Old Man Revisited

[Janet Petty]

Two or so years ago, I took pictures of this gentle old man as he tended his cows. Two years have past. He is still tending his cattle by hand, using his old hay fork from 1944. He is still waving and smiling at all the cars that pass so quickly and hoping that someone will wave back. He often forgets to eat and is rail thin with a bend to his back from severe osteoporosis; but extremely agile for someone so many years young. The cattle he tends are so gentle that they will come to the fence line for a friendly scratch or rub--no shying away with these bovines. Mr. Plumlee looks every day of this nearly 80 years. His mind is filled with a lot of nonsense that makes complete sense to him. I hope I'm doing as well when I reach his age.

The link below is to the original thread. Enjoy painting these new pictures. If you think they are too yellow. I took them during the evening's golden hour. The only adjustments have been to levels and some gaussian blur on #3 (the cow in the back).

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...9-old-man.html

Janet

[amica999]

Nice story, Janet. Please wave at him from me next time you pass :-)

[0lBaldy]

Such a nice shot I didn't want to muck up the pixels to much, so I just combined some layer options

[Swampy]

Janet, thak you for bringing back the kind old man.

I wanted to step out of my box a little on this and do a modern painting of an old man. Adjusted curves using the pencil tool to get the wild colors. Saved as a pattern, Sketch layer set to color burn over a PST with a hard edge brush with Impressionist turned on. Top layer PST with Impressionist off to bring back some detail

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

Such a nice shot I didn't want to muck up the pixels to much, so I just combined some layer options

Great OlBaldy. I like the combinations you did here.

Be sure, I'll wave. Always do.

WOW Swampy, we posted at exactly the same time. Great "muck up". I always like what you do.

Janet

[john718]

Awesome Pictures !!

[Janet Petty]

Originally Posted by john718

Awesome Pictures !!

You should see the ones that "got away".

Thanks for "playing". His pictures do lend themselves to this kind of treatment. You did a good job.

Janet

[john718]

Thank You, He reminds me of an old gentlemen I knew

[kimlou]

Great pictures, thanks for the play. Another pattern stamp attempt...

[kimlou]

And another...

[Swampy]

Thank you, Janet. :-)

[Janet Petty]

Kimlou, your pictures with the pattern stamp look great. Thanks for the play.

Here is mine.

Janet

[lkroll]

Yes I remember this gentleman Janet. Playing with my trial period of India Ink (Flaming Pear) filter.

[lkroll]

CherylH's Fingerpaint1 preset (and a few other things).

[Frank Lopes]

I haven't done one of these in a while, so here it goes:
HDR followed by Poster Edges in CS3

[Steve Conway]

Old man.

Steve C.

[0lBaldy]

Happy Easter ALL!

A real man!

[Steve Conway]

Old man...2

Steve C.

[Steve Conway]

Old man...3

Steve C.

[0lBaldy]

I think I have seen this man in every town and country I have ever been in! He may have even been on the cover of Saturday Evening Post magazine.. and if not... then he could have been! Beautiful renditions of this Nice capture..

[Britsdad]

I remember this "old gadgie" well, if this thread turns out as good as the first one did it will be a "belter".
Again Janet wonderful pics.
John

[sylvia1065]

I remember painting that young man! Thanks for the wonderful pictures, Janet
Funny, how our style evolves over the years...
Here's my new version, all smudged, no plug-in used.
Sylvia

[sylvia1065]

Another one...
Sylvia

[Janet Petty]

Ok, I hope I get this right. I'm not good at remembering what each individual person did. If I forget or slip up, don't take it personally. Tis just me.

Lyle: I like the India Ink. I think I would have gone just a tad lighter on the thickness of the lines. The Cheryl's preset is much better. I like that one.

Frank: Cool way to turn a gray beard black. Unique interpretation. Thumbs up with the HDR thing. How about a tutorial for a finished product from just one picture?

Steve: Three submissions are very individual. I like all three. The first one cross hatched; the second one with the squares is great; but the last one is Renaissance all the way. Great work!!!

Baldy: Yours almost looks as if you stippled the picture then put the colored version on top for effect. Very different, very unique. Your comments are very touching as well. Thank you.

Britsdad: I like the effect of the 1/2 sharp - 1/2 blur. It keeps me coming back to look over and over again.

Sylvia: What do I say? You took 15 years off Chester's face. Wonderful, marvelous and all without painful plastic surgery. Your smudge work is amazing.

Thanks all for participating. I'm enjoying the results here.

Janet

[pavel123]

Janet, thank you for your photos and the story.
I do remember the old thread.

Steve, love your No 2.

Painter, mostly Sargent brush.

Link to hi-res:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...-PlumleeP1.jpg

[dkcoats]

I enjoyed Mr. Plumlee's company the first time around. Nice to see him back.
Another Painter attempt here using Judy's "Painterly Soft" brush.

[sylvia1065]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Sylvia: What do I say? You took 15 years off Chester's face. Wonderful, marvelous and all without painful plastic surgery. Your smudge work is amazing.
Janet

Thank you very much, Janet!
Sylvia
PS: Feel free to give him a copy if you think he would like it...

[Frank Lopes]

Janet,

I duplicated the image layer
Downloaded a trial copy of ReDynaMix HDR and applied these settings to the new layer. As best as I can remember...

Afterwards, I applied the Poster Edges filter that comes with Photoshop

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Frank: Cool way to turn a gray beard black. Unique interpretation. Thumbs up with the HDR thing. How about a tutorial for a finished product from just one picture?

Janet

[Steve Conway]

Janet...these are photos with personality. Great to work on.

Thank you for your very welcome comments.

Steve C.

[Steve Conway]

[QUOTE=pavel123;187444]Janet, thank you for your photos and the story.
I do remember the old thread.

Steve, love your No 2. QUOTE]


Just great photos to work with......so much expression, you can hardly go wrong.

Thank you.

Steve C.