Creative Interpretations: Old West Blacksmith

CJ Swartz · #1 02-17-2008, 03:40 AM

Our photo group visited "Rawhide", an old West town, and one of interesting shops is the blacksmith. Thought I'd start it off with an illustrated look with a bit of Diffuse Glow added and reduced.

palms1 · #2 02-17-2008, 08:11 AM

Great photo C.J.

I love it and it is worth more than one attempt,
like you i went the illustrated way using dynamic photo then back in ps for a punch action

Palms

Steve Conway · #3 02-17-2008, 10:10 AM

"Under the spreading Chestnut tree the village smithy stands"...etc...etc....

Wow, what detail in this photo!

Steve C.

Swampy · #4 02-17-2008, 10:41 AM

Great photo to work with, CJ. Thanks for the play.

Used a stock photo of boards and adjusted colors slightly. Did a Fiind Edges and saved as a Pattern then painted back with various opacities with the PST.

Steve Conway · #5 02-17-2008, 11:13 AM

Hey there Swampy..that's quite good!

Steve C.

CJ Swartz · #6 02-17-2008, 12:11 PM

Great punched up look, Palms!

Steve, there's a LOT more detail AFTER you worked with it!

Swampy, very nice! Wood burning effect adds to the old west feel!

Steve Conway · #7 02-17-2008, 12:57 PM

[QUOTE=CJ Swartz

Steve, there's a LOT more detail AFTER you worked with it!

[/QUOTE]

Yup! Always seem to forget where to stop.

Steve C.

Swampy · #8 02-17-2008, 01:04 PM

Thanks, Steve and CJ! :-)

hawkeye60 · #9 02-17-2008, 02:00 PM

I haven't been to Rawhide in at least a decade, nice to know it's still there.

palms1 · #10 02-17-2008, 02:00 PM

couldn't resist another attempt before shutting the pc down

Palms

Peter S · #11 02-17-2008, 05:14 PM

And I couldn't resist a first go at it.

Peter

alexmeta · #12 02-17-2008, 05:49 PM

Just playing with light and colors.

mikajomc · #13 02-17-2008, 08:42 PM

Wow! There is a lot of amazing work here!!
Steve- love the opalescent colors in yours, very cool
Swampy- what an awesome idea to use the PST on that board background!!
CJ- wonderful photo

Dron58 · #14 02-18-2008, 12:57 AM

It's my mr. Smith.

kimlou · #15 02-18-2008, 04:59 AM

Here's my first attempt at this one, I have a feeling I may have another go at some point though as this is a fab photo! Thanks!

Steve Conway · #16 02-18-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikajomc

Wow! There is a lot of amazing work here!!
Steve- love the opalescent colors in yours, very cool

Many thanks.

Steve C.

sylvia1065 · #17 02-18-2008, 07:36 PM

What a beautiful picture!
You guys all did a fantastic job with it!!!
Sylvia

lkroll · #18 02-21-2008, 05:37 PM

Thought an illustration (like many of you have) was in order.

alexmeta · #19 02-22-2008, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkroll

Thought an illustration (like many of you have) was in order.

lkroll, nice composition of dark and light tone, I really like it.

lkroll · #20 02-22-2008, 06:28 AM

Thanks Alex; I did add a little Xylograph (pretty obvious) to the blend.

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