Post Processing Challenge #9

[Donald]

Welcome back after the Christmas/New Year holiday break

The closing date for entries into this challenge is 8th February.

The purpose of the challenge is to provide all members with the same image and, with it, an opportunity to explore and develop their post-processing skills and to examine and learn from how they and others approach the task. Although there will be a vote, the idea is not to be competitive, but to engage in a learning process. So, discussions and exchanges of views as we go along, are encouraged.

Voting, Choosing the next image file and telling us How You Did It:- When announced, voting (open to any member) will be by Private Message (PM) to Donald, over a period of two days or so. This will ask you simply to say which you think demonstrates best PP skills and artistic presentation. Automated voting may be introduced at a later stage. The ‘winner’ of one challenge will be asked to provide an image for the next challenge, or delegate that ‘honour’ to a Mod. The ‘winner’ will also be invited to tell us what they did (so keep a note).

The image file: The file for this challenge has been provided by Dave Humphries.

You can choose which type of file you want to work on:
A NEF RAW file (10Mb) can be downloaded here
A 75Mb TIF is here
And a large JPG (7Mb) is here

And what is this wonderous image? It is ......................

Some rules
The culture and values of CiC as embraced by its members makes the need for over-formalisation of procedures & guidelines largely unnecessary. However, we cannot always know who is joining the forum and some formalisation is required, particularly to protect the work of the person who has offered the image for post-processing. These procedures are:-

• You download the image, process it and then post it back up to this thread.
• Photographs should be posted in this thread before the closing date (don't leave it too late).
• No voting allowed for your own entry.
• Each entrant will be allowed one submission.
• All entrants must work on the file made available for download (at the bottom of this post). Any other image posted into the thread will be deleted.
• Entrants may use appropriately licensed images to assist in the creative process, but the original must remain the basis of the finished product and the entered image be a representation of that original.
• The image file made available for the challenge will remain the sole property of the person who made it available for the purpose, under a Creative Commons SA Licence. A full copy of the licence can be viewed HERE
• Any person downloading the image offered for editing in this challenge, whether they submit an entry in the challenge or not, is deemed to accept the terms of the licence and to be bound by it.
• A decision to pursue a claim against anyone breaching the terms of the licence shall be a matter solely for the copyright holder; i.e. the member who offered the image for download in this challenge. ‘Cambridge in Colour’ cannot be held responsible or liable for any breach of the Creative Commons SA Licence.

NB - The best way of dealing with this formality is to resolve that the only thing you will do with the image you downloaded is work on it for entry in this challenge and that you WILL NOT use it for any other purpose.

Have fun ... and good luck!

[Polar01]

#1

Well Donald, here is where you photo took me. I did not have anything planned out, well just maybe a little, I like cloud formations, there were some so that is where I started. So I just started and what was in me came out, anything more I think would have been too much. looking foreward to seeing in what directions others take it.

Allan

[jeffreye]

I like the idea of this being a Victorian photograph

[wendles78]

#3

[Donald]

#4

[Ati]

#5

[LaiChunKwan]

#6

[Ryogenetic]

#7

Got quite a few entry's so quickly.... Here is mine:



Thanks
Ryo

[rappensuncle]

#8

Good stuff these post processing comps. - so many different techniques to view.



Thanks!

[ScoutR]

#9


DSC_3934NEF by Wendy FS, on Flickr

Wendy

[Skyline]

#10


I put a sky in that I though suited the picture. Brought the left hand wall of the canal straight down (didn't like the way it cut off sharply) cloned a few little bits out. Then used curves, up/down for colour, brightness, contrast etc.

[Yooper]

#11

[conkerwood]

#12



Hope this gives you a smile

(Wasn't happy with the sea in the first one and some of the layering was a bit slapdash so I had another go. Hope you like it.)

Peter

[ddp4me]

#13

[Cerian]

#14

[Nikoniannats]

#15

[Nat]

#16
Across the street

[tinkerbell]

#17

[onelove]

#18

This was processed on Photomatix. No other software was used.

[Baldrider]

#19