Category: One Four Challenge
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One Four Challenge – Acoma NM -Week 3
This is the third week of the One Four Challenge for July. As a reminder, in the One Four Challenge, we select a photo each month and then produce four variations on successive weeks. You can get more information here. And be sure to check out Leanne’s posts and Robyn’s posts. Variation 3 is above and to the right.…
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One Four Challenge – Acoma, NM – Week 2
This is the second week of this month’s One Four Challenge. Recall that in the One Four Challenge, we select a photo each month and then produce four variations on successive months. You can get more information here. And be sure to check out Leanne’s posts and Robyn’s posts. The featured image above is Variation…
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One Four Challenge – Acoma, NM
We’re starting another month of variations in the One Four Challenge. As a reminder, I select an original photograph, and then explore four different approaches to editing over four successive weeks. The One Four Challenge was started by Robyn G. Today, Leanne Cole and I are kind of coordinators/evangelists for the One Four. So don’t…
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One Four Challenge Week 4 – Hammond Gardens
This is the final variation for the June series, the scene in Hammond Gardens. I have successfully concluded my goal of doing all variations with straightforward image adjustments – No Photoshop or AI. For this variation, I did use a preset (in Luminar) for most of it, but it’s all exposure, contrast, color and tonality,…
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One Four Challenge Week 3 – Hammond Gardens
This is week 3 of the June One Four series. Variation 3 is above. I started with the original image, converted to monochrome, and then messed around with lighting, exposure, and contrast to achieve the above look. I was aiming for a soft look; I find it’s difficult to get a good soft image working…
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One Four Challenge Week 2 – Hammond Gardens
Welcome back. to the One Four Challenge, now Week 2. The new variation is above. Before going further, I want to remind you that in the One Four Challenge, we select a single image and then do 4 different edits. You can find more information here. We would love to have more people join us!…
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One Four Challenge Week 1 – Hammond Gardens
It’s a new month, and so we begin a new One Four series. The original is the featured image above. This was shot in the Hammond Japanese Gardens in North Salem, NY. This photograph is one of my favorite spots in the Gardens, projecting serenity and calm. Before going further, I would like to review…
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One Four Challenge Week 5 – Los Banos
It’s a BONUS week for the One Four Challenge! May has 5 weeks, so Leanne and I are doing extra fifth variations this week. Next week starts a new series. Join us! The One Four exercises are great fun and a great way to explore and learn new editing techniques. If you are interested and…
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One Four Challenge Week 3 – Los Banos
For this week’s variation, I opted to do a monochrome edit. Getting a good monochrome version of this image was a challenge because there was little tonal variation in the image. Here is a comparison of this week’s image and the original. And here is a gallery of all four images thus far. Next week,…
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One Four Challenge Week 2 – Los Banos
This is Variation 2 of Los Banos. To create the sunset look of this variation, I replaced the sky. Then I edited exposure etc overall to enhance the sunset effect in the landscape. This variation was a lot of fun. I knew I wanted to try and create a sunset. Finding the right sky replacement…
