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Post by hmca on Jun 15, 2019 12:54:58 GMT
For our next RAW Challenge we will be working on a landscape image that offers lots of possibilities for you to express your creative vision. While we all like to display our best work, an image that we feel could use improvement works best for the RAW Challenge. We are using a dng file. This should allow you to edit the image in whatever RAW editor you prefer. External editors....NIK, Topaz etc. may also be used. The use of textures is also permissible. Because they are part of the effects possible using On1, and available to members using the Topaz plug-in Texture Effects, I thought it might add to the creative process to allow members to make use of their own created or purchased textures. When you feel it is appropriate you can replace skies. If you choose to use a texture, please credit the source if possible. This will help other members who might be interested in obtaining a particular texture. The purpose is to share your creative vision for the image. Hopefully we can all learn from and inspire each other in this fun challenge. Here are the rules: 1. Everyone will work on this same image. 2. You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and may submit more than one edit. Challenge will end on June 29, 2019. 3. You may not add clip-art, create a composite or use someone else's action. 4. Please be sure to give a summary of what you did to achieve your final look. 5. Comments are restricted to complimenting someone's edit or asking a question about their process. You are not to critique someone's submission. 6. At the end of the challenge the three top edits will be chosen by the person who has submitted the image. 7. Hope you have fun with this challenge. 8. If you have any questions please PM me so that we can keep the posts restricted to edits of the photo and compliments for a particular edit. Here is a preview of the image we will be working on:  Please download the dng file here. File was missing for awhile but has been restored....you should be able to use the Amazon link without a problem. If you cannot download the file from the top right-hand corner please PM me. Thanks!
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Post by Peterj on Jun 15, 2019 18:32:31 GMT
On1 used exclusively: * adjusted tone * straightened * removed people * adjusted perspective * B&W  |
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Post by fotofrank on Jun 15, 2019 20:05:34 GMT
Thanks for this Helen! Processed in Aurora HDR 2019 and Luminar Removed the people, two dogs and a photographer. Removed the rock in the water, cropped and straightened. Finished in photoshop camera raw to use the texture and clarity slider. added a vignette.  |
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Post by Lillias on Jun 15, 2019 20:12:17 GMT
Thanks for the challenge Helen. Straightened and cropped the image slightly. I lightened up the dark bottom left corner a tad, duplicated the image and de-saturated it. Then from Filter – Sketch I applied the stamp filter and removed all the white leaving only a black outline. I used a texture from the Pastel Fine Art Textures by Mix Pix Box from Design Cuts and gave it a Hue Blend Mode. I applied a mask to that layer and brushed some of the texture off the beach area and some off the sea near the coast line.  |
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Post by hmca on Jun 15, 2019 20:12:57 GMT
Peter and Frank......thanks for getting this challenge going.....and Lillias sneaking in there while I was typing this comment!
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Post by hmca on Jun 15, 2019 20:46:52 GMT
I decided to go with a modified film noire look using SE 2. I actually enlarged the photographer and cropped out the distant shore . I wanted to create a story of him being alone in search of the perfect picture in less than perfect weather conditions.  |
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Post by hmca on Jun 15, 2019 22:15:21 GMT
Tried another one.....this time after making adjustments in Camera Raw I used CE to put a polarizer on the sky and confined the effects of the dynamic contrast filter, at half strength, to the rocky feature. Also selectively used a levels adjustment on the grassy slope. Removed people from the beach and once again enlarged the photographer. Cropped off some of the bottom and from the top to create an image where the sky was just in the top third of the image. Thought the photographer might want to try again under better weather conditions.  |
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Post by fotofrank on Jun 15, 2019 23:55:47 GMT
converted my first entry to B&W in Silver Effects. Custom toning, Hue 120, strength 75 with finish adjustments color toning 7.  |
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Post by Bailey on Jun 16, 2019 1:18:16 GMT
For this attempt, I am simply trying to adjust the exposure and tones to output what I think the scene would have looked like at the time of the photo.
I like how the rock face on the left provides a leading line from the bottom left into the centre of the scene and how the curved shore line provides a leading line from the bottom left of the scene to the cliffs near the top right.
