Creative Interpretations: Old and Rusty

[Neve]

Took this photo yesterday by the roadside.

You are not permitted to post your results from this photo at other forums, photo hosting websites or your own websites. I'd appreciate it if they only appear here at RP. Many thanks for your co-operation.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Neve

Took this photo yesterday by the roadside. I'd appreciate it if you would only post your results here at RetouchPro. Many thanks.

When I saw the title of this thread I thought, "Where in the world did Neve find a picture of me? I was relieved to see you hadn't...

This is a classic piece of farm gear. It will be interesting to see how the interpretations turn out.

[Neve]

I beat you to the post in thoughts as I was about to post it as "Like Moi, Old and Rusty"

[Janet Petty]

Now if you had added creaky to the old and rusty then it WOULD be me!

Janet

[cardmnal]

Here's a quickie:

3 Duplicate layers.

Turn off original BG.
BG copy is run through: filter>artistic>underpainting, normal, 100% opacity.
BG copy 2 is run through: filter>artistic>cutout, luminosity, 70% opacity.
BG copy 3 is run through: Filter>xero>linart, overlay, 55% opacity.


That's my story and I'm sticking to it!



AP

[Neve]

Well AP....didn't that turn out swell!!!!

[Neve]

PSP8.1

Bottom Layer/Buzzed and duped layer.
L2 - Impressionist/JCH Painter - Mode Normal
Dupe L2
L3 - Art Media/Brushstrokes....settings....
Softness=0/Length=15/Density=26/
Angle=315/Colour #404040/Bristles=20/
Width=8/Opacity=4
L3 - Mode - Normal 70%
Merged layers/Added texture and borders.

[raniday]

I did some Caravaggio, Organic Edges.

[avogadro]

Some real fine interpretations so far. I decided that the grass was much too bright, and got thinking in B/W terms. I created layers from each of the red, blue, and green channels. Blue was my baseline, at the lowest level. Then I put Red over Blue with Pin Light blending, and stamped that to a new layer. Copied it and used it as a layer mask on the Green layer, just over Blue, set to Lighten blending mode. I left the Red layer undisplayed, but kept the Red-pinlight-blue layer set to darken mode at 80% opacity. On top of it all, I added a curve adjustment layer with an S-curve that brought down the highlights and brought up the shadows. No other manipulation.

[Neve]

Nice effort Avo

Wonderful result Raniday. Unfortunately I notice you've posted a result at PBASE. When I posted the original photo I requested that results only be posted here at RetouchPro.

[raniday]

Sorry. I misinterpreted that, thinking you meant not to use it in another forum. I'll remove my link.

[Neve]

Hi Raniday, many thanks and point taken. I've extended/edited my request as a result. Thanks.

[Xaran]

Not sure exactly what I did but do know it involved sketcher and VP.

Christine