from RAW: dupe BG, use color balance adjustment layer to intensify the red/yellows dramatically, and bring up the greens: merge color balance into dupe layer, contrast masking to work with tonalities: hue/sat adjustment layer: new empty layer, gradients top and bottom: merge all into dupe layer, apply slight vignetting: resize, USM, border
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Original, for "leading Lines":
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Robert: you have simply outdone yourself here. You have managed the expert conversion to a lovely ethereal study. Congratulations on your top ten finish.
This is so beautiful. . .processed so expertly. I have a feeling if I tried this, it would get dismissed to a trash heap for tragic processing skills. Congratulations on a well-deserved front page placement!!!
Hmmm I wonder who's this is? Great landscape as always Robert ;) This is just phenomenal. A little Hyper-processed™ perhaps? I have never seen an image of yours processed like this one. Great job! Bumping up ;)
Well, Bear, I like the original shot better. I think it was the way the boat took up more of the composition than in this one. The colors are very vibrant and beautiful on this one, but it seems to have lost some of the magic the original had. I did not feel your original was overprocessed, though many of the comments indicated that. Still, both are nice shots but I really like the original much better.
Finally getting around to comment. I figured this was yours - that boat thing you got going. Overall this is a pretty cool pic, but I personally think the colors are a tad bit oversaturated. Although I wouldnt dount that the colors are pretty close to what you saw. Good job - hope it scores well for you.
Lovely colours here it must have been beautifull. I feel that the saturation has been pushed just a tad too much, but it still is a vibrant image.
Thank you.
Since the title wasn't exactly the same, I had some trouble finding the original. Fortunately I had a hunch about who the photographer was (right bearmusic?) and checking on his posrtfolio I found what I was looking for :-). I really liked the original, but this second take is even better in my opinion, I love the mood of it ... Good job!!
I'm giving this a 5.
...no, wait... a 10. Yep a 10. But when the challenge is over and the bag comes off, I wanna know why people anchor their little boats out there and abandon tham? Does someone pick them up or do they have to swim to shore?
Or am I way off base and there is someone asleep in that dingy?
This must be in 'Orange' County, Florida [:-)]. Very beautiful. The colour is so dominating IMO that it eliminates the serentity of the scene. A very interesting contrast in affect. Well done.
I knew it has to be yours - yet another Bear_Music production photo. A quick search revealed this to be from your leading lines challenge :) once again, the gradients control is remarkable, Robt. I also like the hazy distance. good work.
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