Here's a processing challenge for you...have at it!

[knickerhawk]

Nice rendering! It has a late Ansel Adams feel to it. My only nitpick is the cropping on the right. I'd keep a bit of sand around the perimeter.

 

[knickerhawk]

RawTherapee + Nik Silver free



Little fun...

Alex

That's cool and a creative interpretation. Thanks for playing.

 

[knickerhawk]

Fun challenge!

Heres one with snapseed

Glad to see that somebody went square. Works pretty well. Snapseed did a good job of balancing the extraction of detail without messing up the fog.

 

[knickerhawk]

MOST IMPORTANTLY: HAVE FUN!

Indeed! I didn't realize I was on Mars when I took the shot. :-O

 

[Dick Barbour]

Interesting shot and fun to play with. I tried to bring out the detail in the sky and reflection while still keeping it fairly low-key. Processed in ACR and PS. Monochrome in Silver FX.

I like the monochrome version better.

****

 

[David Kieltyka]

I opted to ignore the stated "problems" and focus on tonality instead. Did a monochrome conversion of the HHHR file followed by applying a gold/blue split-tone formula I sometimes use. Reminds me a bit of a scene from the film Arrival. Via Affinity Photo.



-Dave-

 

[ahaslett]

I've been out taking photographs - sorry!

I avoided the HHHR image because you mentioned artefacts and I thought the people were important. They seem not to have moved much, so these are from the HHHR pseudo RAW.

My screen did need a clean, so no spot removals in these.


This one is about the people engaging with the stack on a misty day. I agree that my split tones on the other B&W conversion didn't work. This takes the loss of colour to its logical conclusion but lifts the mist on the people.




This one is about the stack in the landscape. You may have seen a washed out scene, but I wanted to see colours, with the green on the stack just showing. The crop changes the way that the stack interacts with the scene, pushing the people into a detail that scales and acts as a stop to the reverse curve of the water's edge. The stack is off-centre, so that the eye is (atypically) drawn into the scene from the right.

In both scenes, I moved the stack from the centre to create more dynamism and force the eye to my chosen path through the scene. At least that was my intent.

Hope that addresses your comments/questions.

A

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Infinite are the arguments of mages. Truth is a jewel with many facets. Ursula K LeGuin
Please feel free to edit any images that I post

 

[silentstorm]

I fiddle with the 2 raw files and didn't any big diff between them. Ultimately I settled for B&W version, this yields the best details among other processing.

 

[Art_P]

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Art P
"I am a creature of contrast,
of light and shadow.
I live where the two play together,
I thrive on the conflict"

 

[SeeingSomeThingsMissingMany]

Knickerhawk's photograph cropped.

No other processing to the original.

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Photography after all is interplay of light alongside perspective.

 

[martinhb]

Great idea, I think there should be more challenges like this. First image is the opposite of a silhouette, like an x-ray. The second is a vision of the future of the numerous red sunsets that will come to Oregon should the Axial Seamount volvano errupt later this year.

 

[knickerhawk]

These are intriguing interpretations. I love the contrasting coolness and heat of them. Please share how you processed to achieve the effects.

Great idea, I think there should be more challenges like this. First image is the opposite of a silhouette, like an x-ray. The second is a vision of the future of the numerous red sunsets that will come to Oregon should the Axial Seamount volvano errupt later this year.

When I was out there, a small earthquake off the coast was detected (didn't feel anything). I don't know if this was in any way associated with the Axial Seamount. I didn't think the predicted eruption was expected to have a visible atmospheric effect, given the great depth and prior eruption patterns. I certainly hope not because that might be indicative of a much larger and different-than-expected event that might adversely affect my family members that live in different parts of Oregon.

 

[knickerhawk]

I fiddle with the 2 raw files and didn't any big diff between them. Ultimately I settled for B&W version, this yields the best details among other processing.

Your B&W interpretation above is interesting because it emphasizes the local contrast in the sand. My efforts have been more along the lines of adjusting the overall tonality of the sand by darkening it (manipulation of mainly the warmer tones during B&W conversion).

 

[knickerhawk]

Very moody and is evocative of very old B&W processing - e.g., Edward Steichen.

 

[knickerhawk]

Knickerhawk's photograph cropped.

No other processing to the original.

I rather like that crop. I might add just a bit more color to the sand bar for emphasis.

 

[knickerhawk]

Interesting shot and fun to play with.

Glad you had some fun with it.

I tried to bring out the detail in the sky and reflection while still keeping it fairly low-key. Processed in ACR and PS. Monochrome in Silver FX.

What's pretty amazing is how a hard "dehaze" push in ACR can eliminate the fog and cloudiness and turn the gloomy scene into a typical "sunny" scene.

I like the monochrome version better.

I agree.

****

 

[knickerhawk]

I opted to ignore the stated "problems" and focus on tonality instead. Did a monochrome conversion of the HHHR file followed by applying a gold/blue split-tone formula I sometimes use.

Thanks for the contribution. I'm not a big fan of toning in general and split toning in particular. Not sure why, but it usually strikes me as unnecessary. Different strokes...

Reminds me a bit of a scene from the film Arrival. Via Affinity Photo.

LOL. Also reminds me a bit of Magritte's "Clear Ideas" painting.

-Dave-

 

[martinhb]

These are intriguing interpretations. I love the contrasting coolness and heat of them. Please share how you processed to achieve the effects.

Great idea, I think there should be more challenges like this. First image is the opposite of a silhouette, like an x-ray. The second is a vision of the future of the numerous red sunsets that will come to Oregon should the Axial Seamount volvano errupt later this year.

When I was out there, a small earthquake off the coast was detected (didn't feel anything). I don't know if this was in any way associated with the Axial Seamount. I didn't think the predicted eruption was expected to have a visible atmospheric effect, given the great depth and prior eruption patterns. I certainly hope not because that might be indicative of a much larger and different-than-expected event that might adversely affect my family members that live in different parts of Oregon.

I think the underwater eruption will be effusive but still release large amounts of sulphur particles into the atmosphere thus it will not be a danger to the Oregon state.

For the colour processing changes I used an old editing software that at one time came with the early versions of macOS. It was called 'Core Image Fun House'.

The interface is rather simple but many effects can be achieved by stacking them together. Here are the images including the processing effects stack window.

The order of effects can change the outcome too.

Cheers,

Martin