Curiosity of Children

[FranS]

A friend sent me this photo and I thought you might enjoy working with it.

Fran

[lynn55]

Hello

That Nice Children.

[geepee52]

A really lovely image Fran.Thanks for posting.

Grant

[aartist]

Here is my take.
Hope you like the title, it seemed appropriate.

Beautiful photo.

[lkroll]

DAP Monet and a few additional embellishments (I'm beginning to like the word embellishments; lol).

Here's the full render; attached just a crop.

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by lkroll

DAP Monet and a few additional embellishments (I'm beginning to like the word embellishments; lol).

Here's the full render; attached just a crop.

Hey thats really good lkroll, how did you get that nice texture/brushstroke finish?

[lkroll]

I blended in Impressionist Old Brush Stamp preset (did mod the preset by changing the brush) and a few other things (more embellishments; lol). Did some selective deleting around the face area to bring back those details too.

[palms]

Precious photo
here's something from me

Palms

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by lkroll

I blended in Impressionist Old Brush Stamp preset (did mod the preset by changing the brush) and a few other things (more embellishments; lol). Did some selective deleting around the face area to bring back those details too.

Hi Lyle

I tried the Old pattern Brush stamp, but it didn't turn out as good as yours.
Any particular brush you recommend?
Thanks
Shane

[lkroll]

Here's my mods for this preset Shane (way overdue since I've mentioned that I modded this preset many many times). Still, after the preset, you still have to blend it in and do some selective erase throughs were needed (yes that's the work part; filters, unfortunately, can't do it all, but I still keep trying for that nirvana).

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Here's my mods for this preset Shane (way overdue since I've mentioned that I modded this preset many many times). Still, after the preset, you still have to blend it in and do some selective erase throughs were needed (yes that's the work part; filters, unfortunately, can't do it all, but I still keep trying for that nirvana).

Thank you very much Lyle, you've been so helpful.
I didn't realise Impressionist had so many things that we could adjust, its amazing. I couldn't find that brush you chose , but there are heaps of others so i will do some experimenting.

Thanks Heaps Lyle

[lkroll]

You will literally spend hours finding all kinds of things that Impressionist can do (I sure did; still occasionally do). God speed on your quest.

[mikajomc]

Nice job Lyle!
Thanks for the play Fran.
Mine is an AHB.

Click HERE for larger size.

[MiningArt]

An embossed and high contrast merged.

[FranS]

Thanks to everyone who has posted a version.

Lynn -- nice vibrant colors and I like your additon of the title to the image
Grant -- you got the softness I wanted in my version. I think I over Topazed (is that a word?) it at the start and I couldn't get back
Aartist - great title and your framing really sets off what you've done with the image
Lyle -- you're going to have to give me some tips on using DAP -- I can't get anything that looks anything like what you've done
Palms -- I never tire of your minimalist style -- it worked very well here
Jordan -- nice job with the AHB -- you're going to have to give some tips on that one too
John --bright and bold, very nice effect

Fran

[lkroll]

Hey Fran; you can always check out the DAP forum (which I sometimes frequent; my handle there as everywhere else but here is lylejk). The biggest thing to understand is that DAP is more a tool then a do all (even my Skittles result needs some additional tlc). Traditional layer editing techniques will give you the result that you want (blending your original with DAP results where needed; that's the fun isn't it? lol). I've yet to reach nirvana (love that word) with just using filters, but that's my quest. I guess if I ever do succeed, then you all won't see much of me anymore ('cause by then, computers would have taken over the world; lol).

[ahutton]

Love this photo!

My version used VP gotchi, everything set to subtle except focus. Then desaturated the result and bumped up the contrast.

Amy Hutton

[secretagents]

Nice pic. Here is mine.