[DannyRaphael]

How about something with a touch of culture?

Courtesy of www.hollanddancefestival.com.

~Danny~

[lkroll]

Light and Shadow

I couldn't get a Degas out of this one (I recently posted a series of renderings on other forums that were my version of a Degas style). This one had too much shadow and darkness to get the feel of Degas. Hope I at least did a half way decent oil rendering anyway.

[Cassidy]

With the dramatic lighting, I thought this would make a great oil pastel

[MargaretM]

Tried something different. Used the dramatic outline to do a cutout. Replaced background, and filled both new background and foreground. Added pattern, gradient.
MargaretM

[garazon]

"And when that moon is big and bright
Its a supernatural delight"

..just seemed to suit the photo

Chester

[Kraellin]

margaret,
that's something new. i like it

garazon,
yup, that's the way i was going to go. only i hadnt thought of the moon. very nice!

craig

[Chance_1]

lkroll, nice lighting on the image
cassidy, nice oils, perfect selection for this
magaretm, nice silhoutte with that woodcut
garazon, nice moonlight effect.

Mine is rendered in Painter 9.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Chance_1

lkroll, nice lighting on the image
cassidy, nice oils, perfect selection for this
magaretm, nice silhoutte with that woodcut
garazon, nice moonlight effect.

Mine is rendered in Painter 9.

I especially like the way you handled the edges/background transistion. That's a really cool effect.

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Chester:

It sure helps to have creative vision for what's possible beyond the base image and a bit of twisted wit. I can see already you're well qualified on both fronts!

[byRo]

Wow, what a beautiful thread!! Congratulations to all!

I especially liked garazon's very sensitive manipulation.
Great control over colours and mood.

Rô

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by garazon

"And when that moon is big and bright
Its a supernatural delight"

..just seemed to suit the photo

Chester

This is a fantastic idea. You enhanced the mood tremendously. Very good control of the lighting too. My favorite thus far.

[Cassidy]

Love all the renditions of this pic here, but have to single Garazon out to say "stunning"

[lkroll]

No way; just having some more fun with my Van Gogh Impressionist preset.

[Kraellin]

i too thought garazon's was amazing. so, i can only hope he'll forgive me for doing what i did. i dont normally take another's art and alter it and i certainly dont mean to imply that mine is better or his is less by this. i simply took his as if it were the original posting here and worked it like we would other pieces. i kept looking at his rendition and looking and the more i looked i kept seeing other 'things'. i simply attempted to add in those other 'things'.

so, if you wish, garazon, i'll remove my version of your version and no questions or squabbles about it. just p.m. me and it's gone

i basically did three things here. i added the water with the 'flood' plugin and colored it a bit.
i altered the lighting with 'illumination effects' in Paint Shop Pro 10.
and i cropped the image down to roughly an 8 x 10 aspect.

and again, please understand that this came about from enjoying YOUR rendition.

craig

[raniday]

This is my first outing with Gertrudis.
Link to larger res version:
http://www.pbase.com/image/54346898

[MargaretM]

Here's another take on this picture. Done in Photoshop using smart blur for edges and Dry Brush for color.
Just wonderful renditions so far! Chance - I think yours is my favorite so far.
MargaretM