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Challenge: “Straight out of Camera” January 13th - 15th, 2020
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Jan 12, 2020 23:25:28   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Transbuff1985 wrote:
I want to thank Larry for his Free Sunday challenge and Lorima for hosting “In-Complete or Unfinished” and those who posted in “The No Host, Just Post” all has a lot of great post in them.
This challenge may not be what some people think. It will require 2 photos of the same shot taken. In other words the first photo posted will be Straight Out Of Camera only, no touch up.
And the second photo will be what you did to make the same shot look more interesting, enticing or just “POP”. Or even just re-cropping for better composition. And give a brief explanation of what you did in the 2nd photo.

Or if someone has a picture that they want you to process it for better results.

#1 Straight out of Camera.
#2 Cropped to remove the houses to better show straightness with trees, and remove hand.
Added wording to explain weather. A lot of you have seen this one previously.

#3 Straight out of Camera
#4 Added to the HUE's and stepped up the colors, cropped to center flags a little better.
I want to thank Larry for his Free Sunday challeng... (show quote)


Really nice start Bob..

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Jan 12, 2020 23:26:18   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
katspangle wrote:
Interesting challenge. Here's my first attempt at it:



#1 original
#2: cropped to remove some background leaves, increased color saturation a bit


Nicely done Kats.

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Jan 12, 2020 23:28:19   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
RichardTaylor wrote:
From the archives. A 2006 vacation shot.
It's been a while so this is from memory, and just looking at the second pic.

#1 is the original raw file converted to a jpg.

For #2
A slight crop.
Adjust the exposure to lift the dark areas.
Increase the saturation.
Probably added a graduated ND filter (Color Efex?) to bring the sky back to the feeling of a beautiful evening.
Sharpen.

Nowdays I could proably do it all within Lightroom (the "auto button" with a tweak of the exposure) and the graduated filter and a tweak of the Luminance for the aqua and blues.
(I just tried it)
.
From the archives. A 2006 vacation shot. br It's b... (show quote)


Nicely done Richard..

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Jan 12, 2020 23:31:14   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Ysarex wrote:
Well, my most recent photo taken this past weekend. Probably not exactly what you had in mind because my SOOC images aren't what folks generally expect. You didn't make it clear if the 2nd image had to be a processed version of the SOOC or processed from the raw file so I'm going with the processed raw file since my SOOC JPEGs can't be fixed.

The scene is backlit. The sky was blue but because of the backlighting the DR is really high and any exposure that recorded a blue sky in the SOOC JPEG would leave very little to work with on the shadow end. I would have had to drop the exposure 1.3 stops to get the blue sky in the processed photo. So I exposed to place the sky at the sensor saturation point which caused the camera to overexpose the sky in the JPEG. My JPEGs are green because I have the camera WB set to unity. Makes for an ugly JPEG but helps me expose more precisely and it's not an issue when processing the raw file.

Joe
Well, my most recent photo taken this past weekend... (show quote)


Well done Ysarex..

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Jan 12, 2020 23:33:12   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
KTJohnson wrote:
Okay, below is what arguably is the most photogenic barn in Michigan.

The first shot is the Jpeg of the raw SOOC from my Sony A77 at 24mm, taken October 19, 2016.

All Post Processing done in Lr 5.7
In the 2nd shot, I cropped it to what looks like a panorama.
Increased the exposure just a hair.
Contrast +19
Highlights -88
Black Clipping +33
Vibrance +33
Clarity +31
In the HSL Panel, played with all the sliders to taste. I go to Saturation 1st, then Luminence, then Hue.
Then I go to the Tone Curve & play with those sliders to my liking.

I usually leave it for a week or so & come back to it & see how I feel about it, maybe making small changes, or just leaving it. It looks a whole lot better on a 27 inch monitor than on a phone.
Okay, below is what arguably is the most photogeni... (show quote)


Beautifully done KT..

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Jan 12, 2020 23:35:25   #
RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Nicely done Richard..


