Photo Art Mini-Challenges - - PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #107 – Wagon - Page 2

retpmikl · #16 04-13-2003, 05:59 AM

Not very original, looks like a few actions but, this time, no action used.

1. dup bg : copy 1
2. on copy 1, Find Edges, Soft Light at 100%
3. dup copy 1 : copy 2
4. Graphic Pen (15,95, right diag), Soft Light at 75%
5. adj layer Hue/Saturation
6. adj layer Brightness/Contrast
7. texture, Canvas

pjb · #17 04-13-2003, 07:25 AM

Phyllis love the colors.

Jerry nice western picture like the texture

Ken nice black and white nice frame

jerry · #18 04-13-2003, 08:34 AM

"" Ghost Town 3D ""

Jerry

jerry · #19 04-13-2003, 08:57 AM

Nice work submitted while I was buried in the "Ghost Town"..

BlackKnight..nice combination of filters..They compliment this picture very much..

Mikl.. Thanks for the steps..You produced a very nice painting effect..Good job.

Kenb..Your b/w treatment works well with this photo.. I really like the frame you used..Do you really use SPLAT a lot ??

Jerry

themanda · #20 04-13-2003, 10:24 AM

Jerry...OMG!!!

That is FANTASTIC. How long did it take you?

retpmikl · #21 04-13-2003, 10:42 AM

Jerry, WOW ! Marvellous !

tyeise · #22 04-13-2003, 12:52 PM

These are all so wonderful! I don't know if I can comment on them all! But there are a couple that are outstanding!

Phyllis, how did you achieve that wonderful color gradient in your first one?

Jerry, you're ghost town is absolutely incredible. Neat idea, and I love the presentation!

KenB · #23 04-13-2003, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by jerry
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Kenb..Your b/w treatment works well with this photo.. I really like the frame you used..Do you really use SPLAT a lot ??

Jerry

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I really like Splat, I use it a lot for texturizing, nothing better in my book and I liek the frames too, you also have the opportunity to make your own frames from within photoshop and save them in the splat format.

Ken

jerry · #24 04-13-2003, 06:09 PM

Thanks Folks for commenting on the ole Ghost Town.. It was really fun to work on..

Amanda.. I worked on that version in two seatings of approx. 2 hours each.. It was a lot of trial and error to find things that looked right.. My wife kept saying "try this" or "try that" till it looked like something.. Then she said quit playing and go do some yard work.. Go Figure.. She dosn't understand that this photoart is important stuff..

Jerry

KenB · #25 04-13-2003, 07:34 PM

This is my second version of this one.

Ken

tyeise · #26 04-13-2003, 08:44 PM

KenB - I really like that mask with it!

pstewart · #27 04-13-2003, 10:26 PM

Jerry, ghost town is great idea and well-executed!

Ken, nice use of brushes...looks great!

Tyeise, to get the gradient I used a circular rainbow gradient on a separate layer set to color mode and faded opacity a bit. Also painted with large brush set to color mode to accent different areas with the colors I wanted.

Phyllis

Bill M · #28 04-14-2003, 08:49 AM

Beautiful work, folks. BillC, I love your's!

I'm new to converting to black and white so I thought I would practice on this using curves adjustment layers and masks. I wanted to make the grass soft. And I thought the tree in the left corner was distracting. And I wanted to keep the details of the wagon prominent without any sharpening. I also wanted to maximize the tonal range without looking too bleak.

I would really appreciate any constructive ideas!

Bill

pstewart · #29 04-14-2003, 10:59 PM

Bill, great job. Looks like a high quality b/w photo that you might find in a top photographer's collection.

Phyllis

Bill M · #30 04-15-2003, 03:49 AM

That's very kind of you, Phyllis. The light bulb came on during the last week or so that it's not what method you use to convert to B&W--channel mixer, greyscale, desaturate--it's what you do with it afterwards. Just like a color image, different parts need different strokes. Thanks.