In February 2016 we spent a week in Norway for some fun in the snow. Visited Tromso and environs; went reindeer sledding, dog sledding, a trip on a snow mobile (never again!) and long walks . The following pictures were taken at sunset overlooking Tromso harbour. It is a bracketed series of 5 images. Start up Your HDR software on this series or use one image to improve its dynamic range. {} Download links: RAW: archive of 5 RAW images in .ORF format: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/175220/Tromso_RAW.zip JPG: archive of 5 jpg images: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/175220/Tromso_JPG.zip Note added 16/06/25: Download links for only the middle picture: RAW: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/175220/2016-02-13 14_32_50_P2132992_Norway.ORF JPG: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/175220/2016-02-13 14_32_50_P2132992_Norway_IJFR.jpg 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. "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 XXXXX 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. --- Contest will be closed 6/28/2016 around 12:00am CET.
Somebody asked for only the middle picture of this series, in order not to have to download the complete zip archive. I entered the links in my first post.
Nice image to work with, thanks for supplying all the files. {} norway edit of zeus1a3 by vorlon44, on Flickr {} norwaybw2ab by vorlon44, on Flickr
Great option for a contest as I have never played with HDR before. All 5 images used and then finished in LR (color) and Nik SEF (mono). {} {}
Topaz denoise, LAB colour boost, painted with light on 50% grey layer, various blending tweaks and sharpen {}
{} Norway-HDR.jpg by Kian j, on Flickr flickr web uploader is down again, had to use email upload, this one is too good to miss
Ack... AutoISO with HDR! Still, a fun image to play with given all the textures and colours. I like it dark and nighttimey with flares of orange against the blue. {}
Great shot and a great challenge, thanks! From the RAW stack with lots of Lightroom brushwork after losing the telecoms mast: {} Original at Flickr I didn't want to overcook this image but I thought it might stand a bit more punch: {} Original at Flickr
Loved the idea of the HDR shot but I did not had time to find a good tool for this (for Linux). These are from a single pic: {} {}
TXS to everybody for participating! You made it difficult for me: so many different interpretations of the scene. To me. there are 2 categories to judge: color and B/W. In B/W I like the work of BrianBeezly (2nd entry) and KLorenzo; in color I prefer the work of NigelD and jyc860923. My choice goes to - 3d place: both B/W interpretations - 2nd place: jyc860923 - overall winner: NigelD: I really like Your colors! {} And my own HDR rendering: {} Over to You, NigelD, to host the next competition.
