DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
Australia Day
Australia Day
jomari


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2014-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot G12
Location: Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Jan 26, 2014
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2014

 Australia Day fireworks - beginning at 9.30 (daylight saving time) they are fired a bit too early for maximum effect but the whole thing is aimed at families.

If only I were Wendy, the swans would have been in the middle of the refection! Actually I did get shots with swans (and ducks) in the reflection but they were less clear, or the fireworks were not as attractive etc. etc.

Open PSCS3
Crop
Duplicate layer
Topaz Clean
Blend mode multiply
Flatten
Open again and repeat duplicate/multiply/flatten
Select lower portion
Copy
Close and return to first processing
Paste
Blend mode lighten (all to eliminate the stylized reflection) flatten, image size.
Decided I didn't like the darker colour so I layered this over a copy with original colour and used luminosity blend mode then flattened.
Duplicate layer again
Enhanced colour saturation
Blend mode soft light. flatten
Neat image noise reduction, fade blend mode lighten. Sfw.

Statistics
Place: 131 out of 178
Avg (all users): 5.4659
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3385
Avg (non-participants): 5.8261
Views since voting: 341
Views during voting: 134
Votes: 88
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2014 10:01:04 PM
And those swans weren't scared? Wow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Prints! - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2024 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/16/2024 05:36:07 PM EDT.