Post-Processing Challenge #69

HockeyDad · 04-02-2012, 06:40 AM

Thanks to Tim for hosting challenge #68! I had fun working on that image and chuckled the whole time.

This is my first time really participating in (and now hosting) a challenge like this so be sure to let me know if I mess something up. I've only had a DSLR for about a year now and I tend to have a lot of images that are "hopelessly beyond salvage". However, I'm optimistic about the one I'm offering up for the challenge. I'm pretty sure the accepted rules are to only post ONE image and I'm posting two because they were originally shot with the intention of blending them into a panorama. Feel free to choose either the left or the right or some combination of the two, but only post ONE final image. The photos were taken partway up Mt. Haleakala, a volcano on Mauii, during a vacation last year. Unfortunately, I'm not in the habit of shooting RAW regularly yet and back then, hadn't used it at all. It was actually drizzling rain where we were on the volcano but some of the island in the foreground was sunny. The haze really obscured that. Anyway, here goes...

Here are links to the full-sized Right-Side Image and the Left-Side Image. The challenge will end Sunday, April 8th at 10:00pm EDT (-4 GMT)

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tessfully · 04-02-2012, 07:12 AM

great image! is it possible to get a RAW file? I don't work in photoshop or the like, so the more information in the file I can have the more I can do... thanks!

HockeyDad · 04-02-2012, 07:22 AM

Sorry Tess... Unfortunately, I hadn't even experimented with RAW back when I shot these. Even now, I try to remember to shoot RAW or RAW+ when I'm shooting things that aren't hockey but since hockey is so fast, I use all the framerate I can get and my default is to leave it in jpg.

tessfully · 04-02-2012, 07:28 AM

no problem...I will still have a great time working on it... thanks!

tessfully · 04-02-2012, 08:48 AM - **1 Like**

here is my attempt. Thanks!

It was interesting and fun!! (if we are suppose to do both I will get back the other image later this week)

9aul · 04-02-2012, 03:15 PM

just had a quick play with this, well done with your image last week btw...

**MSL** · 04-02-2012, 07:35 PM

More fun than I expected it to be - but there is a lot of hidden colour in these images.

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HockeyDad · 04-03-2012, 08:03 AM

Some very cool entries so far... keep 'em coming!

HockeyDad · 04-05-2012, 11:55 AM

Hey everyone, it has been a couple of days without any new entries. I know the images seem run of the mill at first but there's all kinds of stuff to play with, from stitching them together to fixing spots from goop on the lens and dealing with the bland colors...

tessfully · 04-05-2012, 02:50 PM

Hi hockeydad... your images are great for this challenge, so don't worry about that. Lately the PP challenges have been very slow. I plan to work on the second image and maybe figure out how to stitch them together, but if I can't find a way will just post it below the first one. We have till Sunday

atupdate · 04-06-2012, 08:00 AM

I just got back from out of town yesterday and started playing with them. Still trying to figure out how I want to attack the processing.

Tim

atupdate · 04-07-2012, 07:34 AM

Ok, here is my feeble attempt at stitching. It didn't make it any easier when the two images to be stiched are shot in aperture priority and the shutter speed changes between shots. But then, it is supposed to be a challenge. Truth be told, it took me more than once to learn to shoot in manual when shooting my composite shots. Makes blending a lot easier.

Tim

HockeyDad · 04-08-2012, 07:20 PM

Well, the challenge is officially over. I'll be back in a bit to post comments and name the winner. Thanks everyone for participating!

04-07-2012, 07:34 AM	#12
atupdate Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dayton, OH Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,723	Ok, here is my feeble attempt at stitching. It didn't make it any easier when the two images to be stiched are shot in aperture priority and the shutter speed changes between shots. But then, it is supposed to be a challenge. Truth be told, it took me more than once to learn to shoot in manual when shooting my composite shots. Makes blending a lot easier. Tim Last edited by atupdate; 04-07-2012 at 08:36 AM.

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04-02-2012, 07:12 AM	#2
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	great image! is it possible to get a RAW file? I don't work in photoshop or the like, so the more information in the file I can have the more I can do... thanks!

04-02-2012, 07:22 AM	#3
HockeyDad Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 482 Original Poster	Sorry Tess... Unfortunately, I hadn't even experimented with RAW back when I shot these. Even now, I try to remember to shoot RAW or RAW+ when I'm shooting things that aren't hockey but since hockey is so fast, I use all the framerate I can get and my default is to leave it in jpg.

04-02-2012, 07:28 AM	#4
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	no problem...I will still have a great time working on it... thanks!

04-02-2012, 08:48 AM - 1 Like	#5
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	here is my attempt. Thanks! It was interesting and fun!! (if we are suppose to do both I will get back the other image later this week)

04-02-2012, 03:15 PM	#6
9aul New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1	just had a quick play with this, well done with your image last week btw...

04-03-2012, 08:03 AM	#8
HockeyDad Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 482 Original Poster	Some very cool entries so far... keep 'em coming!

04-05-2012, 11:55 AM	#9
HockeyDad Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 482 Original Poster	Hey everyone, it has been a couple of days without any new entries. I know the images seem run of the mill at first but there's all kinds of stuff to play with, from stitching them together to fixing spots from goop on the lens and dealing with the bland colors...

04-05-2012, 02:50 PM	#10
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	Hi hockeydad... your images are great for this challenge, so don't worry about that. Lately the PP challenges have been very slow. I plan to work on the second image and maybe figure out how to stitch them together, but if I can't find a way will just post it below the first one. We have till Sunday

04-06-2012, 08:00 AM	#11
atupdate Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dayton, OH Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,723	I just got back from out of town yesterday and started playing with them. Still trying to figure out how I want to attack the processing. Tim

04-08-2012, 07:20 PM	#13
HockeyDad Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 482 Original Poster	Well, the challenge is officially over. I'll be back in a bit to post comments and name the winner. Thanks everyone for participating!

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