Creative Interpretations: Old Barn

[Mal Firth]

Anybody fancy having a go with this picture, it was taken during a stroll along the river bank near the former cotton mill town of Marsden on the edge of the West Pennine moors.

[byRo]

Mal, is this really the original?? Already looks like a painting.

Rô

[Steve Conway]

Here is one idea.

Steve

[Mal Firth]

Originally Posted by byRo

Mal, is this really the original?? Already looks like a painting.

Rô

I lightened the shadows slightly and added a what I felt was a nicer sky.

Here's a black and white sketch I did by first using Mike Finn's SketchPro action, then using the Artistic>Cut Out filter and adjusting the Levels to increase the contrast.

[Steve Conway]

Thought a lithograph effect might work.

Steve

[cazubi]

I gave it a mix of impasto and impressionism.

Cathy

[kiska]

I used Quick Artist plug in and PS.

[Neve]

I love photos like this, thank you Mal. Wonderful results everyone....! I hope it was okay to crop it? I made some adjustments re colour, ran it through Buzz Simplifier and applied a Paint Engine Watercolour setting.

[byRo]

Mal, you keep coming up with these photos, and I'm almost going to miss England.

Here's my shot.
Standard method....PS Clean-up, Painter Oily clone, PS enhance brush strokes.

Larger image here

Rô

[Duv]

Great image Mal. Thanks for that! Awesome effort Ro!

Cheers
Dave

[Neve]

Are you enjoying Painter RO ? that's terrific! Well done Duv, great result.

[byRo]

Originally Posted by Neve

Are you enjoying Painter RO ? .....

At first I wanted to try everything. Now I'm concentrating on what works without a tablet.
Also discovered that for me, for now anyhow, Painter is just one step in a three step process.

Rô

[Neve]

Like kids in a lolly/sweetie/candy shop we're all the same trying out everything in Painter in the beginning. I seem to be settling into using particular brushes more regularly now. I do a lot of preparation in PSP first and prior to starting in Painter which is where I spend the majority of my time though.

Getting the tablet and pen was the best thing I ever did, been using it ever since I got one several months ago. I'm mystified how you cope without one and applaud such good results irrespective.

[jaykita]

Well, I fancied having a go at this pic, thank you, Mal, for letting me play!Such a beautiful photo. Yes, it does look like a painting, doesnt it.
I did this in ps7 started with all sorts of stuff, trace contour, cutout layer, hue-sat changes, also buzz.

[byRo]

Hey, jaykita, your well-behaved sister paints pretty good too.
Glad to see she's still around - I was getting worried about her.

Just lovely!!

Rô

[jaykita]

Originally Posted by byRo

Hey, jaykita, your well-behaved sister paints pretty good too.
Glad to see she's still around - I was getting worried about her.

Just lovely!!

Rô

Hey Rô, sis keeps popping up from time to time, i have to try hard to stop myself from clobbering her. Oh well. Thank you for the appreciation. But hey, save some of those nice words for me too, will ya

[Cameraken]

I removed the tree on the left. It opens up the picture a little and leads your eye in.

Ken

[SWEngineer]

A mix of Impressionist-Charcoal and (Photoshop)sumi-e

-Mark

[Duv]

Here's a filter effect that combines COI Zoom and Noise. Thought the effort worked better in B/W. Who's eyeing who anyways?

Cheers
Dave

[Janet Petty]

Great photo Mal. And great job on the renditions folks. I'm impressed with all the variety and talent.

The scenery looks much like what I see every day here in Arkansas. I couldn't resist artifying it.

I'm sure it will lose a lot of quality in the compression. Be aware it looks much better full resolution.

Janet

[Joeven]

Nice pic.

Joe

[FranS]

The board has been slow lately. Glad to see you brought one back, Joe. Nice job.