Creative Interpretations - Ascet

[amica999]

Here you have it all, colors, hair n' definition...
Original here: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1130600

Curious what you all come up with. Have fun

[amica999]

Here's my go at it...A mixture of AHB and Impressionist

[0lBaldy]

Nice find Amica

Just a couple of actions from me..

[Sweetlight]

That's a nice one Mr. Baldy.....

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[sylvia1065]

Great picture again, Amica!!!
Very nice version, OlBaldy
AHB
Sylvia

[lkroll]

Went high contrast fine art result for this one.

[Sweetlight]

That one is very nice Kroll, looks like an etching or block print.
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[lkroll]

Thanks. A little convoluted to explain, but I'll try. I created a fill layer with a slightly darker color then the brightest one. I create a mask for that layer using the image itself with a copy of original underneath the now masked fill layer. I then duplcate the original and run ACE on the new center layer and adjust opacity to taste. I flatten, desaturate, and stretch the contrast.

[Sweetlight]

Big Magic........

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[amica999]

all unique versions. My preference on this is a warmer tone and/or darker toned, as most of you confirmed.
OB, you have nicely tickled out details
Sylvia, it's light and soft, looks good
Lyle, I really like that
Chris, dark and soft, lovely

[oltenius]

Amica, Thanks, great picture!
Excellent interpretations from members.
Dan

[Steve Conway]

Interesting old fellow here. Quite a shot.

Steve C.

[amica999]

Dan, interesting crop and soft "old" look
Steve, another nice one, can I detect a hint of fractalius in there?

[Sweetlight]

Very nice Dan,

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[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by amica999

Dan, interesting crop and soft "old" look
Steve, another nice one, can I detect a hint of fractalius in there?

No, not this time. It's DAP with a preset I came up with. Then a bit of painting in Paint Shop Pro to finish.

Steve C.

[oltenius]

Amica and Sweetlight, Thanks very much for appreciations!
Dan

[GerryB]

Just playing with filters, etc.

[amica999]

rocket science , Gerry. Nice

[LonK]

FEED ME!

Redfield Face Control, Topaz Denoise and Adjust, sharpen.

[sylvia1065]

Excellent, Lonnie !!!
Beautiful results from all of you

Sylvia

PS: I just noticed the title of your post, Lonnie.
Did you see the size of this guy's bones??? They're half mine!

[GerryB]

Thanks, Amica999. Sometimes I can't think of what to do specifically so I start playing around until I find something that looks good.

[MiningArt]

Duotone using standard tools. Desaturated, embossed, blue on blue gradient, black edging.

[alexmeta]

AHB, Color Balance, Sharpen, Different Blends

[Sweetlight]

Alex, I love that overall blue tone. It's sweet.

[amica999]

Lonnie, this is superb
MA, nice
Alex, very different, love your tendency towards blue

[alexmeta]

Sweetlight, amica999, Thanks for your kind comments.

[lkroll]

Sort of a colorized stipple this time. Like a book insert graphic.

Click following link for ful rez image.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1...39068820rp.jpg