My Image - Your Look: Mabry Mill: From the post http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-371948-1.html let's see what you can do with an image of Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is one...

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

From the post http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-371948-1.html let's see what you can do with an image of Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is one of my favorite places to photograph and this image was from a trip up there last summer.

To make it easy I've attached the SOOC JPG, and the Canon RAW file to Dropbox at the following link:
http://www.dropbox.com/s/orcb5caucj79w8k/IMG_3091.CR2?dl=0

You have until midnight, Thursday PT to post them here then we'll turn it in for a vote.

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Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas

This is a beautiful picture/composition. Simple straight forward edits no HDR. Picture will stand on its own.

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Here's my quick edit--all done with the quick editing feature on my Mac:

1. increased exposure
2. increased highlights
3. decreased color saturation
4. added sepia
5. increased sharpness

In retrospect, I would probably crop most of the water reflections off the bottom.

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trc Loc: Logan, OH

Andrea.Jarrell wrote:

From the post http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-371948... (show quote)

Hi Andrea,

Here is one rendition I worked on rather quickly. I did not do anything abnormal, but merely selectively enhanced your image. I used PS and the Camera Raw Filter to begin with, making selective changes in Exposure, Clarity, Highlights, and Dehaze. I then actually opened it in PS and used various layers, and selective adjustment layers, dealing with saturation, brightness, lightening and darkening using curves layers as well as some selective sharpening. I also used the spot healing brush to take out some red lines on camera left in the trees - not sure what they were?

Hence, no dramatic changes, but a more realistic enhancement trying to produce a very esthetically pleasing scene from your image. Thanks for allowing me to practice and utilize my PP'ing skills.

P.S. I believe you or someone else posted this image before, or one that was very similar, based on my memory. It is definitely a very pleasant and scenic setting - no wonder it is so popular, and so many people arrive there to take photos.

Best Regards,
Tom

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G_Manos Loc: Bala Cynwyd, PA

Jim-Pops wrote:

This is a beautiful picture/composition. Simple straight forward edits no HDR. Picture will stand on its own.

Nice edit. Original picture is fine as well. Original plus this edit = two different moods, each with its own (time of day) message.

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

Here is my version. I added a little canvas at the top to give a roomier feel, cropped from the bottom and r/h side. I then boosted the contrast and converted to monochrome. I worked on the reflection, dodging and burning it to increase contrast then I added a slight titanium tint. A quick sharpen finished it of. I also lifted the shadows within the water wheel.

Now all that remains is for me to hear the verdicts

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

Very enjoyable to work on.

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Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

Jim-Pops wrote:

This is a beautiful picture/composition. Simple straight forward edits no HDR. Picture will stand on its own.

Thank you Jim-Pops for the lovely edit. You can see why I love this place. This could be a tough week for voting.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

jaymatt wrote:

Here's my quick edit--all done with the quick editing feature on my Mac:

1. increased exposure
2. increased highlights
3. decreased color saturation
4. added sepia
5. increased sharpness

In retrospect, I would probably crop most of the water reflections off the bottom.

What a nice version of this one John. I like the sepia tone. When I took this one I was going for the reflections as much as anything.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

trc wrote:

Hi Andrea, br br Here is one rendition I worked o... (show quote)

Tom, you are quite right that I have posted a version of this image previously. I don't know which exposure I used for the final processed image that I posted though as I simply made my choice for this without going into LR. This was a long exposure with an ND Filter that I took in an effort to reproduce one that treadwl (??) had posted. Yours is another nice version.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Andrea.Jarrell wrote:

From the post http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-371948... (show quote)

First, I wanted to concentrate on the mill and the reflection. Second I wanted to stick to LR only, why, just because.

So, I downloaded the RAW and cropped to square showing the mill and reflection.
1. lens correction
2. haze slider +75 (I find this does a lot of stuff at once and saves time)
3. highlight +50
4. shadows +50
5. white +25
6. black +60
7. clarity +50
8. exposure +0.20 because I still thought it was a tiny bit dark like it was a gloomy day.

On UHH it still looks a bit too dark, but in download it looks like what I had in LR.

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Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

G_Manos wrote:

Nice edit. Original picture is fine as well. Original plus this edit = two different moods, each with its own (time of day) message.

They do each give their own time of day mood. The original was taken just before dusk at 8:21 pm in the middle of the summer. I was trying to get deeper reflections on the water so I used a variable ND filter at around ND6 shot at f/22 and ISO 100 so I could use a 20 second exposure.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

Graham Smith wrote:

Here is my version. I added a little canvas at the top to give a roomier feel, cropped from the bottom and r/h side. I then boosted the contrast and converted to monochrome. I worked on the reflection, dodging and burning it to increase contrast then I added a slight titanium tint. A quick sharpen finished it of. I also lifted the shadows within the water wheel.

Now all that remains is for me to hear the verdicts

Thank you Graham for joining the fun of our weekly challenge. I do like your B&W conversion. This will be a tough week for voting I do believe.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

R.G. wrote:

Very enjoyable to work on.

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Thank you R.G. for your very nice edit. I like what everyone is doing with this one.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

robertjerl wrote:

First, I wanted to concentrate on the mill and the... (show quote)

Thank you Robert for yet another fine edit. I do most of my work in LR because I know how to use it.