Parisian Street Scene

[gholmes1936]

Hey Gang, Here is one for you creative bunch. I did a couple but only could bear to put one up after the original. One thing I have learned is that a lousy photograph can sometime be saved by what we do here. Don't you agree?

First I tweaked the high heavens out of the basic image. then I used topaz Simplify, next went to Nik ColorEfex 3.0 and added some fog effect.

[gholmes1936]

Yes, this is all I have to do on a Friday night. Being 73 has the advantage of having done all that I cared to do. And boy, did I do it, time to rest now.

[BitG]

Very nice scene, wish I could see it in real life !

[palms]

Very nice Gunner

I used buzz, adjust, and the history brush

nice painting BitG

Palms

[Swampy]

Great photo.

Color tweaks with Topaz, Cut out, Topaz simplify etc. Pattern Stamp Tool

[gholmes1936]

I need to find a tutorial on using the pattern stamp tool. I have never used it!

[Swampy]

Gunner, I have 2 video tutorials on the PST. 101 is basic set up and use, 102 goes into a little more depth with possibilities. See the tutorial link in my sig.

[palms]

and another from me using buzz and impressionist


Palms

[Michel B]

Living in Paris, but never tired of those scenes:

[Steve Conway]

Paris is always a great subject for photography or paintings.

Made two attempts, but the first one required too much size reduction and did not come out well. Here is my second attempt.

Steve C.

[oltenius]

Excellent picture!
Dan

[gholmes1936]

Just goes to how one that folks that are good with the applications that we use and that have a good "eye" can really do wonders with a POOR photo. Poor from a purist photographer point of view that is. The basic bones are there and that's all you folks need as I see it, am I wrong?

[gholmes1936]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Gunner, I have 2 video tutorials on the PST. 101 is basic set up and use, 102 goes into a little more depth with possibilities. See the tutorial link in my sig.

Hey Swampy, Thanks for the tip(s) on your tutorials. Now I have more great learning to do-after Mothers Day tho.

[gholmes1936]

Have you all tried http://www.picnik.com tools yet?

[lkroll]

dtn illustration. Here's the hirez version.

[gholmes1936]

Hey Lyle,
What is "dtn illustration"???

[sylvia1065]

Wow, great job on this picture!!!
Thanks for the play, Gunner.
Color correction, a touch of Topaz Adjust and Topaz Simplify.
Sylvia

[dkcoats]

Gunner, don't sell yourself short. It's a nice shot.

I tweaked it in CS4 with Topaz Adjust/Simplify, used DAPainter/Benson and blended most of the result with the original back in PS, then added some texture.

[Kraellin]

nice one, dc

here's one from filter forge.

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by gholmes1936

Hey Lyle,
What is "dtn illustration"???

dtn is Day to Night Gunner. Not that good at it, but I do like playing with this style once in a while since you can really get surreal like renders from it. I when the illustration route this time with mine though.

[kilty560]

Very nice shot. Love what you guys done so far and this is my version.

[imagicphoto]

Mainly needed a sky! As well as a few lighting tweaks.

[gholmes1936]

Ahh, such good renditions.

[PeterI]

Couple of different renderings..one is just a little more painterly than the other. I tried to perserve what was in the original, but bring out color and detail.

[sylvia1065]

Nice ones, Peter

[gholmes1936]

Cool renditions.

[PeterI]

Thanks Sylvia, for the encouragement.

BTW I bought your book this week and I am working my way through a number of the tutorials. A Great resources.... Thanks for putting all your hard work into the book and sharing what you have learned over the years.

Hope to have more to show soon, as I get up to speed with a number of your AHB techniques... ;-).

Peter

[sylvia1065]

Originally Posted by PeterI

Thanks Sylvia, for the encouragement.

BTW I bought your book this week and I am working my way through a number of the tutorials. A Great resources.... Thanks for putting all your hard work into the book and sharing what you have learned over the years.

Hope to have more to show soon, as I get up to speed with a number of your AHB techniques... ;-).

Peter

Thank you very much for the very kind words, Peter
Do try the AHB, it's a great way to give a very painted look to an image. Make sure you resize your picture first though, as the results really depend on the size of the image.
Sylvia

[lkroll]

OK Gunner; liked this one so much that I had to do another one.

Full version: http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/157/paris03030.jpg

[gholmes1936]

Wow a colored lino cut. Cool.