MU43 Post Processing Challenge #99

mnhoj

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Hello everyone.

PPC #99 will officially start at 5 PM PST this evening May 22nd. Please feel free to post your entries at any time before then as well.
The Challenge will conclude Sunday, May 25th at 5PM PST(GMT-8).

Best of luck and have fun!

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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/bnclfu2y897qibv/P1010578.RW2">RAW here</a>

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mu43 ppc 99
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The Rules:

The Challenger will provide any photo that he/she deems worthy of challenging other members to "improve" by way Post Processing. It must be their own photo, and taken with m4/3 equipment. "Improve" is a subjective term, and includes many creative ideas as well as traditional "fixing". The Challenger agrees that entrants may make any changes they deem fit to post in their entry.

The winner of the previous challenge gets to post the next Challenge and serves as the judge for his/her PP challenge.

For obvious purposes, the judge is disqualified from participating in his/her own PP challenge. Instead, he/she should post a photo to start out the challenge.

***** If the winner fails to post a new challenge within five days, the responsibility passes to the runner-up. *****

At the end of the 72-hours (we don't have to be strict about 72-hours, especially with time differences depending on where you are on the globe), the judge will name a winner, a first runner-up, and a second runner-up.


Entrants
The Challenger's image is posted for the sole purpose of the PP Challenge; it is not posted to invite Critique or Criticism.

Entries shall be limited to 2 per member for each Challenge.

Entrants to post a BBCode link to the Large size image of their PP edit(s), preferably 1024px x npx, or npx x 1024px, if the original image and/or the PP edit allow for these sizes. Also a click-through to the original sized hosted edit if appropriate (but not a requirement for entry). If you post your entry to a photo-hosting site such as Flickr, Photobucket, or a Gallery, etc., please credit the original photographer to make it clear it is not your photograph; something like "Photo taken by xxxxxx over at Mu-43.com" should suffice.

Entrants are strongly encouraged to post the settings and techniques used for their entry, however this is not a requirement for entry.

As we all know, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We may not all agree with the chosen winners, but the judges decision is final without adverse comment from the Entrants; the judge is encouraged (but not required) to state what criteria he used to decide on a winner.

To make sure we don't break any Mu-43 rules/regulations, by participating in the PP Challenge you are allowing the judge to re-post your image for the sole purpose of announcing the winners in the thread
 

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ran thru topaz simplify to blocky it up a bit
then nik analogue fx2 to split the image up into 4 square
 

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Defished, cropped, saturated/desaturated and center-fold texturized.

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Lr to Google's Analog fx 2, wet plate camera,

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Old Plastic Camera, Lomographic effect, also from Google's Nik Collection

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Thank you
 

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Thanks 50orsohours. This is the order as I remember it. Tried to defish a little bit using Nikon FE profile in Lightroom. Topaz Clarity Architecture. Topaz Clean Degrunged. Topaz Restyle and chose the right tones/colors. Perfect Effex 8 Sun effect that brought out more sun. Minor changes in Lightroom.

John S.
 

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Are we about to party like its PP 99? :D
OooOOOOOooooooEeeeeeeeEEEEEEeeee - Prince


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mnhoj

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Sorry for the late response.
PPC is now officially closed.
A decision tomorrow morning.

Thank you all for the wonderful work.
 

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Truly excellent work everyone.
Texture blending. Selective color. Multi image. Traditional.
All very well executed and highly enjoyable. Could have been anyone in the finals this challenge.

Franklim - third place. I really like both entries. Great work Francisco.

To Gonzo's dad - second place. Very fun and creative. I like your selections for each piece of the puzzle. Works very well imo.

The winner is - jomerads. John's first entry with the purple sky. That Sci-fi feel and a very well balanced, well executed rendition. Well done!
 

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Thanks John. I am really honored. Everybody did great. Congratulations to Elliot and Francisco as well. Great to see you John and Elliot back. Your acts are really hard to follow.

John S.
 

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