Pavel's Tree Farm shots

[pavel123]

A few shots taken while selecting an X-Mas tree at a tree farm.
Couldn't resist all those falling down barns and old trucks.

The images are here

Pavel

[lkroll]

A sharp Control illustration (added GREYCstoration too). Here's the full, high quality version. Attached is the very low quality crop version.

[Frank Lopes]

Color correction and some PWL

Originally Posted by pavel123

A few shots taken while selecting an X-Mas tree at a tree farm.
Couldn't resist all those falling down barns and old trucks.

The images are here

Pavel

[patriciakay]

Hi Pavel...


Lovely shots with your camera...
Lyle...Really nice...great detail!!
Frank...You have really brought out the lovely colors...very nice...

I had a try with the oils in Painter...added a little texture and framed with an action in Photoshop...

Patricia....

[pavel123]

Lyle...great sketch
Frank..I love how you saturated colors of the wood . What does PWL stands for?
Patricia...very nice oil

I just tried to make a toned photo.

Pavel

[patriciakay]

Love your toned picture Pavel....

Thanks for your kind comment...

Patricia...

[Frank Lopes]

PWL = Painting with Light...

We actually have in house a tutorial on how to do it:
http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=249

Originally Posted by pavel123

Lyle...great sketch
Frank..I love how your saturated colors of the wood . What does PWL stands for?
Patricia...very nice oil

I just tried to make a toned photo.

Pavel

[Swampy]

Wonderful shots, Pavel! I am amazed at the photographers among us who manage to frame such wonderful shots from mundane things.

I ran my "minumum" line art routine then used the blur and sponge tools to tone down the background barn. Used the sharpen tool to add detail to the foreground barn. Texture, frame.

[pavel123]

Originally Posted by Frank Lopes

PWL = Painting with Light...

We actually have in house a tutorial on how to do it:
http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=249

Frank, thank you.

Pavel

[pavel123]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Wonderful shots, Pavel! I am amazed at the photographers among us who manage to frame such wonderful shots from mundane things.

Swampy, thank you . To me photography is not necessarily about shooting spectacular sunsets and mountain views . It is more about creating certain mood. In fact one of my favorite shots is that of an old tin can.

Pavel

[pavel123]

watercolor in Photoshop.

Full size here

[patriciakay]

Lovely Swampy....now i can try this great look ...thanks to your tute!!!

Pavel...I really like your watercolor....you are doing some super paintings!!

Patricia....

[pavel123]

Patricia, thank you.

pavel

[irshgrlkc]

Nice job everyone, and they were lovely pictures to start with. Looks nothing like the "tree farms" (used very loosely) here in the desert, grumbling in jealousy.

I'm pretty new to the smudge technique so I thought I'd try it out on this picture.

[Steve Conway]

Old trucks.....ain't nothing like 'em. Didn't a guy by the name of Tom T. Hall have a song or two about this?

Steve