Creative interpretations: Country Scene

[Mal Firth]

Here is a picture I took on Sunday whilst out walking in the Peak District of the UK. It shows one of several semi-paved paths leading up onto an area known as Stanage Edge, once the scene of a thriving mill-stone manufacturing industry (there are many long abandoned mill stones still lying around in the long grass), now a popular area for both walkers and rock climbers.

[Mal Firth]

Here's my first attempt at "art", an action called ART-Oils by Danny Raphael from an article by Ted LaCasio in the Photoshop CS Supplement in the Oct/Nove issue of Photoshop User Magazine.

[Mal Firth]

I adapted a methos detailed at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=10263013 tro get a pen and ink sketch.

Copy background layer and desaturate it

Copy desaturated layer, invert it and change Blend Mode to Color Dodge.
Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur with moderate blur to draw the sketch lines (try 7-12 pix)

Add curves layer and pull the curve downward from the middle (half way down) to increase lines contrast.

Copy background a third time and move it to the top of the stack. Apply Filter >> Artistic >>Dry brush (size=5, brush detail=2, texture=1) and set Blend Mode to Multiply.

Add Hue&Sat layer and check Colorize. Other settings: Hue 45, Sat 32

New layer the ALT Merge Visible
Adjustments > Shadow/Hightlight (Shadow 50% Highlight 25%)

Levels layer (Input Levels 9, 1.16, 232)

[Manjumena]

Nice image! I was just playing around!

[JustChecking]

well lovely photo indeed...

3 layers - copies of original
middle layer - chalkoholic 5,35; blend-overlay
top layer - blend-overlay

had to blur it a bit to get under 100K...

[kiska]

Painter- chalk auto-clone QUICK
pastel clone
PS- liquify trees
apply image
b/c
Alot of blur tool

[Joeven]

This is an oldie.

Joe

[mlmaxey]

Another great rendition Joe! What is your secret? or are you one of those this comes to naturally. I love ALL your work!

Lance

[Joeven]

Originally Posted by mlmaxey

Another great rendition Joe! What is your secret? or are you one of those this comes to naturally. I love ALL your work!

Lance

Well thanks Lance. I have no secrets. I read a lot of Photoshop tutorials and always like trying new stuff.

Joe

[skipatk]

Great find Joe. Here's a watercolor go.

[doyt]

A topaz touch

[geepee52]

Nice pic.Tried for an oil painting look using impressionist filter.

Grant

[doyt]

2nd version with canvas texture

[Kraellin]

Mal,

if you're still around, great pic to work with. it's almost a painting all by itself.

i did a little work in psp.

[alexmeta]

Painting with AHB

[FranS]

I missed this one the first time.

I used DAP and Photoshop on this.

[Veralisa]

very well done, Fran. I especially like the enriched colors.

[alexmeta]

Another watercolor

[Veralisa]

Hey, I did this one up then couldn't find the thread to post to. Well, here you guys are!
It's supposed to be a frosty, foggy morning in early Autumn.

[0lBaldy]

Wow Veronica... looks like a very frosty, foggy morning to me... Great Job!.. Very Nice!

A cropped combo of Fractalius, Impasto, Watercolor, and Comics all blended together with different blend modes from me