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01-17-2008, 08:23 AM
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Another great wall paper. |
01-17-2008, 12:52 PM
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Nice image Swampy
Palms |
01-17-2008, 01:23 PM
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Cool Palms. It looks almost like a reflection with those swirly leaves. |
01-17-2008, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by palms1  Nice image Swampy
Palms | Indeed... great pic.
I took a shot at a BW conversion. I copied each channel onto separate layers and use blend modes and layer masks to isolate the "best" from each layer, plus Curves adjustment layers to increase contrast.
Adding the wide black border seemed to give the illusion of more contrast. |
01-17-2008, 01:47 PM
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Wow, Danny! That is a great black and white. Thanks for the workflow! |
01-17-2008, 02:50 PM
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"Peaceful Places"
Steve C. |
01-17-2008, 03:33 PM
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Ooooo, Steve! How'd you do that? I love the effect! |
01-17-2008, 04:24 PM
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Really nice pic Swampy
AHB |
01-17-2008, 09:05 PM
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yup, give up the secrets, steve! that's a good one  |
01-18-2008, 02:20 AM
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I'm with the rest of the gang Steve, that is gorgeous especially the trees
Palms |
01-18-2008, 09:56 AM
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Ditto the previous kudos... Outstanding work on this one, Steve. |
01-19-2008, 09:47 AM
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Wow! Many thanks to all...nice comments...all appreciated.
How did I do it...well believe it or not it started out as a watercolor which I did not really like, so I added some Buzz and to bring back a little detail I ran USM on it. That's really about it.
Sometimes you luck out when you can't decide what you want.
Thanks again.
Steve C. |
01-19-2008, 10:52 AM
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Interesting, Steve. I never thought to run Buzz on a painted layer, but I can see where it would tend to really smooth things out. |
01-19-2008, 07:16 PM
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Swampy, thank you for the photo.
Sketch, compressed to basically noise...
Pavel |
01-19-2008, 11:05 PM
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thanks, steve. buzz... never had it or used it. maybe one of these days. hmm, wonder if i could make a filter forge buzz filter  | 
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