48 hour post processing challenge #540 -- CLOSED

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Hi Guys!

Sticking with the 48 hour format + few hours to allow for local time differences. So, evening of Wed. the 8th.

This is the time of year in which I usually take a quick day trip to western Washington or Oregon to soak up some glorious green color and chase away the winter blah. Alas.... as we all know, this year is a different sort of year. I'm pulling out a shot from this time of year last year taken from Lower Panther Creek Falls. Have fun, I hope this helps kill some boredom and finds you all healthy and happy.



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48-Hour Post-Processing Challenge Rules

  1. The Challenge Master provides an image or images to be "improved" upon by way of post-processing, as well as a closing date for entries.
  2. Entrants are to post their entries, visible in this thread, at a resolution of 1000 to 1600 pixels in the longest dimension, prior to the closing date.
  3. Each entrant is allowed two entries in the Challenge.
  4. At the close of the Challenge, the Challenge Master will select a Winner and Runners-up.
  5. The Winner of the challenge is honoured as the Master of the next Challenge.

Notes:
Any/all source images used for the challenge must be the Challenge Master's own images. They are posted solely for the purpose of this Challenge; not to invite critique or criticism nor for other uses. If Entrants post their entries at a photo sharing site, they should credit the owner of the original image.
  • "Improve" is a subjective term, and may include many creative ideas, as well as traditional "fixing". The Challenge Master agrees that Entrants may make any changes they deem fit in their entries.
  • Entrants are strongly encouraged to share the tools and techniques used for their entries, however this is not a requirement for entry.
  • As we all know, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The Challenge Master is encouraged (but not required) to state the criteria used to decide upon a Winner. While we may not all agree with the result, the Challenge Master's decision is final. Please refrain from posting adverse comment.
  • If the Winner is unable to post a new Challenge within five days, the honor passes to the next Runner-up.
 

Robert Davidson

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Hi Guys!

Sticking with the 48 hour format + few hours to allow for local time differences. So, evening of Wed. the 8th.

This is the time of year in which I usually take a quick day trip to western Washington or Oregon to soak up some glorious green color and chase away the winter blah. Alas.... as we all know, this year is a different sort of year. I'm pulling out a shot from this time of year last year taken from Lower Panther Creek Falls. Have fun, I hope this helps kill some boredom and finds you all healthy and happy.



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JPEG: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rrnc20giysd5r5g/P4130217.jpg?dl=0

ORF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsapa7px7gfs0wu/P4130217.ORF?dl=0


48-Hour Post-Processing Challenge Rules

  1. The Challenge Master provides an image or images to be "improved" upon by way of post-processing, as well as a closing date for entries.
  2. Entrants are to post their entries, visible in this thread, at a resolution of 1000 to 1600 pixels in the longest dimension, prior to the closing date.
  3. Each entrant is allowed two entries in the Challenge.
  4. At the close of the Challenge, the Challenge Master will select a Winner and Runners-up.
  5. The Winner of the challenge is honoured as the Master of the next Challenge.

Notes:
Any/all source images used for the challenge must be the Challenge Master's own images. They are posted solely for the purpose of this Challenge; not to invite critique or criticism nor for other uses. If Entrants post their entries at a photo sharing site, they should credit the owner of the original image.
  • "Improve" is a subjective term, and may include many creative ideas, as well as traditional "fixing". The Challenge Master agrees that Entrants may make any changes they deem fit in their entries.
  • Entrants are strongly encouraged to share the tools and techniques used for their entries, however this is not a requirement for entry.
  • As we all know, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The Challenge Master is encouraged (but not required) to state the criteria used to decide upon a Winner. While we may not all agree with the result, the Challenge Master's decision is final. Please refrain from posting adverse comment.
  • If the Winner is unable to post a new Challenge within five days, the honor passes to the next Runner-up.
That only gives us in Australia about 24hours?
 

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Luminar 4 > Topaz Sharpen AI:

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Beautiful scene, nothing much to fix.
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used Nik SilverEfex PL2
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Photoshop only, no filters.

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Beautiful pic. normal adjustments in DxO PL2
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Great photo, tried to lead the viewer into the photo through the right hand-side

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I like the way the log on the right leads your eye, but also felt it was a little too bright compared to the rest of the image. I removed the lens vignette corrections, and did selective sharpening of the land elements and selective clarity reduction of the water.

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entry #1:
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Entry #2 B&W from the above with some small changes:
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Did not do too much but did very minor burning and dodging and a bit of cleanup on the log in the foreground. used Topaz Sharpen AI and done. Very beautiful location!
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A B+W from the #1 entry done in NIK Silver Efex 2.

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I tried to emphasize the strong diagonal and place the main falls closer to the thirds intersection. Nice image to work with!
 

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What a fun exercise! (...and, BTW, what an awesome shot!)

For my submission I really tried to emphasize the light and warmth of the scene. Even though I suspect it was probably pretty overcast, based on the detail in the shadows, it still looked like there was some directional light hitting part of the landscape. Lifting the orange and red tones helped to boost the warmth and make the greens really pop!

I used multiple masked Luminar 4 layers to target different tonal ranges, colors, and regions in the photo. There's also a simple correction layer to cleanup some distracting stuff in the foreground.
 

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Taking a cue from @BosseBe, I tried this time to use only DxO PL2 for editing the raw file. The only limitation was that when I tried to experiment with different crops, the image disappeared, so I didn't crop.

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