Everyone: Fantastic work on Challenge #1!

Here are a few images from which to choose; not as well-crafted as the ones provided by Suzib, but I hope you'll have fun with these in any event. I've included two RAW files and one JPEG, just for a little variety. Here's a composite of the three unretouched images:



and here's a link to the Zip file containing the three original files:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yys9jm

and another link to pick up the ZIP file:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/6383176/7c7c ... aring.html


Remember the rules of engagement: All work must be done in either ACR or LR except for cropping, sharpening and using your de-noise filter. If you use a preset,please list the name and a link to the source if you have that information. Also, if you'd like, please describe tell your workflow.

Enjoy!

Chuck,

Neat picture of the bridge. Wanted it to look like a night/evening shot.

I swear, I am cold sober, but does anyone else see the face at top right just peeking out from under the bridge?

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If interested, here is the link to the XMP file.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/p8cb56

oh cool John... I see the eye and the ear....
off to play with that one now.

and the slightly receeding hairline?

I see it too, how cool!!!

Number 2,

All in LightRoom, including the crop.

Just some basic "Basic" adjustment and tried out the sharpening in LR. I don't usually sharpen stuff that is not being printed, like whatr it does.

Tweaked the vignetting to -100 and midpoint to 1.

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XMP file - http://www.sendspace.com/file/59ew9x

OK, I didn't follow the directions very well. I did pull the raw image into camera raw and made my adjustments but then I thought to cover the mystery face with the moon and things just went from there. You can send me to the corner.

The picture of the musicians was taken at a festival celebrating the early 1900's, so I used Matt's Vintage New York preset as the primary adjustment for this rendition.

Of course, the microphones are a bit of an anachronism...

A little of Matt's bleach bypass (more color) on this one:

And the falls with a face....