:17 AM · #196

Originally posted by kawana:

I'm not very experienced in Tone Mapping or HDR, but here is what I did.

Started with the origianl RAW file opened in Photomatix

I chose Tone Mapping and here is what it produced after playing with the sliders a little.

Saved as TIF, I opened it in CS2 and removed a lot of the blue/cyan tones to warm it up. After that I tweaked sharpness, Burn the river a little, and the mountians in the upper right corner. I removed a pinkish tone from the house in the lower left corner.

The magic was done in Photomatix. The rest was color correction and other tweaks.

Message edited by author 2007-01-27 11:46:58.

bcoble

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

01/27/2007 12:23:36 PM · #197

I can not stand it anymore! I just ordered Photomatix.

Simms

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/27/2007 12:35:54 PM · #198

WOW, major element removal in this image.. surprised this didnt get DQ'd!

Originally posted by idnic:

I hesitated to post this because I hate showing unfinished work, my clients never see unprocessed images... but... for the sake of discussion:

was the original image used for this:

I typically don't do NEARLY as much editing on my shots, but I really wanted this image to work, so I was willing to do what it took. Obviously, the first thing I did was to crop (the gray box shows where). Then I painstakingly cloned the black backrop into the places where it just wasn't big enough. Next, and also not easy, I cloned the logo off the shirt of the guy on the right. After that, I had a clean image to work with and the rest was just normal editing. The dumb thing is I did a fast & sloppy job the first time and had to do it all over again for the challenge entry.

KarenNfld

01/27/2007 12:47:47 PM · #199

Originally posted by marksimms:

WOW, major element removal in this image.. surprised this didnt get DQ'd!

Yeah, apparently with the new advanced rules major element removal isn't such a big deal anymore.

whiteroom