PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #155 Lighthouse Waves

[DannyRaphael]

Guidelines? Give 'em a rest on this one!

The gory details optional, but appreciated if you're so inclined.

Still, limit your submissions to no more than two (2).

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PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #155 – Lighthouse Waves

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 legal verbiage.

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Beautiful image, but not sure I'd give up the safety of my home for this "ocean view."

Danny

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LEGAL VERBIAGE
Rob 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.

[catia]

Done with Paint Engine.

Catia

[DannyRaphael]

Paint Alchemy and Paint Engine used very effectively on these interpretations.

Well done, Don and Catia.

[vijayan]

This one is made out of reticulation and find edges..
thank you//
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vijayan

[Cheryl H]

I love the waves in this pic.

Catia--paint engine was a great choice. The motion in the strokes was great with the waves.

Don--I love the energy in the waves and the sky. Great combo of filters. Your results lately are tempting me to add the nik stuff to my collection.

Vijayan--interesting combo of effects. I like what it did to the pier--that was a tough part of the pic for me.

I couldn't decide which of my attempts I liked best, so I'm going to post 2 this time. This one is my dark paint process.

1. first layer set is flaming pear's mr contrast, the original, and a dup of the mr C layer blended together.
2. second layer set is flaming pear's melancholytron, the original, and a dup of the melancholytron layer blended together.
3. blend the 2 layer set (2 on top of 1) with another copy of the original and merge all to a new layer
4. dup the merged layer and run flaming pear's lacquer. Reduce opacity on the lacquer layer.
5. Merge all and add texture.

[Cheryl H]

Second submission

I used impressionist layers for this one. I'll list the effects used, but I did do quite a bit of playing with the options on each one and didn't keep track of the changes.

Each number represents a layer working from top to bottom. Each layer is a dup of the original background.

1. stamp textured gouache
2. stamp--sponge daubs fine (luminosity 70%)
3. natural--tied grass mosaic (soft light)
4. paint--craquelure surface (multiply)
5. original (color)
6. gaussian blur soft sketch (soft light 70%)
7. find edges (soft light 30%)
8. pattern fill layer (sfot light 70%) to add texture

[Toad]

Very nice Cheryl. Your entries really capture the feeling and spirit.

[Wanda Schwind]

Lovely, everyone, I love viewing the different interpretations! One can learn just from viewing Cheryl, you make me wonder why I'm struggling with Painter Classic

I painted this scence in Painter Classic, using different brushes. Applied texture, Raw Silk. Improvised frame from PhotoImpact.

Thanks everyone...

Wanda

[Wanda Schwind]

Thank you for your nice comment. You have a really nice one, Don, even though I know not what you speak of in your technique it rendered out beautifully

Wanda

[DannyRaphael]

Don:

This is one of your better ones of late. The textures are outstanding.

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Wanda:

Always a treat to see your works. You'll have to do a tutorial one of these days on your Painter methods.

~Danny~

[Cheryl H]

Thanks you guys.

Wanda, your painter work is outstanding everytime I've seen it. I got the painter 8 on the low cost deal for photoshop users and it has me totally stumped. That gives a pretty good idea of how much work you are putting into your photoart.

Don--the second entry is interesting, but I still like your first best.

[Wanda Schwind]

Danny, Cheryl, you are too kind, but much appreciated Cheryl I used Painter Classic, which is considered a Painter light program. I'm sure it's not nearly as difficult to use as Painter 8. With your talent I have a feeling you're going to conquer Painter in no time. Can't wait to see your beautiful work

Wanda

[KenB]

All very nice submissions. Usually I don't participate in the photo art side, because I'm not that artistic. I don't think this one turned out to bad. My technique is as follows.

1, Flaming Pear Organic Edges
2, Microsoft Impressionist Plugin
3, Splat Resurface Plugin


Ken

[Cheryl H]

Kent--great texture! It looks like I should be able to feel depth if I touched it--like thick acrylics maybe. Neat effect.

[Cvandever]

Thought this needed to be a storm!

