Image Edit Challenge

frommrstomommy · Sep 12, 2014

I posted a while back about an image editing challenge for fun.. so here it goes! I'm posting a SOOC image for you to edit as you see fit. I'm sharing my own edit as well. I'm posting a JPG from Flickr and a dropbox link for a RAW file. Maybe they can be put to a poll afterwards if people are up for it truly being a "challenge" lol..

SOOC:

CBC_1805 by capturedbybc, on Flickr

MY EDIT:

CBC_1805-2 by capturedbybc, on Flickr

Dropbox RAW file: Dropbox - CBC_1805.NEF

LimePanda · Sep 12, 2014

Here's my edit

Remember that I'm still a noob haha.
Not quite full quality due to file size but not too bad.

jmurphy · Sep 12, 2014

I had some free time today so I played around with the pic for a bit. Not sure which of my edits I like best, but if I had to pick one, I'd say number four.

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#4

Ysarex · Sep 12, 2014

bianni · Sep 12, 2014

snerd · Sep 12, 2014

Wow! Ya'll are pretty good! I haven't done much processing of "people." But I may try on this.

jake337 · Sep 12, 2014

LimePanda · Sep 13, 2014

Here's my black and white version

Pejacre · Sep 13, 2014

bianni · Sep 13, 2014

Here's a BW version

ronlane · Sep 13, 2014

Bonnie, first of all, nice image to be allowing us to edit and the raw file. I decided to give it a go and used LR4, PSE 11 and Nik Collection to do my edit. I did a few small adjustments and the final crop in LR4. In PSE, I did some spot healing and worked on the eyes. Then I used Nik collections for vibrance, skin softening and gave it a glamour glow. (The glamour glow isn't really my style but I thought it worked for this photo) I went with the 4x5 crop suitable for and 8x10 printout.

Pejacre · Sep 13, 2014

It's interesting to see the interpretations of natural light - here in the UK we're used to seeing things in colder light due to the godawful climate so bluer tones look natural to us whereas I've noticed people stateside often edit for warmer tones.

Can I come live over there?

Derrel · Sep 13, 2014

I did a color version, trying for the feeling of that warm, American southwest late afternoon/early evening light.

This is my interpretation of Arizona's near-sunset lighting and this lovely woman.Although I liked the color edit I did above, I felt that the real essence of the shot was really more with just her and with less background, so I rotated the photo a bit and cropped in to what I thought made her stand out the most.