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Mike's image-edited

© Christie R. Bielss

Mike's image-edited

Uploaded: May 02, 2009

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Don't have a lot of time this week, so here's my version. Was going for a kind of HDR look. Not sure if I even got in the same stratosphere as the HDR.

Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/320 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 59.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 20D

Comments

Christie R. Bielss May 02, 2009

Well, I'm not sure I remember what all I've done to this but I'll give it a go. I cloned out the hooks/lines from the cranes, the barbed wire fencing, and replaced all of the construction fencing and materials by cloning in the grassy areas from the left side of the image. I cloned out some construction debris from around the stones in the front center of the image as well. I increased the saturation and adjusted the hues for the blue sky, I overlayed a high-pass filter on a layer, used a color burn, did a lot of noise reduction-several times, used the Distort-Glow filter, and can't remember what else. I almost cropped, but decided I liked the feel of all the ruins sliding down the hillside - so kept the full image as is. I think I merged the layers and then reduced the image size to save as a .tiff. And that's all this tired, old brain can remember. #1122203

Christie R. Bielss May 02, 2009

And this is my 3rd try to get this on here before my wacked out internet connection crashes yet again. ARGH!! #7476850

Michael Kelly level-classic May 02, 2009

Wow - this is really fun for me to see an improvement like this that I did not work on. I like it!

Terrific clone work and the image pops. Love the sky I am not sure I could have done as well as you did on that which is one reason I do replacements.

Very nice description of what your PP was, also. I will have to remember to do this when I work on other's photos in the weeks to come. #7476951

Vicki Snow May 02, 2009

Well this certainly is not an improvement...Sorry Mike...But with this image I practiced my cloning....I see I have much room for improvement...but after 3 hours I had enough....I did a tighter crop even though I liked the grassy area. I wish I could have enhanced the sky a bit but don't know how. Adjusted the contrast and saturation. This is what you get from a beginner Ü #7477022

Vicki Snow May 02, 2009

DANG IT Christie...I didn't mean to post this on your thread...DANG IT...So Sorry #7477044

Vicki Snow May 02, 2009

I deleted the image since I wasn't playing by the rules #7477823

Ellen H. Robertson level-classic May 02, 2009

Christie love what you did. Great cloning job and the colors really pop. What is HDR?? #7477915

Dale Hardin May 02, 2009

Hi Christie. I love what you did but it is my understanding when I suggested this exercise that we all refrain from posting until everyone had a chance to edit their own.

That way no one would be influenced by what someone else had done and we would all then post together after a week.

I'm delighted that everyone is running with this and it should be fun to see all the variations.

I have completed my changes and wish I had thought to put in the green hillside as you have done. Looks great. This is one example of being influenced and if I have a green hill in my example also you'll know where it came from. LOL :o) #7477973

Sharon Lohrmann May 02, 2009

yep christie you set the bar high. this looks real nice. #7477977

Christie R. Bielss May 03, 2009

Vicki, you crack me up! I think we're all trying to figure this out at this point!
Thanks Ellen. HDR is High Digital Resolution, I think. Supposed to be similar to 3D.
Thanks Dale. The original thread said to post when ready, so I did, but I too wondered how that was going to work without influencing everyone's shots.

I had to go ahead and run with it - I have 2 sick kids.......again.....and I'm about to go beserk!!!

Thanks Sharon.
You all are very nice - especially since I did this with less than 2 hours of sleep. #7478937

Christie R. Bielss May 03, 2009

And now we see how very tired I am...

Thank you Mike. I loved this image from the minute I opened it up. Your composition, IMO, was fantastic. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to play. And thanks for the very nice compliment on your lovely image. #7478941

Dale Hardin May 03, 2009

I love the way this turned out. You've applied many techniques that I will look into and I'm so grateful for that.

This is just what an exercise like this accomplishes. Diversity and learning. Well done Christie. #7479378

Aimee C. Eisaman May 03, 2009

You really did do a nice save on that sky...I didn't know what to do to save it so I just replaced it! Great colors and detail in the shadows! So glad we are all learning from this! :~) #7479538

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