Creative interpretations: Ballet in Holland

[palms1]

I admit it i couldn't come up with anything for this thread (even though i really wanted to do something as it is one of my favorite topics )
You have all amazed me with your renditions They are all excellent but i do think along with a few other people Garazon's submission is excellent

Palms

[Kraellin]

margaret,

lovely rendition!

and just a note here; i think you could have cropped a tad more off the empty top space. but lovely!

craig

[garazon]

Well I have to say thanks for all the compliments, it is much appreciated. Sometimes things hit ya and when I first saw this one I knew what I wanted to do with it. Hardest part was trying to get the color right so that it would match the background, I think it could be better, but I was starting to get aggravated!

Thanks again all for the nice words, I feel honored especially when the words come from those whose abilities are way beyond mine. and I see many that I like more than mine, Chance, yours is superb IMO

Craig, no problem from me on what ya did. I've got this vision now after seeing the water, to put them on a small deserted island with the ocean as a background, of course there will have to be a moon in it!

[MargaretM]

Craig - thanks so much and you are probably right about the cropping. Loved your watery rendition of Garazon's stunning moon version. I think the collective creative juices are flowing in 2006.
MargaretM

[CJ Swartz]

Everyone seems drawn to the lights/shadows of this image, as I was.

Cropped heavily to put emphasis on the couple, then did Polar Coord. before and after Crystalize, then added layer blends and lighting effects to intensify the contrasts...

[Kraellin]

Craig, no problem from me on what ya did. I've got this vision now after seeing the water, to put them on a small deserted island with the ocean as a background, of course there will have to be a moon in it

thank you it is only fair that it inspired you, since yours inspired mine.

margaret,
thank you

and cj,
that's a great texture and i love the crop. and it just gave me another idea

craig!

[Janet Petty]

I know it is different. No matter what was in my mind, this wanted to come out.

[RL Design]

Wow... I am not getting any "real" work done, but I am having fun. I used this technique on a previous mini-challenge and thought it would look good here as well.

Enjoy!

[garazon]

More great renditions since last I visited this thread. Great jobs!

Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

Everyone seems drawn to the lights/shadows of this image, as I was

Absolutely, I kept being drawn back to this because of that. To be honest the first time I saw it, I passed it over, didn't see anything in it, but now I can't get the darn thing out of my head!

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

No matter what was in my mind, this wanted to come out.

I like it! I have a lot in my mind that wants to come out, but it seems to get lost in the translation

Originally Posted by RL Design

Wow... I am not getting any "real" work done, but I am having fun.

This isn't real?? Dang, I told everyone I had a new job.. oh well, it IS fun!


Chester

[Janet Petty]

I really like the work that is being done in this thread. The picture brings out all sorts of "mood", which people are interpreting.

RL, yours is probably the most dreamy and old fashioned. I like it. It reminds of of a Victorian card.

Janet

[MargaretM]

Janet - very different. Surreal in the true sense of the word and very creative. I agree about this thread. Seems we are all responding to the mood of the picture, as well as the technical challenge.
MargaretM

[CJ Swartz]

Janet!!! Oooooooh, I love that! I stand corrected -- it's NOT just the lights/shadows -- it's the emotion of the two dancers -- his gaze into her eyes as his strong muscles hold her delicate body...

Very creative, intense, lovely!

[CJ Swartz]

RLDesign -- Lovely! I agree with Janet, it would make a lovely card.

[Swampy]

Danny, you sure come up with some fantastic photos! Like others, the light and shadow, expression and sense of motion drew me in.

Since they are "on stage" I thought some lighting effects would be appropriate. I also wanted to capture them as sort of a statue. Ergo the soft green.

Masked out the dancers, made a duplicate file and made it a duotone with the soft green and black. brought that back into the original, added the tripple spots and a b/w gradient layer to dampen the lighting effect.

Added a layer of soft smoke for the stage. (Painted with a blotchy brush in the soft green color, gausian blur and added film grain). Didn't want to go overboard because the male dancer needs to look "grounded". I tried a more ethereal effect, but just got the feeling that he didn't have a solid enough base and might drop the girl...LOL

[OnAir]

Desaturate, tonal correction, motion blur in background little bit, cropping.