Fruity

palms · #1 01-12-2008, 01:08 PM

Here are some fruit photo's done in my usual style ( bull in a china shop) with no thought about lighting etc etc . Hope you have some fun, cant wait to see if you can come up with anything

and anything goes

Palms

palms · #2 01-12-2008, 02:12 PM

starting off with this one
used ahb, texture, and a few other tweaks

Palms

lkroll · #3 01-12-2008, 02:34 PM

Been on a metal crave of late. Used Amphisoft's Metalwork II and PS's Chrome (PS 5.5 version works in Irfanview) for this one. Yes, I did my GIMP/Irfanview combo again since currently, that's my flow. Would probably have saved some time using CS2; oh well. lol

palms · #4 01-12-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Been on a metal crave of late. Used Amphisoft's Metalwork II and Photoshop's Chrome (Photoshop 5.5 version works in Irfanview) for this one. Yes, I did my GIMP/Irfanview combo again since currently, that's my flow. Would probably have saved some time using CS2; oh well. lol

I like that quite funky

Palms

Peter S · #5 01-12-2008, 04:59 PM

Pomegranates love the taste but those seeds give me the pip.

Peter

lkroll · #6 01-12-2008, 05:27 PM

Liquidy oil this time (don't ask how, but if pressed, it does involve GIMPressionist Fury and GREYCstoration among many other things).

Swampy · #7 01-12-2008, 05:30 PM

My Impressionist (no, not the filter) :-)

Thanks for the play, Palms!

Janet Petty · #8 01-12-2008, 10:14 PM

Who cares if it is a "bull in a china shop". They are great photos to work on. Ahhh, so much potential and so little time.

Janet

0lBaldy · #9 01-12-2008, 10:32 PM

You do good work Palms.. a very nice job......well done...

I came up with a gif.. along with my picture,
but the gif is tooo big for this forum so I put it here:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...Pro/Fruit4.gif

My fruity Pic

palms · #10 01-13-2008, 04:06 AM

Peter nice work
About the pips ! as kids we used to have a pin to take the pips out and eat, and my parents still buy me a pomegranate every year, including this one which was a bonus xmas one

lkroll again a nice effect

Swampy a great painting as i would expect

Janet is there ever enough time ! ! ! !

OlBaldy again nice work and the gif is super especially agree with step 6

Palms

lkroll · #11 01-13-2008, 07:48 AM

Glad that you liked the other one Palms; thought I would try to duplicate the effect again (more for my own benifit then anything). I did omit a step last time; I blended in Retinex before Amphisoft step. Also added a distorted (of the original) reflection to the mix. This time I didn't add a reflection, but I did blend in a brushed Aluminum texture. Here's the complete (600+ K) file; really only see the brushed Aluminum affect when viewed fully.

0lBaldy · #12 01-13-2008, 12:07 PM

My play on #3
PS7 filters

Steve Conway · #13 01-13-2008, 12:21 PM

I'd guess tangerines in the bowl...right?

Steve C.

palms · #14 01-13-2008, 12:44 PM

lkroll that is sure shiny, i could see a lot of uses for the technique on wedding, anniversary, photos etc

OlBaldy i see the metallic theme is catching ? looks like silver running down the pomegranate and it has added a new dimension to a plain glass plate

Steve nice image but wrong fruit

it's a Clementine, and there is a song from my school days ! ! !

Palms

lkroll · #15 01-13-2008, 01:56 PM

Almost the same as metal (more subtle on the effects and did not use Chrome; did use Plastic Wrap though). Still lot's of other convolutions and also added Sparkle and other GIMP lighting effects.

Steve Conway · #16 01-14-2008, 10:00 AM

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Steve nice image but wrong fruit

it's a Clementine, and there is a song from my school days ! ! !

Palms[/QUOTE]

The Clementine and Tangerine are close cousins. Never had a Clementine, but have eaten many Satsumas. We grow Tangerines and Satumas here in Florida. Here's a squib from a page on the internet.

"Tangerines
There are different types of tangerines but the most well-known
are the Clementine and the Japanese Satsuma.
The clergyman Pierre Clement crossed a mandarin and an
orange and the result of this lucky crossing was a seedless mandarin
with a looser skin, making it easier to peel: the Clementine.
The satsuma is a crossing from Japan."

Thanks for the nice comments on my play with your photo.

Steve C.

palms · #17 01-15-2008, 01:31 PM

Thanks for the info Steve, cant put my finger on why but i prefer Clementine's

any way put a bit of sunshine on this one for you ! !

Palms

Steve Conway · #18 01-15-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by palms1

Thanks for the info Steve, cant put my finger on why but i prefer Clementine's

any way put a bit of sunshine on this one for you ! !

Palms

Nice one, and just in time with that warm sun too. Has been a bit nippy here for the past few days, (for us that is.) Temps in the 50's in the daytime and lows in the 30's at night. Supposed to warm back up into the 70's in a day or so. That's the way our winters go. Like the old saying, "In Florida, if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute!"

Steve C.

GerryB · #19 01-16-2008, 05:47 PM

Here's some chilled fruit. It really got chilled.

GerryB · #20 01-16-2008, 07:05 PM

Here's a Still Life.

palms · #21 01-17-2008, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GerryB

Here's a Still Life.

Two great images Gerry, good idea the chilled fruit!

Palms

GerryB · #22 01-17-2008, 11:30 AM

Thanks Palms. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. It feels good to be doing this again.

pavel123 · #23 01-17-2008, 05:08 PM

Palms, thank you for the photos.
Bright colors, perfect for winter.

Pavel

GerryB · #24 01-17-2008, 06:59 PM

Texture Map + Watercolor

carb · #25 01-20-2008, 12:23 PM

I did one smudge in photoshop and the other painted in essentials 3. carb

Janet Petty · #26 01-20-2008, 03:36 PM

This fruit has been tempting me for days now. Even with all the great interpretations, no one moved it into the realm of renaissance with its dark, moody lighting. I thought I'd try. Even though it didn't measure up to my expectations, here it is.

Corrected for color and tone.
Added a huge vignette.
Fiddled with a couple of filters and blending modes.
Created a copy of the whole document, saved the original, then merged the copy.
Created a duplicate layer and used the AHB for strokes and a painterly texture
Merged visible onto a new layer and sharpened it.
Used selections and the selective color adjustment layer to tweak areas that didn't have the right tonal values.
Made cracks (although I had trouble with the emboss feature and didn't use it, imagine the cracks embossed a bit as if cracked all the way to the primer).
Canvas texture with a mask over areas so the texture is spotty.

Janet

lcramer53 · #27 01-20-2008, 05:23 PM

I really have a taste for tangerines now!

I took the liberty and added a little bit of a background, courtesy of sxc.hu.

Janet Petty · #28 01-20-2008, 05:29 PM

lcramer, that is a marvelous and creative interpretation. Way to go!

Janet

lcramer53 · #29 01-20-2008, 08:25 PM

Thanks Janet! Your interpretation actually inspired me to look "outside of the box" and although I didn't end up with anything like yours, it did take me outside of the the box.

palms · #30 01-21-2008, 05:33 AM

Way to go Girls

Janet the only words i can think of are excellent, superb, And I love it :grin
Susie get outside that box more often that is superb in both idea and execution

Palms