Rooftops of Corfu - Just for fun: Here's a view across the rooftops of Corfu, Greece. This .jpg image has not been processed other than two RAW files being saved as .jpg's in Lightzone...

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Here's a view across the rooftops of Corfu, Greece. This .jpg image has not been processed other than two RAW files being saved as .jpg's in Lightzone and stitched together as a panorama in Windows ICE. Handle the pano in any way you want. RAW files attached if you prefer to work with them yourself. Have fun.

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DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Shakey wrote:

Here's a view across the rooftops of Corfu, Greece. This .jpg image has not been processed other than two RAW files being saved as .jpg's in Lightzone and stitched together as a panorama in Windows ICE. Handle the pano in any way you want. RAW files attached if you prefer to work with them yourself. Have fun.

Here's the pano put through Color Efex Pro and some tweaks in Lightroom. Also, here's one of the RAW files put through HDR Efex Pro and a few Lightroom tweaks.

Pano - Edited with Color Efex (Glamor Glow)

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RAW - Edited with HDR Efex (Deep 1 Preset)

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Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

DWU2 wrote:

Here's the pano put through Color Efex Pro and some tweaks in Lightroom. Also, here's one of the RAW files put through HDR Efex Pro and a few Lightroom tweaks.

Very pretty, DWU2. Quite a fascinating effect on the panorama, nice job. The HDR Efex Pro plus Lightroom also made a good job of the RAW file.
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angela k Loc: Long Island

Hello again....
This time I played in Picasa 3 and added pencil sketch with fade and saturation.

Thanks for letting me play again today, Sharkey!

Now that I see it up here, I'm not so happy and it looks horrible in the DL...:(

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jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Shakey wrote:

Here's a view across the rooftops of Corfu, Greece. This .jpg image has not been processed other than two RAW files being saved as .jpg's in Lightzone and stitched together as a panorama in Windows ICE. Handle the pano in any way you want. RAW files attached if you prefer to work with them yourself. Have fun.

I just had an interesting thing happen when I downloaded these files. They opened in Affinity Photo. This is the first time I have had that happen on this site.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I was compelled to do a study of shapes and light.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

DWU2 wrote:

Here's the pano put through Color Efex Pro and some tweaks in Lightroom. Also, here's one of the RAW files put through HDR Efex Pro and a few Lightroom tweaks.

Love the glow!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

angela k wrote:

Hello again....
This time I played in Picasa 3 and added pencil sketch with fade and saturation.

Thanks for letting me play again today, Sharkey!

Now that I see it up here, I'm not so happy and it looks horrible in the DL...:(

The buildings work well with that effect. Maybe something similar in PS Elements where you can mask the effect from the background or reduce it?

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

In photoshop used Auto Tone, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color. In Topaz Detail 3 gave it a Overall Detail Strong setting. Lastly applied some noise control.

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Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Linda From Maine wrote:

I was compelled to do a study of shapes and light.

I too was absolutely compelled to study shape and light in the Blue Lantern Go GO bar. Unfortunately Father Enrico has placed this off limits during this the period of lent. The price one pays for following the Word.

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

angela k wrote:

Hello again....
This time I played in Picasa 3 and added pencil sketch with fade and saturation.
Thanks for letting me play again today, Sharkey!
Now that I see it up here, I'm not so happy and it looks horrible in the DL...:(

Nope, it looks fine on my laptop, Angela. It clearly is a painted sketch with muted but realistic colors. The buildings are well defined and the mountains in the background are clearly mountains rather than a smudge in the distance.
I like it.
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I guess we have all seen members' complain that their images look different when posted. I don't know why images lose their best appearance when posted, but it does happen. I'm sorry it happened to you on this occasion.

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

jethro779 wrote:

I just had an interesting thing happen when I downloaded these files. They opened in Affinity Photo. This is the first time I have had that happen on this site.

Did this happen with the RAW files, Jethro? If so, your program is set up to be the primary program for handling RAW files. Same for jpg's I guess. I'm sure some member will tell us how to get the option of using your preferred software on a Mac. Good luck with that. :thumbup:

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

SoHillGuy wrote:

In photoshop used Auto Tone, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color. In Topaz Detail 3 gave it a Overall Detail Strong setting. Lastly applied some noise control.

Yep, I like that SoHillGuy. Wonderful details overall and the old fortress is superb, you can even see the grittiness on the walls. Outstanding!

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Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Billyspad wrote:

I too was absolutely compelled to study shape and light in the Blue Lantern Go GO bar. Unfortunately Father Enrico has placed this off limits during this the period of lent. The price one pays for following the Word.

Billy, I understand your frustration with the Blue Lantern Go Go bar being out of bounds for study during Lent. Tough. But I admire your strength in following the Father Enrico's teaching. Maybe the girls who normally work in the bar will soothe your brow and take away the pain of waiting for Lent to end. LOL!
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Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Linda From Maine wrote:

I was compelled to do a study of shapes and light.

Nice work in B&W, Linda. Pin sharp all the way back to the mountains; with a good range of shape and shades from black to white and all the shade subtleties in between.
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