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clack · 08-16-2022, 10:38 AM

Welcome to this week's Post Processing Challenge #429, thanks to tuggie76 for hosting last week's challenge and to Kerrowdown declaring me the winner

The photo I would like you to work on shows Germany's most famous filling station, located in Duisburg, just in front of two of the most modern blast furnaces run by ThyssenKrupp.

The Challenge will start right now and will end end on Tuesday, 23rd August 2022, 20:00 CEST (UTC+2).

Unfortunately, I cannot login to tuggie76's Mediafire account, so the files are provided via my Dropbox folder:

DNG image here
JPG Image here

I strongly recommed working with the DNG file.

The next host may try his or her luck with the following hosting site:
The mediafire website is: mediafire.com
The login name is: ppchallenge@tmphillips.com
The password is: postprocessing

I'm looking forward to your results!

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**noelcmn** · 08-16-2022, 11:32 AM

**Kerrowdown** · 08-16-2022, 02:07 PM - **1 Like**

In the "Industrial Zone"...

**cg57** · 08-16-2022, 05:26 PM

Great find! Love those reds and moodiness. My try ...

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rpjallan · 08-17-2022, 08:36 AM

Interesting photo...

**Fdooch** · 08-17-2022, 01:32 PM

My option

chd · 08-17-2022, 04:38 PM

Nothing too drastic...

**mariwalt** · 08-18-2022, 09:10 AM

Lots of fun to work on this unusual photo.
Did all my processing in Lightroom.
8x10 crop.

**xs400** · 08-19-2022, 09:13 AM

Here's mine

tuggie76 · 08-19-2022, 02:47 PM

I tamed a few blown out bits for you.

jmacias · 08-21-2022, 04:11 PM

B&W and color.

clack · 08-23-2022, 12:07 AM

Note: challenge will end today, 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)!

clack · 08-23-2022, 11:00 AM

The challenge is closed now, thanks to all who participated! The winner will be announced soon.

clack · 08-23-2022, 11:24 AM

Ok, folks, here are the results... the things to deal with were the stark contrast, some blown out highlights (even in DNG) and several distracting elements like the lamp post and tree to the right, the parking cars to the left and the overhead wiring. In my opinion, the original image is also missing some "industrial mood".

Many of you targeted one or more of these tasks - there's something special in every image, but to me, tuggie76's version is the most "complete", it looks very vivid and he's done a good job on the highlights as well as preserving and opening the shadows. So I declare him the winner of challenge #429.

Honorable mention goes to jmacias whose image is similar to tuggie76's interpretation, although somewhat lighter, and to his bw image.

Last but not least here's my own work.

**cg57** · 08-23-2022, 02:43 PM

Thanks clack for running the show. Congrats to tuggie76 for the win and jmacias for the HM!

08-17-2022, 01:32 PM	#6
Fdooch Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Moscow Photos: Albums Posts: 764	My option Attached Images

08-19-2022, 09:13 AM	#9
xs400 Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,939	Here's mine Last edited by xs400; 11-16-2022 at 09:38 AM.

08-19-2022, 02:47 PM	#10
tuggie76 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,216	I tamed a few blown out bits for you. Last edited by tuggie76; 11-15-2022 at 04:16 PM.

08-23-2022, 11:24 AM	#14
clack New Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Kevelaer, Germany Posts: 15 Original Poster	Ok, folks, here are the results... the things to deal with were the stark contrast, some blown out highlights (even in DNG) and several distracting elements like the lamp post and tree to the right, the parking cars to the left and the overhead wiring. In my opinion, the original image is also missing some "industrial mood". Many of you targeted one or more of these tasks - there's something special in every image, but to me, tuggie76's version is the most "complete", it looks very vivid and he's done a good job on the highlights as well as preserving and opening the shadows. So I declare him the winner of challenge #429. Honorable mention goes to jmacias whose image is similar to tuggie76's interpretation, although somewhat lighter, and to his bw image. Last but not least here's my own work. Attached Images

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