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Belgium
Newspaper Museum (4) *
yuricle
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 77 W: 70 N: 0]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-n.gif) (935) |
Rotation | sarastro
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 157 N: 62]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (587) [2004-07-26 15:16:33] [1] | | I just rotated 45 degrees it and made a simple frame. |
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Sweden
cellar stairs (4)
ebban
![Silver Star Critiquer [C: 10 W: 6 N: 1]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/s-n-n.gif) (180) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-04-23 15:55:33] [2] | | I adjusted levels to use more of the dynamic range. Increased saturation to bring out the nice colors better and finally sharpened with unsharp mask. |
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Italy
Dynamic... (1)
nglapyan (10) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-04-18 18:01:37] [2] | I cropped it to better focus on the cloud, played a bit with saturation and levels and ran it through neat image to remove some noise.
I also took the liberty of cloning out the wires. |
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Sweden
River Lagan (21)
khadem (339) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-04-17 07:21:16] [2] | Cropped out the sky, cloned out the branches and turned it upside down.
This WS is just a fun play with the mind. |
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Sweden
Kaknästornet (10)
sarastro
(587) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-04-04 07:39:40] | | Original version with the two twigs. Which one do you prefer? |
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Japan
My Day and a New future (70) *
Kenny10pin
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4755 W: 0 N: 5652]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (19221) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-04-01 13:27:08] [2] | | I just did autolevels to balance the colors. I then added a little bit more yellow to give some extra warmth. Lastly I sharpened. |
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France
Canyon (2)
lermission
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 33 W: 1 N: 15]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (300) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-02-24 17:35:39] [1] | I used the best sharpening method I know, first scale up the picture alot, I used a fractal method (Genuine fractal) to do this for the best result. Then I sharpen the picture ALOT, I did it in 3 steps using different radiuses. Finally I scale it down to size again in many small steps.
This method can really do wonders, especially if you take your time and experiment a bit. |
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United States
Winter in the Quad (4)
va2ho
(290) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-02-24 17:19:23] [3] | I only adjusted levels to use the whole dynamic range and also added a tiny bit of sharpening.
Very basic |
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United Kingdom
Blaenau Ffestiniog (14)
moorcroft (18) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-02-23 15:25:09] [6] | 1. I adjusted levels as conservatively as I felt I could, in order to use the whole dynamic range but at the same time keep some of the bleakness.
2. Unsharp mask 100%
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Slovenia
Castle view, Lake bled (21)
Midnight_sun
(1937) |
| | sarastro
(587) [2004-02-20 14:58:23] [1] | I used unsharp mask with a high radius (20 or 30) to remove some haze. Didn't want to affect the nice foreground so I did it in a separate layer and used a gradient to mask that out.
Then I adjusted curves to get more contrast in the bright colors. Again doing the layer/gradient mask trick to leave the foreground as it was.
Lastly I changed color balance a tiny bit towards the blue. |
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