Lets Play #21

[Ben Egbert]

See the let’s play guidelines above

This week’s image is one from Brian

Here is a link to the image.

https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?resources/lets-play-21.37/

The embedded image is a small jpg of the raw, but use the download dng files for rework.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here is my version of this. The interesting thing here is the natural field with wild deer and a backdrop of a city high rise. I wanted to really bring out the deer and downplay the city.

 

[JimFox]

Nice work on yours Ben. This is indeed a cool photo that @Brian is letting us play with. The contrast between country and city is very unusual.

 

[Brian]

I am really looking forward to see what you guys come up with.

 

[JimFox]

I will work on one later, I am still getting caught up here after just getting home this morning from 3 weeks on the road. This looks like a really fun shot.

Brian? This is from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal right? The backdrop looks like it. I had gotten some similar shots with Bison, but it was really getting too dark as it was past sunset.

 

[Brian]

I will work on one later, I am still getting caught up here after just getting home this morning from 3 weeks on the road. This looks like a really fun shot.

Brian? This is from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal right? The backdrop looks like it. I had gotten some similar shots with Bison, but it was really getting too dark as it was past sunset.

Yep. It was on the southbound (one way) road on the west side of the arsenal.

 

[Ken Rennie]

My subtle approach, only using ACR

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice one Ken.

 

[JimFox]

My subtle approach, only using ACRView attachment 16227

I like your take Ken!

 

[JimFox]

I am going the B&W route. I did most of this in ACR. But then I did use a Layer Mask to separate the field and deer from the skyscrapers and sky. That allowed me to brighten up the ground more, and do more highlight recovery in the sky. I then converted it to B&W and cropped it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Good one Jim, I knew somebody would do a B&W

 

[Amy Nelson]

 

[JimFox]

View attachment 16229

I like what you did with the sky Amy,

 

[Ken Rennie]

View attachment 16229

I like the sky as well plus the little extra bite that you have given to the city. Ken

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice Amy, I like this one a lot.

 

[AlanLichty]

My turn - I chose to not hide the city behind.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I went with a much tighter crop

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice work Alan and Darcy. Looks like another tough choice ahead of the voters.

 

[AlanLichty]

I would like to replace my entry - the one I posted yesterday felt a bit on the crunchy side for my eyes after I posted it. I also did a bit of a trim for a crop.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Better Alan,