Thanks tons, Dan, for these extensive comments as well as yesterday's. I haven't gone through everything yet, but I think there is one alternate par missing, you've given demonstrations for 6 of the e

"So, here is the final 2021 case study challenge: cancel the cancel culture by restoring the Courthouse Wash petroglyphs to their pre-1980 glory. Or, more accurately, turning the scene into something

Disregarding my entry, the two suggested videos and all other possible comparisons, the two entries I favour the most are 1103 and 1111, although I'm not thrilled with their color (1103 is a bit perva

Has anyone else found that the alternate exposures do not line up with the base exposure? It wouldn't be that much of a problem if I could get Photoshop to align them to the base exposure, but tips I

Thank-you Ken, this does make a good improvement.

I like the alternate par (#1027) much better than the first one (#1026). One of my first thoughts was to be careful about overcooking a child's face, and I thought I was pushing it with mine (#1018).

The following Mondays of these case studies are always interesting, sometimes in a not very fun way. What seemed beyond perfection Sunday evening loses its lustre after seeing what other people have d

I obviously projected my dependably morose morning mood onto 804. I actually wanted something darker, closer to the default image without the relatively blinding light sky, but couldn't imagine what w

First, a few words about 703: for those who missed last summer's case studies, it is not unlike entry 920 submitted by a certain somebody (ahem) for the "A Toast to Greece" case study. Excerpts of Dan

Welp. Excerpts of my notes which I sent to Dan: "I'm sure someone will think I made the world's most spectacular urinal" "I watched the Andrea Bocelli yootoob, and it changed my mind a little about pl

#case-study-results

her: "I went to Greece for a generational family reunion and while I was there I saw a spectacular sunset that I just had to try to capture." + ipad friend: "That was so like her." + me: "Lightening t

#case-study-results

"We have met the enemy and he is me" (sic.) I carped a bit about the par the other day, saying attention is drawn neither up to the stage nor down to the audience. I don't think I need a mirror to fin

I'll start with Question #2: I prefer the par, despite my quibble posted in the other thread, I can believe that it is representative of that concert. - #308: the griminess throws me off a little, but

Going back to last summer's case studies, this is the first par I don't find particularly likeable. The audience is... just there. The band is just there. The bandstand, the beach, the ocean, the sky,

I expected a wide variation in how people would see the faces but I didn't expect such variance in how people see blacks. Mine is easily identifiable, although not because it is an extreme outlier (23

I like yellow mustard on my hot dog, not that elitist grey poupon stuff. I stay at Motel 6. So what do I know about "posh"? Seriously, it's nice to know I avoided fatal decisions and omissions in comi

Right off the bat I can see a dichotomy between lighter more orange corrections and darker browner ones. I would guess that one of the reasons is the choice of source file: the flat version which is l

I'm interested in another run of case studies. I thought the mix of images for last summer's series was good and the 7-day cycle allowed for life getting in the way of fun.

First and foremost I would like to extend profuse thanks to Dan for conducting this series of case studies. It was a golden opportunity for me and his generosity with his time and commentary made it m

Here's how I started this case study (and as a matter of routine for all color images): duplicate image to a new document: color boost, color boost again: noted the red cast back to the original image