The histogram for the original image confirms for me the image is over exposed slightly, which is what my eyes were telling me. So I followed my usual workflow to try to output an image with restored details in the nearly blown out cliff faces and the nearly blown out ocean wash washing up on the beach. I also wanted to restore details in the back-lit rock face on the left.
1. Applied usual tweaking of White Balance, Exposure, Highlight, Shadows, Blacks, Whites etc sliders in ACR.
2. In PSE I first straightened the horizon (it is only slight off horizontal)
3. Cloned out all the people except the photographer with a tripod in hand, walking along the beach and cropped out some "rubbish" on the rocks at the bottom edge near the centre. Also cleaned up what appeared to be some litter on the sand. Whatever it was, I found it distracting.
4. Applied a Levels Adjustment Layer just on the the rock face in shadow on the left to maximise its tonal range.
5. Dodged and Burned, using a layer (overlay blend mode) filled with 50% grey and painting with various shades of grey to dodge (lighten) and burn (darken) the various elements to restore/enhance details to the cliffs on the right, the rock face on the left, the ocean washing up on the beach and foliage and beach in the foreground along the bottom edge from left to right.
6. Applied a ND Graduated Filter (using layer with Black to Transparent Gradient and Softlight blend mode) to tone back the sky a little.
7. Sharpen the image.
I will try to play with another type of edit before this challenge concludes.
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Post by hmca on Jun 17, 2019 15:22:40 GMT
Last one.....but couldn't help but wonder how this image might look with a painterly effect. Looking at the image again I noticed the sun had created a slight golden glow on the water where it was shining through the stone outcrop. This was the first thing I wanted to enhance using the radial filter in PS. I then went about editing the image similarly to what I had done in my color submission above, making sure to lighten the stony feature. This time I removed people, dogs etc. When I had it cleaned up and edited to my liking I took it into Topaz Impression. I used the Degas Dancers 1 filter but adjusted all the sliders especially the texture slider where I reduced both the strength and size of the canvas. Back in PS, I reduced the opacity of the painted layer to 97% and used the healing brush to eliminate little white specks throughout the image. Finally I added a slight vignette. This has been a fun image to work on and I've enjoyed seeing everyone's approach. Keep them coming! u.cubeupload.com/HMCA/DurdleDoorTopazImpre.jpg |
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Post by Lillias on Jun 17, 2019 19:49:12 GMT
As for the first one I did, I straightened and cropped the image slightly duplicated the image and de-saturated it. Then from Filter – Sketch I applied the stamp filter and removed all the white leaving only a black outline which I blended in with the soft light blend mode. Masked that layer and softened some of the black outline. Created a composite/stamped layer and applied a mask and masked out some of the photo. Created a solid colour layer on top at 37% opacity and used the Colour Burn blend mode. Used a mask on that layer masking around the edges. Then drew out a rectangle to create a frame.  |
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Post by michelb on Jun 17, 2019 20:59:12 GMT
Challenging image! Nothing special in the conversion itself, so I converted in 16 bits to prevent ulterior posterization with a monochrome result.
Next steps in 16 bits in PSE2019 editor: - Unsharp mask (radius 50) for clarity - Hue saturation selective darkening/saturation of blues among others - correct camera distortion for vignette - equalize for brilliance - gradient map(dark sepia to white) for monochrome conversion - shadows/highlight (only highlights darkening)
- stroke for frame.
My big challenge was to render the overly bright tones of the cliffs with the limited tone range of a print. Contrary to the usual rules in landscape photography, I thought that the visual effect in reality required a tad of overexposure in the cliffs... I did not try to recover the details or to add texture.
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Post by fotofrank on Jun 18, 2019 0:13:52 GMT
Water color - topaz impressions Water color and Palette knife.  |
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Post by Bailey on Jun 18, 2019 8:04:37 GMT
In this attempt I have gone for the moonlit look.
The starter image is actually my previously posted "daylight" image. Basically, I used a series of Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, Warming Photo Filter Adjustment layers and a ND Graduated Filter layer to create the effect.
(enlargement is clearer) |
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Post by Lillias on Jun 18, 2019 9:40:28 GMT
In this attempt I have gone for the moonlit look. Looking at this image Bailey I can just imagine smugglers coming ashore to hide their contraband in a cave in that rocky outcrop. |
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