I had no particular idea where to go for this week’s One Four Challenge. I just played with the image, trying different things, pushing it as far as I could without going too far.
I love how this image gives me a “movie” vibe, from the original to both week 1 and 2.

What was my post-processing? Darn if I can remember…I started the same way, cropping and straightening…But I decided to change the colors, I was very curious to see if it would work. There were few dead-ends, but I finally settled on this greenish-gray version. I softened the clouds and got the idea of the fog. I know there is a way to add fog to the image, but I wanted to bring it from the original. So, I softened the clouds some more and lightened the image. My final touch was a touch of focal zoom, to give more movement to the clouds.
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I have no idea if I succeed, but I like the final result. If last time I was expecting Thor, this week there could be Hulk lurking on that tower.
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OK, we have a winner. Just forget weeks 3 and 4. I’ll be very surprised if you surpass this. Fantastic. I’ve tried adding fog before but it always looks phoney when I do it. Whatever you did works well. And the color is… can I say it again? Fantastic!
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Oh my, you certainly know how to make a woman blush. Thank you, but I do hope you’ll like my next edit.
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It’s stunning!!! But I can’t see slideshows any more, don’t know why…
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It works for me, I don’t know what might be the problem. Thank you, I am happy you liked this week’s edit.
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Problem is in my browser, I think 🙂
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Yep, this is fantastic! I think this week’s colours are perhaps more eerie? .. and I like the softening lots.. and the radiating movement from the tower! Nice work/play Lore 😀
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Thank you, Robyn. I knew this image was full of potential, but it surprised me how easy these two edits came to be.
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😃 I do know what you mean! It is a surprise 😃
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Great work Lore. The colours and fog effect through softening is very well done. 😊
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So nice of you, thank you so much.
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This week’s edit is fantastic!! I kept looking for the Hulk! 😃. I like the color and focal zoom you added. Great job. I can’t wait to see where you go next!!!
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Thank you so much! I have an idea for the next week, hope I’ll manage to pull it of.
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I’m sure you will more than manage to pull it off! I know your edit will be great, they always are 🙂
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Thank you!
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fantastic edit Lore!! The colour gives it an alien glow!
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I hoped I would achieve that. Thank you, Cybele!
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Very futuristic and electric – I love it….
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Thank you, that makes me happy.
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I really like the colours of this week’s edit – it makes the lights on the tower really stand out. I also love the effect of the focal zoom. It looks like the clouds are moving away from the tower which creates quite a freaky, slightly sci-fi, look. Great edit. 🙂
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Thank you, you described everything I was aiming for.
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