Our photo group visited "Rawhide", an old West town, and one of interesting shops is the blacksmith. Thought I'd start it off with an illustrated look with a bit of Diffuse Glow added and reduced.

Great photo C.J.:bigthmb: I love it and it is worth more than one attempt,
like you i went the illustrated way using dynamic photo then back in Photoshop for a punch action

Palms

"Under the spreading Chestnut tree the village smithy stands"...etc...etc....

Wow, what detail in this photo!

Steve C.

Great photo to work with, CJ. Thanks for the play.

Used a stock photo of boards and adjusted colors slightly. Did a Fiind Edges and saved as a Pattern then painted back with various opacities with the PST.

Hey there Swampy..that's quite good!

Steve C.

Great punched up look, Palms! :)

Steve, there's a LOT more detail AFTER you worked with it! :)

Swampy, very nice! Wood burning effect adds to the old west feel! :)

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Yup! Always seem to forget where to stop.

Steve C.

Thanks, Steve and CJ! :-)

I haven't been to Rawhide in at least a decade, nice to know it's still there.

couldn't resist another attempt before shutting the pc down

Palms

And I couldn't resist a first go at it.

Peter

Just playing with light and colors.

Wow! There is a lot of amazing work here!!
Steve- love the opalescent colors in yours, very cool
Swampy- what an awesome idea to use the PST on that board background!!
CJ- wonderful photo

It's my mr. Smith.

Here's my first attempt at this one, I have a feeling I may have another go at some point though as this is a fab photo! Thanks! :grin:

Wow! There is a lot of amazing work here!!
Steve- love the opalescent colors in yours, very cool


Many thanks.

Steve C.

What a beautiful picture!
You guys all did a fantastic job with it!!!
Sylvia

Thought an illustration (like many of you have) was in order. :)

Thought an illustration (like many of you have) was in order. :)

lkroll, nice composition of dark and light tone, I really like it.

Thanks Alex; I did add a little Xylograph (pretty obvious) to the blend. :)