One-Four Challenge: September Week Two

14/09/2015 / afairymind

It’s time for the second September edit of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. I wanted to create an image this week that was very different to last week’s highly detailed version. Stacy of Lensaddiction suggested that I crop some of the rocks away from the bottom, whilst Ben Rowe of Aperture 64 said how he’d like to see it with a lower clarity. Both of these suggestions fitted with the ideas I’d already had for this week’s edit so I was happy to oblige.

Week Two Edit

As with last week, most of the editing for this one was done in Camera Raw, with only the crop and a slight increasing of the saturation (+25) of the central line of the sea done in Photoshop Elements 13.

These are the changes made in Raw:
Tint +10
Contrast -18
Highlights -46
Shadows +43
Whites +48
Blacks +63
Clarity -29
Vibrance +24
Saturation+17
Luminance +25
Luminance detail +60

Here’s the original, week one and week two edits together for comparison:

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15 thoughts on “One-Four Challenge: September Week Two”

Sabina Ayne

15/09/2015 at 1:14 AM

I like week 2 the best so far!!

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- afairymind
  
  15/09/2015 at 8:00 PM
  
  Thanks, Sabina. 🙂
  
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Amy

15/09/2015 at 1:40 AM

More details on week 2, and I like the texture and colors.

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- afairymind
  
  15/09/2015 at 7:59 PM
  
  Thank you. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
  
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svtakeiteasy

15/09/2015 at 7:27 PM

Good results. I like what you have done!

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- afairymind
  
  15/09/2015 at 7:41 PM
  
  Thank you. 🙂 I’m really enjoying playing with this image.
  
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Robyn G

15/09/2015 at 10:04 PM

Hi Louise 🙂
This is such a changeable image – so versatile.
For this week’s version, it seems to be all about the view.. and beyond the rocks.
A much softer edition. Nicely done.

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- afairymind
  
  15/09/2015 at 10:07 PM
  
  Thanks, Robyn. I wanted to create something very different to the week one edit. 🙂 I’m glad you liked it.
  
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  - Robyn G
    
    15/09/2015 at 10:17 PM
    
    Yes I do and it’s very effective and different to last week. This is a good example of how editing can bring out such differences 😀
    
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  - afairymind
    
    15/09/2015 at 10:18 PM
    
    🙂
    
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lensaddiction

17/09/2015 at 5:54 AM

Excellent choice on the crop 🙂 Personally its a little soft for me but if you then added a painterly effect from something like Topaz Impression I think it could be quite awesome 🙂

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- afairymind
  
  17/09/2015 at 10:35 AM
  
  I don’t have any Topaz programmes, unfortunately – I think my computer would die if I tried to add anything else to it! I have to make do with Photoshop or FotoSketcher. I’ve already planned my week 4 edit to be soft and painterly, though. 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
  
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  - lensaddiction
    
    17/09/2015 at 10:40 AM
    
    I look forward to your week 4 image then 🙂
    
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Snow's Fissures and Fractures

19/09/2015 at 12:10 PM

It looks very beautiful in this softer version, great edit.

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- afairymind
  
  19/09/2015 at 2:34 PM
  
  Thank you. 🙂 I’m glad you like it.
  
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