PHOTO ART: Mini-Challenge #30 – Chinese Pavilion

[LactoBeeZor]

I love the "Sun Effect" ~T.

[T Paul]

Thanks...I owe it all to the sparkle brush!

~T

[pstewart]

TPaul, that's one of the best versions of this difficult challenge yet, in my opinion. I don't really know why, except possibly you got rid of that horrid pink color and the sharp edges. Hard to say why, but I really like what you've done here.

Phyllis

[T Paul]

Thanks Phyllis! I really like the results of this one as well. I think what is appealing is the simplified edges and the brighter colors. Those basic steps really cleaned up the photo and made for quite a difference. Of course you should get some of the credit as I don't think I would have ever used the anisotropic filter until I saw some of your entries.

~T

[katilla]

filters, filters, filters, love them! Just had fun and tried them all untill I saw something and went with it. Combined image with itself several times using different blending options. i want to try this more.

[Cheryl H]

Don--you've modified that technique and made it your own. It looks great!

Impressionist again. I love what it did to the trees--I'm not so sure about the building on this one.

1. make 6 dups of the background and work from bottom to top
2. Impressionist--watercolor--damp translucent
3. Impressionist--Natural--Wild cave painting--changed brush (screen)
4. Impressionist--Charcoal--stroke sized by brightness--changed brush (pin light 50%)
5. Impressionist--Pencil sketch--soft detailed--changed brush (I like the fat ones better than the skinny ones) (soft light)
6. Filter--stylize--find edges--desaturate this layer. (soft light 33%)
7. gaussian blur sketch layer (desat, dup, invert, color dodge, gaussian blur, merge, dup, multiply, gaussain blur, merge) on top in multply mode
8. adjust saturation and add texture.

[gina]

As always 'm at the end of the thread so too much great entry's before me so well done everyone!

well, these have been sitting on my hard drive for a while, I completely forgot I had made them!
I thought this had to be a red red red red Laquer paviljon. Saturation and hue on the paviljon. This didn't completely get rid of the blue color so I selected them separately and did a seperate hue change on them. Selecting the paviljon and putting it on a new layer. Layer styles with a glassy finish and small drop shadow. Deleted the little side-building and copied the left leaf side to the right. Ran some filter on the leaves but can't remember. Then flatten ans run boss-emboss. I think details were lost because of the compression


gina

[gina]

here is than my second one, I think an emboss layer to the paviljon too but can't remember and it certainly was a different one than the other.



Gina

[vijayan]

Thank you Gina, both are good ; one in a tramandous red red and red, and the other also fine with good effects.

This one is in a wind blast and in a dancing possition.
Like allways I distorted it in all the way

thank you

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vijayan

[gina]

Vijayan,

you're striving to a chinese tower of Pisa LOL
Whar did you do swerve? or Ps filter


gina

[vijayan]

Thank you Gina, I have only some effects of ps and it is with mac I just play there only. It is Distort>Shear, and Glass>frosted..

Mauler, Good extention you have made with this Chinese tower, seems like a Red Fort.( not just like Indian Red Fort). But I think it is Pagoda; is a multi storried tower or tomb in typical eastern architecture.
Never can be a Fort.

thank you
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vijayan

[vijayan]

Thank you Gina, I have only some effects of ps and it is with mac I just play there only. It is Distort>Sher, and Glass>frosted..

Mauler, Good extention you have made with this Chinies tower, seems like a Red Fort.( not just like Indian Red Fort). But I think it is Pagoda; is a multi storied tower or tomb in typical eastern architecture.
Never can be a Fort.

thank you
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vijayan

[Peter S]

Looks more like a Chinese Lantern now.

Peter

[Swampy]

I love Oriental architecture (and food, and crafts and, and... :-)) Thanks for the fun photo to play with.

[CJ Swartz]

Peter -- I think you're right -- you could hang it outside for a party!

Swampy -- this is very nice -- makes a lovely wall hanging!