PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #50 – Pink Lotus

[pstewart]

Al, these all turned out nice. I especially like the effect in #1. It looks like thick oil paint and could work well with many different subjects. Wish PS had a filter like that.

Phyllis

[jeaniesa]

Very nice Al! I especially like #4 - it looks like it's glowing!
Jeanie

[BigAl]

Phyllis, being with m$ does sometimes have its advantages

Jeanie, I included that #4 as I could almost see the lotus as cupped hands holding a glowing ball.

[CJ Swartz]

Al, what fun! Each is so different and adds a new dimension to the bloom.

[CJ Swartz]

Guess I haven't done one of these yet -- too busy enjoying all your submissions.

Here's one with the red channel layer blending set on Difference over a modified bloom with some mezzotinting masked in for texture and brightening.

[CJ Swartz]

You really can't stop at just one of these, can you?! [Alan, your image is so beautiful].


Here's a lighter version....playing with the Red channel.

[GOLDCOIN]

Cj.....

Both of these are wonderful, love the way you were able to center on the seed part of this flower..... looks almost real, alive & growing.

The white one, is my pick.....

[pstewart]

Wow, CJ, those are awesome! I like both with slight preference for the white one. How did you get the speckles? I love the gold speckles against the purple in the first one! Was that the result of mezzotint? Or did you use diffuse filter, or diffuse blend mode also...or something else?

Phyllis

[CJ Swartz]

Chuck -- Really love that PSP sepia effect! Beautiful!
Goldcoin -- thanks, I'm glad you like it.
Phyllis -- yes, the speckles were from mezzotint -- I masked the effect to control where they showed up.

[BigAl]

Chuck, nice effect that sepia. Will have to try it on something sometime.

CJ, I agree with Goldcoin and Phyllis. I also like the white one.

[Blacknight]

Duplicated and cropped, and did a linear burn blend mode. Liked it, and flattened it. Selected the background and did a KPTFraxplorer, and then darkened it and changed colors with hue/sat. Sharpened with KPTX. Adjusted levels on both background and flower to suit.

[DannyRaphael]

Yeah, baby!

Those are some colors, Phil. Striking rendition.

[Blacknight]

Same only more muted. Couldn't decide which I liked best, so why not post 'em bofe!

[CJ Swartz]

Yowww! Blacknight! Those images don't just glow, they're on FIRE! Beautiful!!

[d_kendal]

Wow Phil!! thats just awsome, I love that effect you got. ditto what CJ said, it really does look like the middle in the is burning.

- David

[pstewart]

Chuck, the sepia toned lotus is quite beautiful and sophisticated. I picture it in a 4 by 6 version above an off-white leather sofa in a modern living room done in all neutral colors. Do you have the time to paint me one that size?

Blacknight, I see you are doing wonderful things with KPT...isn't it fun! I like both of these a LOT, and I went back and forth a few times and can't pick a favorite. I love the colors you used...just gorgeous!

Here's one painted by an artist in a real hurry!

Phyllis

[pstewart]

Well at least it's more colorful than the last one.

Phyllis

[Blacknight]

I really like the psychedelic one, Phyllis. Isn't it peculiar how the same image can be done with different colors and textures and evoke different feelings in the viewer? SOMEONE will like anything created, because it will strike a chord in them somewhere. Art. Ain't it grand!

[pstewart]

Oh, Chuck, you've gotta tell us what that texture is and how you got it to shine like that. It's wonderful! The picture has such a beautiful sheen to it! Looks a bit like the impasto effect you get with Painter.

Blacknight said: "Isn't it peculiar how the same image can be done with different colors and textures and evoke different feelings in the viewer? SOMEONE will like anything created, because it will strike a chord in them somewhere."

Very profound observation. Yep, that's art all right!

Phyllis

[pstewart]

Done with two Flaming Pear filters, aetherize and silver, and some blending modes.

Phyllis

[jeaniesa]

Phyllis - VERY cool!! Almost like a neon lotus!

Jeanie

[pstewart]

Abstract lotus?

Phyllis

[DannyRaphael]

OK, Phyllis... Fess up: How'd you do this one?

I've not a clue and it's one terrific interpretation.

~Danny~

[denschneider]

This is my first attempt at any kind of art work. some of the pictures here are just fantastic. here is my attempt
opend 2 copies o;f the picture changed the first one to grey scale, then selected all of the second and moved it to the frist picture then used the paint brush set to "clear" and different opacities

[DannyRaphael]

denschneider:

I'd say for a first attempt you were EXTREMELY successful. Congratulations on achieving this effect and using a unique method.

Well done. Hope to see more of your creations in the future.

~DannyR~

[pstewart]

Originally posted by DannyRaphael
OK, Phyllis... Fess up: How'd you do this one?

I've not a clue and it's one terrific interpretation.

Thanks, Danny. It's the same technique I've been trying all week on lots of different minis. If you want the details, look at my last submission to the flower mini #62
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/att...=&postid=39096
where I explain it step by step. It's also explained along with a version of the produce in mini challenge #63, and used on a few fish in #58 as well, and on the two cats Jake and Joey and as part of the method on Guitar Charlie.

It's one of my favorite discoveries, and I am trying it on virtually everything these days till I tire of it.

Phyllis

[pstewart]

Chuck, nice soft strokes and gentle color, and the faint outline was a good idea to retain definition with all that painting going on!

I thought I'd go in a shimmery satin direction. The background was done with KPT fiber optics...can't recall how I did the flower...lifted this b/w layer from a previous attempt (fiery lotus), inverted it, and overlaid it on original. Used my new "sharpen tool/lighten mode" technique to bring out the white highlights on the flower even more, then the last step was to apply layer style inner shadow.

Phyllis

[bubba]

Phyllis,
That satin look lotus is purty as a speckled pup!

bubba

[DannyRaphael]

Chuck:

GR-EAT job for a first time at bat with Painter. Very impressive and good for you. Painter can do some amaizing things. I hope to get into it later this year.

Phyllis:

As usual you delight us again with a creative and colorful interpretation. Well done.

~Danny~

[lkroll]

Used Virtual Photographer's Dreamy preset to enhance the glow and then fed the result into Autotrace and merged the vector traces into Mayuradraw and exported the result as a bitmap. I then did an autocontrast.