PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #107 – Wagon

[pstewart]

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PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #107 – Wagon

Here’s another “mini-challenge” to play with in the Photo-based Art category until the next major challenge is posted here.

The base image can be downloaded by clicking the link below the photo description.

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Thanks to Amanda for providing this photo taken at her mother's Texas ranch bed and breakfast--home of Momma Yomma, you may recall .

Phyllis

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LEGAL VERBIAGE
Amanda retains the U.S. and international copyright © not only for the original image, but also for any photo-art versions of it. Unauthorized distribution or use of this image without permission are prohibited.

[pstewart]

Here's what I came up with.

Phyllis

[TwinbNJ]

Phyllis - this look works very well with the image. I really like the subtle colors and the way the wagon first catches the eye.

[jerry]

Amanda, I was licking my chops when I opened up this pic..Love these old vehicles..Thanks for posting it..

Phyllis.. Great pastel version..I would not have considered this treatment for this pic..But it really works for me..

I Thought this old wagon deserved the limelight, so I did some heavy cropping..Then the usual sketch technique with coloration..I then used tablet for major layer masking and then some hand sketched outlining to bring out the wagon against the background..Then one of Bud's wooden matts..

Jerry

[BillC]

Amanda - thanks for sharing this picture with us.
Phyllis - I like what you did with the colors/lighting on this!
OK - even though I am very tempted, I am not going to try that 'line art' I've been using too much of lately!
I wanted to get some 'older' feeling to this one ... used sepia, grain, texture..
Bill C

[retpmikl]

Great work on this one jerry. I love it.

BTW, wich one of Bud's frame did you use ?

[BillC]

Jerry - we must have been posting at the same time. I really like your rendition - great job!
Bill C

[jerry]

Bill and Mikl, thanks for the nice comments..That was a really fun pic to work with..

Bill, your sepia treatment of this pic really made it look like a 1800's version..Really good use of sepia..

"Quote by Mikl"
Great work on this one jerry. I love it.
BTW, wich one of Bud's frame did you use ?

Mikl..As you know, Bud's frames are really well suited for personnal tweeking as far as color is concerned..For this frame, I used "Bud's wooden mattes>blackwood matte" Then as the action was running, I adjusted hue/saturation to try to match the colors in the picture..When the action was finished, the color was not quite right, so I opened the wood layer and added a color overlay "light tan" then adjusted the opacity to allow the grain to show through..With Bud's actions, you have so many ways to get the colors right that even a Bozo like me can make them look good..

Hope this helps
Jerry

[themanda]

I'm glad y'all are enjoying the wagon. My son and I are going out there today to drop off our growing-too-large chicks...I'll see if I can get any other good photo-ops!!

Phyllis--Love the sketch! How did you do that?

Jerry--Bringing the focus down to just the wagon was a terrific idea. Wonderful interpretation and framing.

BillC--I like this! It really does feel old that way!

BillC sort of inspired me...old wagon, old cabin, old farmer. All past their prime but still working.

[BillC]

Amanda - "Little House On The Praire" effect - very creative, and I like the blurred look! I look forward to more of your pics!
Regards,
Bill C

[jerry]

Amanda
You were reading my mind..I considered an old west background but havn't come up with one yet..

Your scene and painting effect are really exceptional..Really nice manipulation and filtering..

Jerry

[themanda]

That's right, Jerry, I was.....

I promise I won't tell what else I saw in there!!!

[Blacknight]

SBEO, reversed, overlay blend. Flatten, anisotropic diffuse set to overlay - sharpen and flatten. Added SPLAT! frame.

[KenB]

Phyllis, nice job, looks kind of liked an etching, but colored.

BillC, great texture effect.

themanda, excellant manipulation.

Blacknight, nice job and great colors.

For mine, the first time I looked at the image it seemed perfect for a black and white.
First thing I did was remove the power lines and the old windmill frame thingy. Converted it to black and white, added a subtle amount of lighting, added a Splat matting and a chrome frame.

Ken

[pstewart]

Jerry, love your treatment of this pic...nice use of neutral tones and the frame choice is perfect.

Bill C, great “old photo” feel with those simple browns and grays.

Amanda, awesome! Love the way you made good use of the old log cabin from previous mini challenge. Your composition is just excellent! How did you get the soft blotchy painted look? What filters?

BK, excellent effect on sky, trees, ground, and wagon. All parts are good in themselves and work very well together!

Ken, good idea to remove that little tower (what the heck is that thing anyway, Amanda?). This looks like a b/w photo from the 30s or 40s. Works well with this subject.

Phyllis

[retpmikl]

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]

Phyllis love the colors.

Jerry nice western picture like the texture

Ken nice black and white nice frame

[jerry]

"" Ghost Town 3D ""

Jerry

[jerry]

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]

Jerry...OMG!!!

That is FANTASTIC. How long did it take you?

[retpmikl]

Jerry, WOW ! Marvellous !

[tyeise]

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]

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 [/B]

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]

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]

This is my second version of this one.

Ken

[tyeise]

KenB - I really like that mask with it!

[pstewart]

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]

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]

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

Phyllis

[Bill M]

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.