60 Hour Post Processing Challenge #646 - Results announced

[BosseBe]

. . .with Dutch angle thrown in for dramatic effect.

Now, if I can just gain an informational, appreciate and agree on the above entry, I will have collected the full set!

Happy now?

 

[relic]

I used Elements to edit the file. Cropped, shifted the purplish-red color towards red, then using ON1 Effects 10 plug-in, added a little "dynamic contrast' and a little vignette.

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[roboroto]

Uncropped. I had to remove the "ignore jpg" (or whatever it was) option to load in DT3.4. Or actually, probably should've just used something else. Anyway, nothing much done here but I did blur out everything but the central rider a bit. And got rid of the helmet to the left.

#1

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[Robert Davidson]

#1. Processed in ACR and Photoshop.

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[Robert Davidson]

#2.

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[Hendrik]

Well! Speak of using Super Resolution. It came in handy for this little frippery. Some Camera Raw, a lot of Photoshop.

Late For The Heat

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[WhidbeyLVR]

Happy now?

Only missing "informative". Happy, happy!

 

[betamax]

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[relic]

Edited file in DxO PL2, then tweaked a bit and cropped in PS Elements, converted to B&W using Nik Silver Efex plug-in.

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[Rob Rider]

#1

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[Rob Rider]

#2
Processed in Topaz Studio 2

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[Zapp]

#1

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[Zapp]

#2

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[BosseBe]

I would like to enter a JPEG image for the post processing competition but due to my ignorance I don't know if your editing software supports JPEG

AFAIK all PP software support JPEG, if someone is using a program that only can handle Raw files there are a lot of free options out there to try out.
I prefer to work on Raw files as there is more room for processing with a Raw. A JPEG is locked into an 8-bit format and a lot of the options in a photo editor don't work on that or if they work they have less room for changes.

That said, I think it is good to try to get the most out of a JPEG now and then.
So thanks for the challenge!

 

[Kae1]

Competition closed.

 

[Kae1]

As the bike was my preference for an image to process I’ve concentrated on scrutinising those entries. With regards to the landscape I particularly like the natural looking colours in @Robert Davidson ’s entry and the re-interpretations done by both @relic and @Hendrik.

With regards to the bike image I normally ignore shooting through catch fencing if I can. The fence makes composition restrictive whilst the wire can mess up colour, saturation, contrast, sharpness and create a patchy image too. As bike 333 is the focal point of the picture I primarily wanted to see what could be done to “rescue” the bike and then secondly produce a more interesting crop/edit.

It hasn’t been easy to make a decision as I’ve been so impressed with all your processing and editing skills. My top three each has an element which I either hadn’t been able to achieve or even thought about!
I would like to award podium places to :-

3rd place – @protapic - Bike rescued, nice crop, helmet removed

2nd place – @Rob Rider #1 – Bike rescued, great balance of contrast, sharpness and colour.

Winner – @WhidbeyLVR – Bike rescued, nice colour, helmet removed, plus the added bonus of a great crop & edit which made for a better picture.

Congratulations @WhidbeyLVR and over to you for the next challenge.

 

[WhidbeyLVR]

@Kae1 Thanks Ken!

The new challenge is here:

https://www.mu-43.com/threads/60-hour-post-processing-challenge-647.110831/