Waiting for the sunrise

[Janet Petty]

While waiting for the sunrise on the Steel Creek access to the Buffalo River this morning (and freezing my fingers into unusable stubs), I shot the fog rising off the river.

The picture is straight out of the camera. Your challenge, should you accept it, is to fix it up, then paint it to your liking. Beware, the fog plays havoc with the settings. Enjoy.

Janet

[lkroll]

Still perfecting my GIMPressionist oil technique. The trick is the blending of canvas and rendering (selective erasing) to give it the desired dimension. Added some Dynamic Range enhancements (via a Script-fu) as well as some Tone-mapping blends.

[Alcar]

Ikroll, your efforts are really bearing fruit. I would love to learn more on how you are achieving this excellent effect.
Janet, nice photo and fine work on your interpretation.
Alan

[Swampy]

Janet, Fantastic photo!! I should knit you some mittens to keep your fingers warm as a thank you for this one. Well done.

AHB and HB. I thought this just begged for a soft watercolor treatment.

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Janet, I should knit you some mittens to keep your fingers warm as a thank you for this one.

Ahh Gee Thanks. Blush. I'll spin the wool. Seriously, the gloves just make it harder to work the controls on the camera and adjust the tripod. But thanks for the sentiment. It is appreciated.

Great work so far on a difficult photo. Let's see some more.

Janet

[Alcar]

Had to take a stab at this one.
Alan

[lkroll]

Thanks for the comments Alan. Sort of outlined the technique here (but I keep forgetting to add that I also used Bumpmap filter).

[palms]

Nice photo Janet sorry about the cold hands, you need to get swampy to knit you some fingerless gloves then you can still work your camera then

I too have used the ahb on this one

Palms

[Swampy]

Excellent, Palms! Another great painterly look.

[dkcoats]

Janet - beautiful photo; thanks for the play. Lyle, Palms, Alan, Swampy - these are all great.

Did mine in PainterX with Den's brushes. Tune-up and texturing in CS2.

[palms]

Thank you Swampy and dc, And great renditions everyone

Palms

[Marinpix]

I found some mittens at REI that the fingers and thumb pull back to let you do fine work. I always take them with my gear when it might get cold.

John

[oltenius]

Very nice picture and versions!
I used dodge, burn and color adjustments.
Dan

[GerryB]

This is my first attempt after installing Leopard. I had to do an "erase and install" so I had to reinstall and configure all my software. What a pain. There was something wrong with my Tiger setup that wouldn't let me do an update. At least I had all my data and stuff on my two external drives.

[Steve Conway]

Sketchy...foggy....chilly......wonder if there are trout in that stream.

Steve C.

[Peter S]

What a great picture thanks for posting.
Hope I ain't spoiled it.

Peter

[Photomaster]

Terrific photo Janet! Did this with an Infrared filter and AHB.

[chillin]

Just playing around with IR & water color filters.

[Janet Petty]

I've just spent time looking at each entry in this thread. There are some amazing renditions. I admit to being disappointed in the color saturation of the photo. It sure didn't look that bleak to my mind's eye. However, it has been very worthwhile to have posted it and having watched the transformations. I'm pleased you all like one of my favorite places to shoot.

Janet

[palms]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

I've just spent time looking at each entry in this thread. There are some amazing renditions. I admit to being disappointed in the color saturation of the photo. It sure didn't look that bleak to my mind's eye. However, it has been very worthwhile to have posted it and having watched the transformations. I'm pleased you all like one of my favorite places to shoot.

Janet

I think the pleasure is ours Janet you give us some lovely photo's to artify

Palms

[GerryB]

I second Palms sentiment!!

[Kraellin]

mother nature is still the best painter, and certainly the most prolific. thank you, janet!

some amazing renditions here. oltenius, i love that high contrast, dramatic rendition!

mine is sort of a chalk... sort of

[Kraellin]

and a little filter forge 'chipped glass'.

[Mal Firth]

Spent ages playing with this, and now I can't remember what I did ;-(

[CathyH]

Thanks Janet for sharing this great photo.
Criag I like both of yours, the one with the emboss is neat, becuase it is only in selected area, and the other one I love the colors and the honeycomb look.
Mal, yours turned out great, a really good impressionistic version.
Here is mine.

[Swampy]

Really pretty, Cathy. The mist and the water are so well done.

[cardmnal]

I have been pretty busy as of late and haven't had time to post (I have been lurking a bit ). I couldn't resist a shot at this great photo.

here is a bit of a water color.



Alan

[Janet Petty]

WOW, ya'll are doing some very nice work on this foggy morning. I just love looking at everyone's own special interpretation of the same scene. Keep up the great work.

Janet

[Ziaphra]

Ok..last one...promise!

[alexmeta]

Wonderful photo, Janet.
Couldn't resist.
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