Robyn at Captivate Me, encourages us to explore new depths to our craft, experiment with mediums, light and shadow and everything in between with the One Four Challenge. I know over the last few months I have got to experiment and try things I would normally never attempt. It is a growing and learning curve, which is actually A LOT of FUN. Â So for this week I have added a little Mock HDR complexity to my vintage wagon. I reverted last week’s to the original and then started again.
So I have some filters in Lightroom I have won, or gotten hold off from various sites and freebies, and One of them is a Mock HDR, Titled; “Trey’s HDR in Lightroom on Recreational Drugs” Now I know it doesn’t seem like much effort went into the post, but sometimes just pressing that one button is enough challenge :-). Anyway so now the HDR filter was applied I adjusted the whites and blacks a little more and dialed the saturation back just a touch. Still looks a little plastic, but overall I am fairly happy with the end result.
This is Week 1 version
So where to from here? Time to dig through some more freebies and see what I can come up with.
– Julz
That’s a drastic change from last week! 🙂 I like the vividness in this one.
And you’re right Julie, sometimes pressing a button itself is a challenge! I’m holding off on doing phone-app editing since a long while, but I might just experiment with that now… 🙂
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go for it, you never know what happens til you try
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Hi Julie – big departure from last week. This version certainly has the edgy, high contrast, high saturation look of HDR,even if toned down a tad. Good to experiment with different effects though😊
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thanks Chris
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Thanks Lore!
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Oh my, this is serious saturation…I have to admit, a bit ‘in your face’ for my taste, prefer last week!
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lol, just a wee bit over the top, and I dialed it back!!!
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😀
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A nice image for week two, I still feel the saturation is quite strong and kind of prefer more muted tones. This is my preference though when it comes to HDR though.
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Its a bit strong. But never really done.any hdr b4
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I like them both. 🙂 Can’t decide which I like better. 🙂
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I love Trey’s presets…they had so much life to a photo!!
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I love the vintage looking one but great job on the faux HDR. It really works for this!!
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Hi Jules – late, but I made it 😃
Im so glad youre enjoying the challenge!!
Actually, I love this version – it does have a sense of over the top and it works 😃😃 Fun!!
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