Edit this pic, please: #1 unedited jpg from Canon raw file (2016 photo). Link to cr2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wlo4q53zyxhdr4g/IMG_1822.CR2?dl=0 (NOTE: if you happen to use DPP for...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

#1 unedited jpg from Canon raw file (2016 photo).

Link to cr2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wlo4q53zyxhdr4g/IMG_1822.CR2?dl=0
(NOTE: if you happen to use DPP for editing, you will need to remove the imbedded picture style (b&w) in order to have a color raw)

#2 is my edit today. Only the second time I've tried the de-haze feature of PS Elements 2018. I was impressed! I also used Nik tonal contrast and grad ND, along with Nik dfine, and a few other tweaks such as unsharp mask.

Please upload your edit to this thread and let me know the basics of your workflow. Many thanks!

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Vigneron

Used Photomatix Pro 6

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

How about this?

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Vigneron wrote:

Used Photomatix Pro 6

Thanks for playing, Vigneron! Unfortunately, the file you uploaded is so tiny I can't really see what you did. Can you re-send larger, or do you have slow internet that prevents?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

UTMike wrote:

How about this?

Thanks very much, Mike. There's something weird going on in the sky, like it started out as a very small file and then was attempted to upsize or some other pixelation issue. Did you use the jpg or the raw to edit?

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I think your edit is great, Linda. No need for me to try to do better.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

kpmac wrote:

I think your edit is great, Linda. No need for me to try to do better.

I appreciate that, but sometimes it's simply about the fun of working on someone else's photo. No pressure

I admit this one looks a whole lot better than my edit of 2016, though.

Thanks much!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Used layers in Photoshop to do an overall adjustment. Then I made a layer with just the mountain and used curves on that.
Quick 5 minute effort. It looks like I should have done a better job at the "horizon" because blowing it up you can see some haze there.
Note that I moved the black and white points on the curves. It came out a bit darker than I think it should be.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

DirtFarmer wrote:

Used layers in Photoshop to do an overall adjustment. Then I made a layer with just the mountain and used curves on that.
Quick 5 minute effort. It looks like I should have done a better job at the "horizon" because blowing it up you can see some haze there.

There is always at least one surprise for me when I host these editing challenges, and already there is this: I never thought about making the mountain the star!

I was trying to get clarity through most of the scene, but I remember thinking at the time that I was 2 to 3 weeks too early for a pretty scene (no leaves on trees, still a lot of brown fields). You solved that problem brilliantly! Many thanks.

(the building on the left can go, though

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Linda From Maine wrote:

Thanks very much, Mike. There's something weird going on in the sky, like it started out as a very small file and then was attempted to upsize or some other pixelation issue. Did you use the jpg or the raw to edit?

I used the jpg. I will try with the raw.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

This time I worked with the raw and tweaked some small things. Then I fiddled with a few distracting items on the midline. I like your composition, so I did nothing with that. I agree with Ken, I am not sure the shot needs anything.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

UTMike wrote:

This time I worked with the raw and tweaked some small things. Then I fiddled with a few distracting items on the midline. I like your composition, so I did nothing with that. I agree with Ken, I am not sure the shot needs anything.

Thank you very much, Mike! Looks good. I see you got rid of the power lines in distance

I offered the pic partly to see if any ideas came up I hadn't considered and partly to give folks a chance to play. It seems a different experience to edit someone else's photo, as you know from the weekly MIYV challenges. All the best!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Linda From Maine wrote:

#1 unedited jpg from Canon raw file (2016 photo). ... (show quote)

I tried two versions, the full image and with the white barn cropped out like your version. Colors are definitely better in download. I used PhotoShop CC 21.1.1 and Camera RAW.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

robertjerl wrote:

I tried two versions, the full image and with the white barn cropped out like your version. Colors are definitely better in download. I used PhotoShop CC 21.1.1 and Camera RAW.

Jerry, thanks so much for your colorful interpretation!

One area of concern for me is the snow and cap cloud have taken on a greenish tint (on my monitor), so I adjusted just that (Nik white neutralizer + Nik Viveza curves/white point) in order to keep your pov otherwise. What do you think? A little blue-ish still, but more natural?

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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Linda From Maine wrote:

Jerry, thanks so much for your colorful interpretation!

One area of concern for me is the snow and cap cloud have taken on a greenish tint (on my monitor), so I adjusted just that (Nik white neutralizer + Nik Viveza curves/white point) in order to keep your pov otherwise. What do you think? A little blue-ish still, but more natural?