This Challenge: Easy Post Processing To Meet a Clients Needs.
Jan 30, 2018 16:05:11 #
As you become more skilled an editor or customer will ask you to make PP changes to an image.
A knowledgeable person will provide you with a print which shows where and how the changes need to be made. The instructions you get may be brief or complex depending how the client imagines the print should look.
For this challenge we'll keep it relatively simple. Jpg only, no RAW file available.
Below is a sample instruction print which outlines what needs to be done. Improve it further in any way you want.
A knowledgeable person will provide you with a print which shows where and how the changes need to be made. The instructions you get may be brief or complex depending how the client imagines the print should look.
For this challenge we'll keep it relatively simple. Jpg only, no RAW file available.
Below is a sample instruction print which outlines what needs to be done. Improve it further in any way you want.
Jan 30, 2018 18:40:06 #
Jan 30, 2018 18:55:22 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Do you have a raw image by any chance? The 'originals' are small.
Sorry, Rongnongno, no RAW file this time.
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Jan 30, 2018 19:13:21 #
Shakey wrote:
Sorry, Rongnongno, no RAW file this time.
Note that since I know better than the 'client' I left the two closest trees as they were to prevent black blobs.
Jan 30, 2018 20:07:44 #
Here's a re-work of your shot. Maybe a little more than you asked for but I felt the additional changes made it better. Changes included adjustments in Levels, Hue-Saturation, burning and dodging the fence as well as stretching the canvas vertically and horizontally.
Jan 30, 2018 22:17:03 #
When I made changes as requested it made other areas look un-natural so I adjusted as needed to blend. Since this download was a jpg I had a lot of noise and artifacts. Tried to remove as much as possible without loosing detail.
Jan 31, 2018 09:16:06 #
s2090
Loc: Clermont, Florida
Hi
I just did the sky and foreground, as directed, but the rest can use some work.
I just did the sky and foreground, as directed, but the rest can use some work.
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Jan 31, 2018 10:31:44 #
shakey I have to say this was a fun one.. Thanks for posting.. As usual I did this all in lightroom Classic CC and used some of the new masking and auto mask features..
Jan 31, 2018 11:25:45 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Note that since I know better than the 'client' I left the two closest trees as they were to prevent black blobs.
Good job, Rongnongno. As nice an image as you could wish for. Leaving the tree alone was the right decision. Easy five thumbs:
Jan 31, 2018 11:36:19 #
SonyA580 wrote:
Here's a re-work of your shot. Maybe a little more than you asked for but I felt the additional changes made it better. Changes included adjustments in Levels, Hue-Saturation, burning and dodging the fence as well as stretching the canvas vertically and horizontally.
I follow your thinking, SonyA580. However your enthusiasm went a little too far. The foreground foliage needed to be darkened but not made solid black. Your dark areas should always contain details of what is there, in this scene the foliage. You gave it your best shot, which gets you four thumbs:
Jan 31, 2018 11:39:43 #
Jim-Pops wrote:
When I made changes as requested it made other areas look un-natural so I adjusted as needed to blend. Since this download was a jpg I had a lot of noise and artifacts. Tried to remove as much as possible without loosing detail.
Outstanding work, Jim. You get five thumbs:
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Jan 31, 2018 11:53:39 #
s2090 wrote:
Hi
I just did the sky and foreground, as directed, but the rest can use some work.
I just did the sky and foreground, as directed, but the rest can use some work.
Welcome, s2090. Yep, I follow your thinking. As we can see your images failed to load to the page but were available on clicking download. I don't know why this happened, maybe your format set as 'smoky_mountains_2.jpgp.jpg' confused the upload option.
You know what's right and what's wrong with your image. You get three thumbs this time, I'm sure you'll do better.
Jan 31, 2018 11:59:29 #
lloydl2 wrote:
shakey I have to say this was a fun one.. Thanks for posting.. As usual I did this all in lightroom Classic CC and used some of the new masking and auto mask features..
Nice work indeed, Lloyd. All over a good job, you held the foliage above the center of the fence on the cusp of being too black but the detail is there. You knew when to stop. Well worth five thumbs:
Jan 31, 2018 12:02:10 #
Shakey wrote:
Outstanding work, Jim. You get five thumbs:
Thanks Shakey,
Wow 5 thumbs up on first try.
As I mentioned I had a lot of trouble with the noise. For the sky I used a layer and removed noise with Noiseless Pro and it did a good job. When it was all done I noticed what I call artifact noise in the rest of the picture. I believe this type of noise was caused by the photo being small and a jpg. If I remember correctly the width was 8.33 or something.
I reduced the problem by increasing the photo size to around 18 inches keeping it at 300 dpi. I then added Gaussian Blur with a setting at about 2.0 just enough to remove the disturbing pattern. I then reduced the image to the original size and I think it looked fairly good.
Hope others mention what they are doing to fix troubling parts of these challenges. Would like to help others improve their Post Production process while learning new techniques myself.
--Jim
Jan 31, 2018 12:13:01 #
Shakey wrote:
Nice work indeed, Lloyd. All over a good job, you ... (show quote)
thanks Shakey post processing is one of my favorite pasttimes..
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