Okay.. First I made a new layer.
Filters Render Clouds..Filter Add Noise.. about 30% Guassian Monochromatic.. Filter Motion Blur to make look like rain..
Layer on multiply mode gave great Dark Stormy feel.
Then I duplicated the layer Fliped Vertically and horizontally to darken up the white caps of the water. Then I erased some on that layer to un-darken the other areas. Duplicated image. Flattened.. Dry Brush (a personal favorite)... duplicated layer.. Fresco.. Lowered opacity to about 19% and then changed to darken..

The end.

Hope it is liked

[jch71566]

All of you had great interpretations of this, so I figured I needed something a little different.

Mine is very interpretative of the lighthouse against the sea, and the colors.

gory details:
Filter Farm (recolor & distort)
Microsoft Impressionist (loose detail)
Touch-up
Organic Edges

Thanks,
Jeff

[big_bad_toxman]

Thought I'd try my hand at the art... but maybe I should stick to retouching!

- New layer with Flaming Pear Boss Emboss blending mode luminosity with an opacity of 30%
- Virtual Painter Gouache
- Virtual Painter Colour Pencil
- Flaming Pear Melancholytron with uniform sepia

I think that the pencil strokes sort of look like rain and the sepia gave it a stormy feel. The colours were very vivid after the colour pencil filter.

Cheers
Tony

[DannyRaphael]

Tony:

I'd say you can play in the photo-art sandbox anytime you like. This is a very creative interpretation.

Hope you see more of your creations in the future.

~Danny~

[jch71566]

Tony, I like this! It really does have a stormy feel to it.
-Jeff

[DannyRaphael]

Hey, Jeff:

I missed your interpretation. That's very cool -- a very refreshing twist.

Welcome to the forum, too. Let's see MORE from you as well.

~Danny~

[MoonFizz]

This one greyscaled in ps as a copy then blue tinge added.
Thrown over into painter 6 and the red lighthouse cloned back in.
Back in ps...added a lense flair then cloned out the circles back in painter. Bit of contrast and "voila" ...a stormy old night!

Gary.


http://moonfizz.com/lighthouse_challenge.jpg

[MoonFizz]

Sorry...forgot to upload it as an attachment

Gary.

[big_bad_toxman]

Oh Gary, that's really cool! I really like the lens flare effect! The border and text give it a cool postcardy sort of feel

[ronlcox]

Stormy Seas

[pinobot]

Who builds a lighthouse there?
Image doctor-smart fill
some cloning
color correction
neat image to get rid of banding
soften brush for artifacts.

[SMETZ99]

some hue adjustment. desaturated water, desaturated red on house a bit, paint brush on sky and colored pencil / gaussian blur / texture grain on water

sorry i didn't keep better track, just added stuff until I got a certain look.

I wanted blurry but still capturing light direction and I wanted more powerful waves, and I wanted lighthouse to punch out of the middle, with muted sky, and textured pier walkway that was not focus but interesting if your eye wandered....

Hope you like it.

[DannyRaphael]

SMETZ99:

It's always a pleasure to welcome someone with your skills to the Photo-art Forum. I'd say you met your artistic goals with this interpretation.

Hope to see more of your creations in the future.

~Danny~

[SMETZ99]

Thanks, now that I've found this gem of a site, I plan on staying around and learning / practicing with all of you.

[TwinbNJ]

Wonderful submissions here! I always enjoy lighthouses.

Desaturated the image then did a blur, from there a smart blur edges only.
Then ran anisotropic on the lines. Changed blend mode to soft light.

Added pattern, embossed, then added texture.

Ran Anisotropic again......

[ahutton]

I'm in South FL, so I wanted a hurricane effect for this one.

I darkened it a little bit and clarified it in PSP

Then I played with Paint Engine's "Glow wind" filter until it looked like a "level 5" hurricane.

I know this isn't a recent image, but I hope I'm not violating rules by trying my hand at it. Newbie to this forum.

Too big to upload so go here:

http://www.fractographics.com/RTP/lighthouse.jpg

AmyHutton