Creative interpretations: Pile of Fruit

[Photomaster]

Here is one of my stock photos that has great lighting and colors. My Photoshop creation is HERE
Have fun everyone.

[lkroll]

Please don't ask how (so many steps that I doubt I could duplicate it exactly; probably could duplicate the look though). I did start out using EmbossWork's Ice White to start things off. Blended in the sky blue (Cyan) too.

[Steve Conway]

You probably had to shoot this fast, as it looks too inviting to last long.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Nice image...so here's another try.

Steve

[Kraellin]

great picture, wonderful colors.

used my new 32 band gray with a blend mode of softlight, a bit of smudging and erasing to tweak.

craig

[Photomaster]

Steve,

Your rendition in Post #3 is outstanding. Way to go!

[Steve Conway]

Thank you sir.....very nice image, fun to work on.

Steve

Originally Posted by Photomaster

Steve,

Your rendition in Post #3 is outstanding. Way to go!

[Janet Petty]

GREAT photo and great photo for playing with. I had so much fun with this one, tried all sorts of things before I got to here. Enjoy.

Janet

Compression took a huge toll on this one. Imagine ok. Thanks.

[kiska]

Janet, I imagined the best. This is Studio Artisit 'flat region paint'.

[Janet Petty]

Kiska, you are getting so very good at Studio Artist. I really like this one. It is bold, colorful, and a bit abstract. Great work.

Janet

[Kraellin]

i like that cracked paint look, janet

had to have another go. a bit more wild this time.

craig

[Legacy~Art]

WOW Craig thats gorgeous!!!

[Legacy~Art]

Well i tried the cutout plugin on the psp7 program on this picture to see how it would look then i added a canvas texture, not impressed really, as the cutout on PS does it better, but its a okish picture i think!

[Swampy]

Yummy photo, PhotoMaster!

Wow, Craig. Love all the yellows!

Ikroll, very interesting effect. I like it!

Steve, Great job. Very subtile and effective!

Janet, I don't think I've ever seen "Craq" applied so subtily! Very old world look

Nice Kiska, especially like the cropping.
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I tried something different. I used "Select Color" to pick the highlights, midtones and shadows. I coppied each selection to it's own layer and applied a different Artistic filter to each, then mergered them all into a single layer.

Took a snapshot then created a "Paper" texture layer for the background then painted back with the history brush from the merged textures layer. I ran the texture filter one more time on the painted layer and faded that back about 50%.

[Steve Conway]

Thanks Swampy............(and...O.T....how 'bout them Gators?)

Steve

Originally Posted by Swampy

Yummy photo, PhotoMaster!


Steve, Great job. Very subtile and effective!

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I tried something different. I used "Select Color" to pick the highlights, midtones and shadows. I coppied each selection to it's own layer and applied a different Artistic filter to each, then mergered them all into a single layer.

Took a snapshot then created a "Paper" texture layer for the background then painted back with the history brush from the merged textures layer. I ran the texture filter one more time on the painted layer and faded that back about 50%.

[Swampy]

BASKETBALL SCHOOL!!!!

They were really awesome, Steve!

[lkroll]

And thanks for the comments as well.

[Kraellin]

boy, two 'wows' from one post. i'm gonna have to go back and figure out what i did thanks legacy and thanks dee dee

i do recall that when i applied the brush strokes to get those streaking effects, that i was a bit surprised at what it did. i had expected more damage to the fruit. i [i]think[/] what happened is that i had several layers on and i was dragging from a lower layer...mostly. this left the fruit mostly intact on the upper layer but the colors derive from the nearby fruits.

and dee dee, i like that texture. sort of looks like it might have been painted on white, painted wood. very nice

craig

[palms]

Great photo will need to find some time for another go, ran a couple of actions on this one

Palms

[Swampy]

Funky, Palms... :-) I like it

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

i like that cracked paint look, janet

had to have another go. a bit more wild this time.

craig

This is a cool effect.

[dkcoats]

Nice work, everybody.

This was a nifty image to muck about with. I got a dark, subdued Old Masters kind of vibe from it so that's the direction I headed. I replaced the bg, futzed with color and hue/sat, and ddid some dodging and burning in PSCS2, painted it into Gertrdudis Pro and went back to PS for texture.

Thanks to Photomaster for the pic.

dc

[sylvia1065]

Hi,
Here's my version, done with a mixture of Redwater's technique, Nik's Pastel, Impressionist and a faint outline on top.
Sylvia

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by sylvia1065

Hi,
Here's my version, done with a mixture of Redwater's technique, Nik's Pastel, Impressionist and a faint outline on top.
Sylvia

Favorite so far Sylvia; really like the gloss look that you achieved. Care to post some links to Redwater's technique? Thanks in advance.

[sylvia1065]

Thank, Lkroll.
As for the link to Redwater's technique, , here goes:
http://www.pbase.com/bluewatermonk/image/29209180
Have fun!
Sylvia

[Kraellin]

thanks, lk

craig

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by sylvia1065

Thank, Lkroll.
As for the link to Redwater's technique, , here goes:
http://www.pbase.com/bluewatermonk/image/29209180
Have fun!
Sylvia

Very much appreciate the link Sylvia; just bookmarked it.

[msfrigyfrog]

my grandfather used to use a jar similar to this to make what he called brandied fruit. as a kid i wasnt allowed to have very much because of the alcohol that the fruit produced as it fermented but we were allowed to have a little bit ( very little and no where near what we wanted ) on ice cream . unfortunately my grandfather passed on taking his recipe with him. he is the inspiration for my version of this image

[Kraellin]

very cool, froggy. gotta love granddads like that

craig

[Photomaster]

Janet, Super job. Would look great on a ceramic tile and hung in my kitchen.
Kiska, love your SA rendition.
Craig, like your style. Colors really pop.
Legacy, Swampy, very nice work.
Frog, what a great idea. Nice sentiment.