The 5th summer challenge's theme was "Orange but not oranges". The results were: in 1st place, George Hay with his "Orange Smoke", 2nd place was held by Alistair Birnie with "Orange-7" and in 3rd place was Len Findlay with "Deconstructed"
This summer challenge's theme was "Decay" and the results were:
1st: "Bridge at Spey Bay" from John Thom, 2nd: "Old mill wheel" from Doug Winton, 3rd: "Chain" from George Hay. Click on the images below to see a larger version of each. The 3rd summer challenge was on the theme "Architecture" and the results for this were:
1st place: "#2" from George Hay, 2nd place: "#1" again from George Hay and 3rd place: "Getting the mix right" from John Thom. Our 2nd themed summer challenge was on the theme "Reflection". The results from this one are: 1st Reflection #2 from John Thom, 2nd "Self-portrait" from Len Findlay and in 3rd place "The first kid on the block with this scene", also from John Thom.
The results from this summer's first photo challenge, on the theme "Repetition", are now out and in first place is Julie Adams with "Straws", in 2nd place is "The Race" from George Hay, and in third place is "Hooks" from Doug Winton.
Here are composites of the entries for the 1st 5 monthly competitions of the Club's 2017-18 season. Click on the images to see larger versions.
There are many ways to sharpen an image in Photoshop (and other photo editors), some are built-in, others need a few steps using Photoshop's tools to get there. Here's one popular method, "Luminosity Sharpening", as described by Club member George Hay (the main benefit of this particular method is that it can reduce the coloured halos around edges that other sharpening methods produce). This should work with any Photoshop version from CS onward, but not with Photoshop Elements.
[Editor's note: For anyone using Affinity Photo instead of Photoshop, the steps are the same except that "Amount" in the "Unsharp Mask dialog is named "Factor" and the "Fade" option is under the "Layer" menu. Notice that for either program you must select "Fade" immediately after applying the "Unsharp Mask"] These are the results of the "one photo" challenge where members receive a set of digital images and are asked to produce their own interpretations of them. (I know, the title says "one photo" but we've expanded it to 5 images now as the previous events were so popular). So, here are the original images - as a single composite. And here are what the members did with these - click on each to see a larger version.
This technique is best performed on flat and drab photos and requires access to Photoshop or an equivalent. It is not going to make the colours look as they did, just make them look better.
The after image (on the right below) was treated using the above steps. The settings used are shown in the settings image. The results of the 8th and last themed challenge (for this series), "Blue", are now out and in 1st place we have a draw between "Fairy" by Alistair Birnie and "Shades of blue" by George Hay, with 3rd place going also to George with "Blue boat, blue sky". These winning photos are shown below, click on them to see larger versions.
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