Lets play 6-16-2018

[Ben Egbert]

Ben Egbert submitted a new resource:

Lets play 6-16-2018 -

Alan has graciously supplied this weeks Lets Play candidate. He says he had plenty of other shots, but this one seemes like a good candidate. Show us what you can do with it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here is a small JPG to show the image.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Here's my take...

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is very nice Kyle, I see you cropped the rock off the bottom as I did. My usual PP made it look too gritty so I am going to start over and post latter. You got a very natural looking and pleasing image as usual.

 

[Kyle Jones]

This is very nice Kyle, I see you cropped the rock off the bottom as I did. My usual PP made it look too gritty so I am going to start over and post latter. You got a very natural looking and pleasing image as usual.

Thanks Ben. I actually cloned it out as I didn't want to lose any of the foreground bushes by cropping. The other thing I played with, that I don't think I've done before, is adding some negative dehaze (essentially adding haze) to the background. I decided I wanted the foreground sharp and saturated and the background hazy and soft.

 

[Ben Egbert]

That was a good idea, I used too much dehaze on my first attempt.

 

[JimFox]

This is a great image that Alan donated for the cause. I won’t be able to give it a go though until Sunday or Monday since I am currently out at Joshua Tree.

Kyles Edit on it looks really cool.

 

[AlanLichty]

I will be curious to see what people come up with on this one. Kyle's edit is a good starting one. There was nothing wrong with the original beyond the fact that it was one of too many captures I had from the same spot from the week before this one was taken, one of many I took at the same time as this one, and another batch taken two weeks later.

The bridge in the background is called Moon Bridge and as an orientation to this part of the gardens the maple just off to the right here is the same one that attracts a mob scene when it goes full on red.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here is my version, with some tips from Kyle.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Here's mine with a little different approach where I reduced the amount of haze. All in all a vanilla change on my part with some slight burning and dodging too.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice Mike. A bit more pop than mine, but simmilar. Kyle sure has us on that score.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Here is my attempt.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I went for a crop to bring the bridge closer and the tree in the left top just bugged me LOL. Highlights down, shadows up, a little dehaze, and played with the luminance & saturation sliders mostly plus on saturation & minus on luminance, and a touch of vignette!

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Here is my bigger version

 

[Kyle Jones]

I like your crop Darcy!

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I like your crop Darcy!

thank you Kyle , me too actually, it feels like it has more of a focal point to me!

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here is my attempt.

This is really nice jameel. I like the color pallett you got here.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I went for a crop to bring the bridge closer and the tree in the left top just bugged me LOL. Highlights down, shadows up, a little dehaze, and played with the luminance & saturation sliders mostly plus on saturation & minus on luminance, and a touch of vignette!

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I like this corp Drcy, and I assume this is the one you want voted on. Your color saturation is a nice middle ground beteen Jameel and the ones Mike and I posted.

 

[BarryHamilton]

I liked the hint of misty atmosphere at the top so I went that direction, softening the contrast all over.

 

[Ben Egbert]

That misty look is hard to ignore, and brings a great quality to the image. I like this one.