Ready to artify. Have fun ya'll.

[Janet Petty]

I haven't been participating much this summer because I've been out taking pictures. Wellllllll...I'm not taking pictures these days. I fell into a gopher hole and have been in a mess ever since. The upside is that I've had a LOT of time to finally begin processing some of the gigabytes into usable pictures.

Enjoy the pictures in this thread.

[palms]

Oh dear Janet not you as well ? what is happening here Swampy and you as well ! hope you get better soon will have a play soon great photo's need to find some time now

Palms

[Swampy]

Arrrgh, Janet!! It's gonna be a long 6 weeks or so for you. I have my final doctor's appointment today and I am well on the mend. Hugs, gal. It ain't fun!

[Janet Petty]

Thanks Swampy. It's for sure that I'm not 20 anymore. I'm glad you are on the mend as well. (tongue in cheek here...) I suppose you aren't 20 either. ???

Janet

[Kraellin]

oh, i like these photos. great work, janet and thank you for posting them!

seems like we're having a season of breaks here; swampy, janet...all i've broken is my computer, but it's enough (hardly comparable, i know ). mend well, janet!

craig

[Steve Conway]

I could spend a few weeks here with no problem.

Does look like I might have to do a little siding work on the cabin however.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Another nice image to play with.

Steve

[PhotoB]

Those are beautiful images! I slipped on ice in January and broke my leg and ankle. No fun indeed! Hope the mending continues to go well for you.

[pavel123]

Janet,

Sorry to hear about your leg.
The pictures are beautiful. I am not about to suggest that they can compensate...but I hope they can provide at least a small comfort.

I tried to do triotone/selective coloring.

Pavel

[Alcar]

Lov your old barn, Janet. Here's a watercolor done in Impressionist plugin.
Alan

[oltenius]

Janet, Thanks for this nice pics!
Here is my attempt.
Regards,
Dan

[palms]

Phew with PhotoB that makes the three of you ( was always told things happen in threes ) wishing you all a speedy recovery
talking of threes thought i would do one each of all three !

a duotone, one simplified and one ahb

Palms

[pavel123]

Done in Painter IX, texture/color adjustment in PS.

Pavel

[Janet Petty]

There is some really nice stuff here folks. Everyone has such a different perspective on each and their own style that even if pressed, I couldn't pick a favorite.

I do, however, notice that Palms is the only one so far to try the red door. Kudos for being brave enough to be the first.

Thanks all for your kind words. My ankle is healing nicely. The bruises are gone from my shins and from my arms. My knee may just have to be pampered for a while longer. That is no problem as it is way too hot to go out and tromp through the hills.

Janet

[dkcoats]

Janet, thanks for the pics to play with. Glad to hear you're on the mend.

I did this one in Artweaver with texture in CS2.

dc

[leanan`si]

Thanks Janet

I loved the red door -

Dark Stroke filter
Stoked up the red and greens
Turned up the noise

I think that was it ..

leanan`si

[patriciakay]

Janet..
Sorry to hear about your fall....its good to hear that you are on the mend now...

Steve ...two lovely renditions from you...nice style...

Pavel...Like the tritone effect very much....on the first one...
The second one i really like style ,cols texture and all...brings back happy memories of pics on the wall at my Grans when i was a child...

Oltenius....Oh this is nice, lovely bright colors...

Wow Palms you have been busy!!!Like all three but my fave is the red door....well done with the AHB!

DK....This is lovely, i think you are really mastering Artweaver....Its a great free program...even better now they have added the clone function....Look forward to seeing more...

Leanan`si.....Welcome to RetouchPro....I hope you will enjoy all it has to offer....thats plenty!!!!
Great job on the red door....

Ah well now to my two attempts....

The one with the gate i used the Xero plugin Illustrator...
The barn one i used the art history brush in Photoshop CS2...
Strange...they both look alike????? Patricia.......

[Kraellin]

some nice pieces here. i'llt try to comment on individual ones later when i have my good machine back.

did one up, myself. psp 9, no plugins.

craig

[patriciakay]

Hello Craig...
Been reading about all your traumas with your other computers...you must have the patience of a saint...or sheer determination to not let it beat you! Fingers crossed you will have it sussed soon!

No filters????Its a lovely painting with a real glow to it...Very nice...

Patricia....

[oltenius]

Patricia, Thanks for the kind words.
Regards,
Dan

[dkcoats]

Patricia, thanks for the encouragement. I've had Artweaver for some time but it wasn't until he added cloners that I found much use for it. The author seems to be pretty actively working on development; by the time he thinks it's ready to be called version 1.0 it should be pretty cool.

dc

[palms]

Craig just goes to show you dont always need to plug ins to make a good post

palms

[Kraellin]

patricia, thanks oh, i used filters. i just didnt use any plugin filters

as for the computer, i'm still waiting by the phone. it's now 4 in the afternoon here and i expected a call before noon. i did call them once but 'no, not ready yet'. :sigh:

palms, thanks yup. i've been finding lately that a good hand touch can work marvels over a filter/plugin.

craig

[kiska]

Janet, I'm sorry you're puny. You shall rally, I'm sure. Thanks for the pics.

SA and PS.

[pavel123]

Patricia, thank you.

I tried to make another rendering of the canyon, mostly Gertrudis/VP4.

Pavel

[Janet Petty]

Thought I'd better paint at least one of the pictures. Maybe I'll get to the others tomorrow.

Keep up the good work all. You are SO VERY inspiring.

Janet

[leanan`si]

Thank you for the welcome patriciakay

I had more fun playing with the Cedar Park photo.

I deepened the shadow play of the fence be reducing the white level, increased the red and reduced the green/blues then applied drystroke and canvas filters.

In the 6 moths I've since my PhotoShop introduction, I've never really used the artisitc filters. I could get addicted!

leanan`si

[pavel123]

“The Red Door” picture appears to me as a perfect photo statement. Didn’t want to mess it up, but finally decided to try.

Pavel

[pavel123]

tried to open the door ...

[barbara]

Dear Janet, I wish you good health , I'm really sorry because of your health-trouble.
thanx for nice photos to play, red door is fascinating

I used Gimp