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Looks like I may win, come on everyone join in.
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and there was me thinking that an image of a beautiful young woman would have attracted a few entries. Hmm maybe I should have picked a young man instead, only problem is I don't have any
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I'm having a quick go too!
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I thought about a b&w but really- those crystal balls were just too tempting
Edit41 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
Duplicate layer
Clone out part of other person on the right
Sampled colour of ball and then created new layer and brushed out her reflection
Created new layer and paste eye of sauron and solar system into it- change the opacity a bit and play around with perspective.
Thought she could do with a tough sticker so created layer and wrote some text on it and then transformed to fit.
Created new layer and brushed some low opacity textured black into one of the balls
Create another new layer then added some green mist.
Might have pushed the boat out a bit much when I gave her some red eyes but your eyes would not look human if you were pulling off her crystal ball trick so thought it went with the overall effect- and you do get red contacts
Edit41 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
Duplicate layer
Clone out part of other person on the right
Sampled colour of ball and then created new layer and brushed out her reflection
Created new layer and paste eye of sauron and solar system into it- change the opacity a bit and play around with perspective.
Thought she could do with a tough sticker so created layer and wrote some text on it and then transformed to fit.
Created new layer and brushed some low opacity textured black into one of the balls
Create another new layer then added some green mist.
Might have pushed the boat out a bit much when I gave her some red eyes but your eyes would not look human if you were pulling off her crystal ball trick so thought it went with the overall effect- and you do get red contacts
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Oooo Dr O I like the eyes and the Lord of the Ring style eye in the balls!
Heres my go:
I blurred the back ground using Gaussian blur.
Selectively sharpened her eys, headress, glitter on her face and balls.
Cropped it and applied an action I downloaded a while back that did this:
And this:
Heres my go:
I blurred the back ground using Gaussian blur.
Selectively sharpened her eys, headress, glitter on her face and balls.
Cropped it and applied an action I downloaded a while back that did this:
And this:
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For some reason my edit looks a very different colour! Not sure what photo bucket have done, but here it is via Flickr:
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I thought this was going to be an easy one to call but the late rush of entries made it way more difficult than I thought it was going to be.
Well after considerably deliberation and a couple of changes of mind.
Winner is The Goblin
My take on this was done over 4 years ago so I cant explain in detail what I did. The obvious things are I cropped then cloned out some hair and straps. Looks like Ive used some softening on the skin as well. Finally I have replaced the reflection of her face to a reflection of her holding the glass balls.
Well after considerably deliberation and a couple of changes of mind.
Winner is The Goblin
My take on this was done over 4 years ago so I cant explain in detail what I did. The obvious things are I cropped then cloned out some hair and straps. Looks like Ive used some softening on the skin as well. Finally I have replaced the reflection of her face to a reflection of her holding the glass balls.
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I'll just hunt for an image. Are there any particular rules on this having not really taken part here much?
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Thank you.
I took this at Windsor Castle last Saturday and have decided to use it
I've had a go. As it was taken at midday the sky is pretty washed out, so I added a blue filter to the sky.
Cloned out my hubby on the left and drains/ chewing gum on the floor.
Straigtened and cropped slightly.
Taken into Topaz adjust to bring the detail out in the archway and the door. For some reason when I saved it as a JPEG all that detail was lost so I took it back into Topaz and over did it! Now I think it's a little too far the other way:bonk:
I sharpened using this technique, but don't know it's name!
Anyhow, here's my go:
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Is it safe to say I'll give it until 8pm'ish on Tuesday or is that too early?
I took this at Windsor Castle last Saturday and have decided to use it
I've had a go. As it was taken at midday the sky is pretty washed out, so I added a blue filter to the sky.
Cloned out my hubby on the left and drains/ chewing gum on the floor.
Straigtened and cropped slightly.
Taken into Topaz adjust to bring the detail out in the archway and the door. For some reason when I saved it as a JPEG all that detail was lost so I took it back into Topaz and over did it! Now I think it's a little too far the other way:bonk:
I sharpened using this technique, but don't know it's name!
Anyhow, here's my go:
Large file
https://www.yousendit.com/download/M3BsOU1SZ1BoeVk5WThUQw
Is it safe to say I'll give it until 8pm'ish on Tuesday or is that too early?
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Oh whoops! Can you tell I'm new here? Well I'll know if I ever win again!
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What's DCE HDR? Is that how you got the detail in the arch way?
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heres mine
cloned drain chewing gum walker and the blue halo
burn the exposure in the arch higher
added some contrast to the walls
cloned drain chewing gum walker and the blue halo
burn the exposure in the arch higher
added some contrast to the walls
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Hello all! Thought I'd have a first go at this
Most of this is dodging and burning using a neutral grey layer with overlay blend mode (paint on it with black to darken and white to lighten using a low opacity brush (I used about 10%)) to try to lighten the inside the arch a bit and darken down the highlights on the wall.
Once I had done this, the wall had a very green tinge to it so I tried to remove this by copying the layer, adding a b+w adjustment layer masked so just the green-tinged highlights on the wall were effected and then lowered the opacity of that layer to allow some of the colour back through.
I made some levels adjustments on the sky and slightly adjusted the hue and saturation. I then removed the drain with content aware fill and then cloned out the person creeping into the left hand side.
The colours may not be perfect as I did this on my laptop which I would never usually use for image editing as the screen is poor and the colours change depending on the angle I'm looking at it! However, I do have CS6 beta on here so I fancied trying it out on a real image.
Most of this is dodging and burning using a neutral grey layer with overlay blend mode (paint on it with black to darken and white to lighten using a low opacity brush (I used about 10%)) to try to lighten the inside the arch a bit and darken down the highlights on the wall.
