Would anyone like to try editing these?

[Zak33]

Hi guys,

Took a few dozen this morning, as the crops looked nice and the sky was intersting.

These are full size big files so I'll just link them.

Would anyone have a crack at editing them, cropping, colouringh the sky etc, to make them more interesting? I just don't know where to start with them really.

The sky shot was one of 10 that exposed in a way that interested me. I was aiming for a bright intensity in the sun, and moody clouds, and knowing that people can highlight, colour and tone skies, I wondered if anyone might try.

I'm also interested in how people will crop the ..err....crop shot!

Look forward to some attempts if you can be arsed

Crops&sky

SkyLight

[malfunction]

Did these while waiting for dinner to cook (munch munch munch)... Closed photoshop before posting but from memory I did:

1.5 degrees clockwise, less clouds, a bit off the right side and bit more contrast:



Too artificial in the end but cropped, +25% contrast, +50% highlight, + diffuse glow + despeckle x 2



Edit: Slight changes - desaturated the sky image (a bit) and removed most of the gaps in the left hand silhouette

Edit 2:

Quite like it in B&W:

[shiato storm]

consider it played with:



web compression's mullered it a bit but you get the idea.

[malfunction]

Originally Posted by shiato storm

consider it played with:



web compression's mullered it a bit but you get the idea.

I like that... Every time I try to desaturate, etc I never like the results but I do like that one. Presume you played with the sky and ground separately - and what (exactly) did you do to bring out the contrast in the plantage - very exaggerated without losing detail?

[Tarffie]

Lomo!

Similar to shiato's but different.

Edit: Vignetting looks a bit wrong, actually.

[shiato storm]

agreed, vignette doesnt seem to agree with the image, also quite a square vignette, maybe a rounded and smoother one would work better?

[Funkstar]

why did i read the tread title as "Would anyone like to try eating these?"

Nice photos

[Nemeliza]

Too soon?

/Gets coat...

[Rhyth]

Love it ^^^^

Had a quick twizzle on one:


I used Tri Tones here to try and bring more consistency to the levels down into the darker bottom right, whilst retaining a reasonable degree of depth.


But really, polishing turds isnt my forte ;D

[Rhyth]

And now t'other, literally a little 8 min twaek in CS3.

I tweaked levels then straightend the horizon without throwing the sky off then worked it into a mono subtle tones and finally a crop to enhance the focal point.


Somthing bolder:

[Nemeliza]

on a more serious note



squint real hard and it looks like the grass is black and white

[Bobster]

long day - only thing i could think of atm

[cougarslam]

[Zak33]

those are some AMAZING looking edits

Really impressed I don't even know where tostart with some of that stuff....but I must congratulate (and thank) you all on some amazing looking pictures.

The horse wins...of course

[Dark Horse]

[Rhyth]

Nice work Dark Horse ^^ I think you may have tilted the first one a little too far to the right fella