Sunset Sidewalk

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Gary Richardson

Great picture Issy, had to have a play.

Glad you did Gary, that quite good.

Peter

[Alcar]

Great image. Here's my take on it, using the art history brush.
Alan

[Gary Richardson]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Glad you did Gary, that quite good.

Peter

Thanks Peter, Photoart is not one of my strengths, so any encouragement is greatly appreciated.

[Swampy]

This photo gives me a chance to play with some streaming light. :-)

Filled a vertical rectangle with white to transparent blend from both left and right sides of the rectangle. Added some inner and outer glows. Set to Soft Light blend mode. Free Transform -Distort to rotate and place the light streams. Added a little film grain.

Copied a selection of the two foreground figures to a new layer and masked out around their edges (where they would be blocking the light stream.

HSL Adjustment layer to the original to pump up the color a tad.

[alexmeta]

Dramatic picture, Issy. Thank you.
PSCS Art History Brush

[Issy]

Wow,some fabulous renditions.
Thank you all
Issy

[DannyRaphael]

I especially liked Alan's Art History Brush (AHB) interpretation above. Once again he inspired me to experiment a bit more with it...

Rough workflow:
* Multiple layers of AHB strokes using different brush styles, e.g., Spatter, Chalk, Dry Brush, Rolled Terry towel, etc.,
* Tried different brush diameters (3-8 for detail, 20-40 for large/fill-in areas), Daub and Tight Short
* Brushes Palette: Hue and Brightness jitter setting tweaks yielded some interesting results.
* Merged visible, sharpened, painted some more, sharpened some more -- you get the idea.
* To get some edge detail: Applied Smart Blur > Edge Only to a copy of BG. Image > Adjustments > Invert. Applied Stylize > Diffuse > Anisotropic to soften edges a bit. Added Hide All layer mask and airbrushed with white to reveal some edge detail.

*GREAT* pic to work with.

[Gary Richardson]

If you're gonna make a late entry, make it with a bang.

Nice one Danny, really enjoyed it.

[Issy]

Hi Danny
The BANG! heard here in Cape Town,South Africa.Fabulous!
Issy

[Kraellin]

another done in filter forge, my 'luminosity masking' filter.

[Kraellin]

same filter and same preset, but with HDRI lighting effects.