Tulips from Down Under

Neve · #1 08-20-2006, 09:27 PM

Went to a small town floral festival on Saturday - of mostly tulips and daffodils - and thought you'd like to play...!

lkroll · #2 08-20-2006, 10:13 PM

Had to save at 35% quality to meet RetouchPRO's size requirements. Here's the high quality version.

t2mouse · #3 08-20-2006, 10:56 PM

Here is my Old Post Card script for Paint Shop Pro X I ran on it.

patriciakay · #4 08-21-2006, 07:56 AM

Hello Pauline...

Lovely photo...thanks for sharing....Lucky you summer to look forward to...ours is almost over and it will be dark and snowy for months....

Lyle...Great pic ...the high res is beautiful...

t2mouse...Love the old postcard effect....will have to see if i can find it on the net...welcome to RetouchPro...hope you enjoy all it has to offer....

I have done two...I cropped one and did Flaming pears aetherize,and Xeros Nostalgia...frame an action in Photoshop CS2...
The second one i did Ilustrator from Xero and frame again done in Photoshop CS2 with an action...

Patricia...

Steve Conway · #5 08-21-2006, 07:57 AM

An example of what happens when you run out of inspiration for artifing flower images.

Steve

kiska · #6 08-21-2006, 08:58 AM

Cropped and painted with SA acrylics.

pavel123 · #7 08-21-2006, 10:32 AM

Done with Photoshop CS2, combination of Angled stokes and smart blur.

Pavel

leanan`si · #8 08-21-2006, 11:30 AM

What a lovely pic as we 'down under' look forward to our summer!

I overlayed a greyscale rendition of the tulips at 20%-ish opacity, then outlines filter .. played with colours and contrast a bit.

leanan`si

Kraellin · #9 08-21-2006, 01:16 PM

nice picture

i've got filter forge working again on my new computer and even got it updated with the new version and even have made a new filter using the new 'frame' component. here's a result:

craig

Neve · #10 08-21-2006, 06:46 PM

You've all done these tulips proud!!!

Swampy · #11 08-21-2006, 07:40 PM

Patricia Kay... I really like your #1. Very pretty!

I've always wanted to do a "Box Blur"...

Duplicated original layer, did a box blur to smear colors around. Blend Mode Luminosity.

Duplicate original again, moved to top of the layer stack, did a Smart Blur ->Edge Only for the sketchy effect. Set this layer's blend mode to Soft Light

Merged all, added texture, took a snap shot, then painted back with low opacity dry history brush.

Neve... great picture. I was surprised to see what looked like cabage palms in the background. Something you don't expect to see in context with tulips!

Kraellin · #12 08-21-2006, 09:03 PM

leanan`si, night blooming tulips? must be an aussie thing

but i like it

dee dee, what is 'box blur'? is this a blur type in Photoshop or something you did and call it that?

craig

t2mouse · #13 08-21-2006, 10:10 PM

Here's one more at you... This is my Quick Vintage # 15 script, this was done with Paint Shop Pro X, notice the vinyage edging of the white border. It different than anything you'll find on the net, I figured out how to do that.

Swampy · #14 08-22-2006, 07:25 AM

Craig.

Box Blur, is a PhotoShop filter. You may have something similar in Paint Shop Pro. It basically blurs the color around, much like a gausian blur, but more "smeary" even at low settings. It can produce some nice backgrounds using the colors from a photo. Almost like a render clouds, but with all the colors in the photo not just the ones currently in your foreground/background color well.

The sample below is a box blur of the origina Tulip photo.

Cassidy · #15 08-22-2006, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraellin

leanan`si, night blooming tulips? must be an aussie thing

but i like it

dee dee, what is 'box blur'? is this a blur type in Photoshop or something you did and call it that?

craig

Absolutely awesome atm, I have jonquils and daffodils and tulips in my kitchenette, open the back door and the aroma of the promise of spring fills the air....the jonquils (sort of a mini daffodil) are very heady in scent, absolutely wonderful