THanks

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Jan 12, 2020 23:36:14   #
Webbie62
 
Great detail - The processing really did the trick with the color of the leaves. I feel that to many times people over process and Push the colors to far. Thanks for the upload.

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Jan 12, 2020 23:57:24   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Okay Here Goes..

#1 Raw File conversion to JPEG no adjustments..
#2 adjustments made Sharpening, Noise reduction in luminescence and color, Shadows lifted a bit, Highlights lowered a bit. WB changed from Tungsten to Daylight, Blacks lifted a smidge,Vibrancy tweaked, and saturation nudged. and Cropping to remove an area to the upper left.


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Jan 13, 2020 00:00:23   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
Webbie62 wrote:
Great detail - The processing really did the trick with the color of the leaves. I feel that to many times people over process and Push the colors to far. Thanks for the upload.


Webbie62 Welcome aboard the forum. When you wish to reply on someones post please click on "Quote Reply" bottom bar below the post itself so we know who you are referring to. Thanks for joining in. Bob


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Jan 13, 2020 00:08:46   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Okay Here Goes..

#1 Raw File conversion to JPEG no adjustments..
#2 adjustments made Sharpening, Noise reduction in luminescence and color, Shadows lifted a bit, Highlights lowered a bit. WB changed from Tungsten to Daylight, Blacks lifted a smidge,Vibrancy tweaked, and saturation nudged. and Cropping to remove an area to the upper left.


Nicely Done Lesley. For me I like both of them. But by doing what you did help bring more color, saturation and detail into the finished photo.

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Jan 13, 2020 00:12:41   #
RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Okay Here Goes..

#1 Raw File conversion to JPEG no adjustments..
#2 adjustments made Sharpening, Noise reduction in luminescence and color, Shadows lifted a bit, Highlights lowered a bit. WB changed from Tungsten to Daylight, Blacks lifted a smidge,Vibrancy tweaked, and saturation nudged. and Cropping to remove an area to the upper left.


That worked well.

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Jan 13, 2020 05:58:58   #
Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada
 
#1 straight out of the camera

#2. I went to lunapic.com and first adjusted the sharpness a bit,then I used a surreal effect to get some pop.





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Jan 13, 2020 07:58:35   #
SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio
 
I like to convert snapshots to B&W portraits. Here are a couple showing the progression from SOOC to the final product.


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Jan 13, 2020 08:01:29   #
SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio
 
Ysarex wrote:
Well, my most recent photo taken this past weekend. Probably not exactly what you had in mind because my SOOC images aren't what folks generally expect. You didn't make it clear if the 2nd image had to be a processed version of the SOOC or processed from the raw file so I'm going with the processed raw file since my SOOC JPEGs can't be fixed.

The scene is backlit. The sky was blue but because of the backlighting the DR is really high and any exposure that recorded a blue sky in the SOOC JPEG would leave very little to work with on the shadow end. I would have had to drop the exposure 1.3 stops to get the blue sky in the processed photo. So I exposed to place the sky at the sensor saturation point which caused the camera to overexpose the sky in the JPEG. My JPEGs are green because I have the camera WB set to unity. Makes for an ugly JPEG but helps me expose more precisely and it's not an issue when processing the raw file.

Joe
Well, my most recent photo taken this past weekend... (show quote)


Pg. 1

Wow!! What a striking difference!

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Jan 13, 2020 08:15:00   #
judy juul Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
 
RichardTaylor wrote:
From the archives. A 2006 vacation shot.
It's been a while so this is from memory, and just looking at the second pic.

#1 is the original raw file converted to a jpg.

For #2
A slight crop.
Adjust the exposure to lift the dark areas.
Increase the saturation.
Probably added a graduated ND filter (Color Efex?) to bring the sky back to the feeling of a beautiful evening.
Sharpen.

Nowdays I could proably do it all within Lightroom (the "auto button" with a tweak of the exposure) and the graduated filter and a tweak of the Luminance for the aqua and blues.
(I just tried it)
.
From the archives. A 2006 vacation shot. br It's b... (show quote)


Nice group and explanation, Rich!

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