Once I had done this, the wall had a very green tinge to it so I tried to remove this by copying the layer, adding a b+w adjustment layer masked so just the green-tinged highlights on the wall were effected and then lowered the opacity of that layer to allow some of the colour back through.
I made some levels adjustments on the sky and slightly adjusted the hue and saturation. I then removed the drain with content aware fill and then cloned out the person creeping into the left hand side.
The colours may not be perfect as I did this on my laptop which I would never usually use for image editing as the screen is poor and the colours change depending on the angle I'm looking at it! However, I do have CS6 beta on here so I fancied trying it out on a real image.
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Increased exposure on the outside of the image to brighten the brickwork and decreased on the sky to bring back the sky detail.
Cloned out the clutter as others have done and removed the person.
Lightened further using levels.
Added a layer mask and cranked the brightness up higher then deleted most parts of the image apart from the lower left corner to bring back the dark ground.
Cloned out the clutter as others have done and removed the person.
Lightened further using levels.
Added a layer mask and cranked the brightness up higher then deleted most parts of the image apart from the lower left corner to bring back the dark ground.
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Some great edits from you lot so far- so much so I've had to do a quick adjustment
I was going with this;
Edit43 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
In ACR converted to greyscale and played a bit with contrast
Duplicate layer in CS5
Clone out drain things and chewing gum
Cloned out person which was a bit tricky with all the brickwork higher up behind the body
Sharpened
Looking at some of the entries I felt a bit lazy so a moment of clarity gave me this the actual entry;
Edit44 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
Created adjustment layer on sky to darken a bit
New adjustment layer to darken overall
New layer and added moon
New layer and brushed in some white with lowish opacity
Looks like I did something now
I was going with this;
Edit43 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
In ACR converted to greyscale and played a bit with contrast
Duplicate layer in CS5
Clone out drain things and chewing gum
Cloned out person which was a bit tricky with all the brickwork higher up behind the body
Sharpened
Looking at some of the entries I felt a bit lazy so a moment of clarity gave me this the actual entry
;Edit44 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
Created adjustment layer on sky to darken a bit
New adjustment layer to darken overall
New layer and added moon
New layer and brushed in some white with lowish opacity
Looks like I did something now
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Dr_O said:Are we still on the 'ish' part of 8pm?
Many apologies we had a minor medical drama with my little boy and I completely forgot until now!
Anyhow, I like something of everyones edit, but the winner is....
ruggie_uk
You already know what I did to my edit doh! But I think I'll be having another go using some tips here.
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No probs- was only banter, everyone appreciates things crop up- doesn't mean we let people off without new watch hints etc etc
Sounds like your son is fine now so that's the important thing
Anyway, well done Richard, liked the colours
Lets see what you got
Sounds like your son is fine now so that's the important thing
Anyway, well done Richard, liked the colours
Lets see what you got
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ill go first then
load in raw boosted blues reds and purples
cropped and straightened slightly
sharpend, boosted contrast etc
ps, brought out details in swan and burnt through
saved
done!
load in raw boosted blues reds and purples
cropped and straightened slightly
sharpend, boosted contrast etc
ps, brought out details in swan and burnt through
saved
done!
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Come on- bit slow here- bad timing this Easter thing
Will have some time tomorrow night so will enter then
mmm- clearly I didn't envisage getting in 10mins ago when I wrote that
what a great day- not
- still, be good to get an edit in- I'll give it a quick go.
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I've not been able to get on my pc all week, just a tad busy! Maybe I'll get a free minute tomorrow!
When is this one finishing?
When is this one finishing?
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Good point Marsha- doesn't look like Richard's set a time. Still I'll prob not get any other time so I'm going with my quick effort:
Edit46 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
In ACR, painted some more blue on the sky although this became irrelevant later
Also pulled in the highlights a bit
In CS5, tweaked curves on the sky (selected via magic wand)- probably a bit too strongly as was left with a noticeable line- did try and use a mask to get rid of but it didn't work that well.
Cloned out walkers and duck on very right hand edge- purely because I could
Tweaked levels on the swan selected via magic wand using adjustment layer
On the trees and rocks on the left adjusted first the xposure and then used curves.
The curves adjustment looked like a veil so I then used a mask and brushed away the harsh edges with low opacity brush.
Sharpened.
Dodgy rush job complete
Edit46 by Dr_Ozone, on Flickr
In ACR, painted some more blue on the sky although this became irrelevant later
Also pulled in the highlights a bit
In CS5, tweaked curves on the sky (selected via magic wand)- probably a bit too strongly as was left with a noticeable line- did try and use a mask to get rid of but it didn't work that well.
Cloned out walkers and duck on very right hand edge- purely because I could
Tweaked levels on the swan selected via magic wand using adjustment layer
On the trees and rocks on the left adjusted first the xposure and then used curves.
The curves adjustment looked like a veil so I then used a mask and brushed away the harsh edges with low opacity brush.
Sharpened.
Dodgy rush job complete
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In ACR, painted some more blue on the sky although this became irrelevant later
I just increased the blue slider in raw, would that have worked better for you?
I just increased the blue slider in raw, would that have worked better for you?
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Posting mine now as I will be out at 8 so will be using the phone.
Increased exposure in ACR, apart from the sky which exposure was selectively lowered. Altered white balance adding more of a green tint.
Adjusted levels in photoshop and then using a layer mask, altered the colour balance of the sky.
Increased exposure in ACR, apart from the sky which exposure was selectively lowered. Altered white balance adding more of a green tint.
Adjusted levels in photoshop and then using a layer mask, altered the colour balance of the sky.
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thanks, not sure its worth posting another as there doesnt seem to be much interest
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My first post on this thread but I am subscribed to it and thoroughly enjoy so keep it going. Who knows one day I may put a shot up but don't have any RAW.