Something for ya'll to play with... Bridge in NO

[1STLITE]

THis was in New Orleans, taken from the boat that took us to the zoo. Have fun!

Dawn

[Kraellin]

thanks, dawn and nice shot

deep depth shots are always fun to play with.

i whipped these out fairly quickly. the basic process is reversing the image to a negative and then wildly varying a curves layer. a few other things were done, but the basis for all of this is reverse image and curves.

Craig

[1STLITE]

REALLY cool Craig! My favorite is the second one! Awesome!

Dawn

[Kraellin]

thanks i like that one too.

Craig

[TylerRB]

I decided on two different approaches (moods) for this pic, so posted both. The steps involved were a bit haphazard, so once again, I can't retrace the procedurs......if anyone was interested that is!

Tyler

[1STLITE]

Tyler, I like the first one. But hte second one made me say WOW! Awesome work!

Dawn

[Kraellin]

tyler,

i'm with dawn on this one, the 2nd is a definite winner. well done!

Craig

[TylerRB]

1stLite and Kraellin

Thanks to you both. I feel the second one is best also. Though what I am upset about is that I dont' remember how I arrived at it for sure.

Thanks!

Tyler

[Kraellin]

hehehe, tyler. i know all too well what you mean.

Craig

[Fluffbutt]

Nice work.

Can I make a critique?

If you still have the layered file, how about lightening the bridge layer's background greenery (the river line), then defringing the whole bridge layer to remove the white outline.

This will blend the bridge layer with the new sky perfectly yet still allow you to see the trees/bushes..

[DannyRaphael]

Great shot from a moving boat, Dawn! Thanks for posting it so we could play.

I made a layer from the Blue channel, applied a levels adjustment layer to it to remove most of the midtones and fine tuned with Thresholds to get this stark BW look.

FWIW - this was a completely accidental result. I had no idea when I started that this is where my flailing would take me.

~Danny~

[Kraellin]

nice simple look, danny, but i thought i was the only one that 'flailed'

Craig

[1STLITE]

Danny, That is freakin' AWESOME! lol Really great!

Dawn

[Neve]

Thanks for the Photo Dawn....

PaintShopPro8.1

Dupe Bottom Layer
L2 – Photo Wizz Plugin(free)/Luma Neg – Layer Mode/Difference.
Lighting effect/Lights up. Dupe L2
L2 – AIM/USM – erased to show sky
Merged All - Smudged sky and clouds
Lighting Effect/Sunburst
NL – fill with gradient/Mode-Burn

[1STLITE]

Neve - I LOVE IT!! Beautiful!!

Dawn

[Kraellin]

wow neve! that really comes out and grabs ya! very nice

you got a link for that plugin?

Craig

[Patricia]

Neve, I have one word for you - WOW!

Patricia

[Neve]

Thank you everyone...much appreciated! The link for Photo Wizz...scroll down to Photo Freebies, there are other goodies in there too...I love the sepia filter especially.

http://thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/index.htm

[Patricia]

wanted to see what Trimoon's new sketch brush would do . . . here's the link to another forum, where he posted about the brush.

[Kraellin]

thanks, neve

Craig

[Godmother]

This is my go... (I just found the thread)

Did I go to far?

[manta1900]

If only I had the original....
The compression artifacts spoiled the soup!

[LonK]

Awesome photo. Lots of fun combining various filter effects...

[lkroll]

Started out using CIBO techniques to enhance the shadow/highlights. Merged in some GREYCstoration, Toadies Metalwork and Flaming Pear's Mr. Contrast, then smudging. Enhanced the Sat/Colors too.

[Kraellin]

lk, i like that. i dont know exactly what you've been doing, but i'm liking a lot more of yours lately. well done

craig

[PhotoVagrant]

My attempt using 1Click's GAF500 filter

[oltenius]

Thanks for the nice pic!
Great job everyone.
Many actions in my attempt.
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Dan

[Peter S]

Thought i would have a go.

Applied a Gradient Map AL and changed blend to Luminosity, masked out parts of the water to soften the effect.

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

lk, i like that. i dont know exactly what you've been doing, but i'm liking a lot more of yours lately. well done

craig

Thanks Craig. What I dubbed as CIBO is done doing the following (same attributes in PS, so it should work there too, but I like using GIMP). Dup for a total of three layers, set the Top layer to [C]olor and [I]nvert the center layer. [B]lur (for simple sharpening, I usually set it to 5) the center layer and set it to [O]verlay.

I know I haven't been posting as often; I guess I'm spread quite thin with all the boards that I frequent. I still usually read all the post, and though I don't comment on most of all of you all's stuff, I'm quite impressed with the work here.

[1STLITE]

I am so glad you all are enjoying this one. I love what everyone has done with it!

(I know I have been gonde for a while from here - been busy with work and trying to learn more on the photography side here. Got some good news though - I am about to start selling some prints at a store locally. Wish me luck! )

Dawn