Creative Interpretations: Old Barn (Grand Tetons)

cardmnal · #1 03-04-2005, 10:31 AM

Hey Everybody,

I snapped this photo while visiting Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming this past summer. Hope you have fun with it!

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For my photoart version I....

created a duplicate layer.
adjust color balance.
ran through illustrator filter

ran BG layer through underpainting filter

adjusted opacity of illustrator layer and flattened.
made various selections and adjusted curves, levels, hue and sat.

DannyRaphael · #2 03-04-2005, 04:35 PM

Classic photo, cardmnal. I thought it begged for a conversion to BW.

Mine is based on my own version of the Yosemite Skies action available here:

http://www.creativestoke.org.uk/action.html

crex · #3 03-04-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Classic photo, cardmnal. I thought it begged for a conversion to BW.

Mine is based on my own version of the Yosemite Skies action available here:

http://www.creativestoke.org.uk/action.html

I love Your version of Yosemite!

TylerRB · #4 03-04-2005, 06:46 PM

Just simply tried to make the day look a little better than in the previous pic. Adjusted levels and added a few stock photo filters. Not much really.

T

SWEngineer · #5 03-04-2005, 09:46 PM

Some simple filter work in Elements2:

BG
A: copy BG. dodge the darkest shadows
B: copy A. Cutout. FilmGrain. PaletteKnife. Selected the light parts of the clouds and ran AddNoise + PaintDaubs-RoughDark
C: copy A. Bandpass 1 to 2.5. PosterEdges. (VividLight, 19%)
D: Levels Adj.
E: Hue/Sat Adj.

-Mark

crex · #6 03-04-2005, 11:17 PM

Pastel Colors:
http://www.fotofects.com/tutorials/p...stel/index.htm

Just Yosemite Action

cardmnal · #7 03-04-2005, 11:59 PM

You all do great work.

I love those grayscale versions. makes me feel as though a cowboy will come riding up to the barn.

The most interesting thing about this photo is when I took it I was actually surrounded by a herd of bison.

photobobbie · #8 03-05-2005, 02:56 AM

I used a little buzz, then embossed it, and saturated the colors.

Bobbie

Duv · #9 03-05-2005, 09:18 AM

I used a couple of actions to get this result:

Dave's New IR action version 2.1

Antique Stipple Engraving V2. atn 40 DPI Engraving

Cheers
Dave

cardmnal · #10 03-05-2005, 11:52 AM

Duv, I love it. The

stipling effect is wonderful!!

raniday · #11 03-06-2005, 07:29 PM

Beautiful barn pic and great renditions. I was trying for a watercolor effect.

DannyRaphael · #12 03-06-2005, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by raniday

Beautiful barn pic and great renditions. I was trying for a watercolor effect.

I think it would look even more watercolored if you toned down (what looks like) a layer of Smart Blur/Edges Only.

The underlying colors look very "wet-on-wet." How did you achieve that look?

~Danny~

jaykita · #13 03-07-2005, 02:55 AM

Very nice, everyone. Raniday, exceptional!
Mine is with layer mask -outer glow, color overlay. Also sketch layer-edges only, median layer with increased saturation. Diffuse - lighten only.

raniday · #14 03-07-2005, 11:27 AM

Thanks Jaykita.

Hi, Danny. As for whether it would look more "watercolored" toned down is basically a matter of taste. I painted in real watercolors long before I got my first digital art software, and I tend to paint in vibrant, splashy colors.

I did a lot of layers, softening and changing blending modes, but as usual, at the end I pumped up the colors in hue/sat because most of the digital watercolors I see try to retain the native colors of the original photo, and to me, watercolor isn't about making a faithful reproduction but is about.........well, color.

You're right, there's some smart blur in there, also some crystalize.
catherine

DannyRaphael · #15 03-07-2005, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by raniday

Thanks Jaykita.

Hi, Danny. As for whether it would look more "watercolored" toned down is basically a matter of taste. I painted in real watercolors long before I got my first digital art software, and I tend to paint in vibrant, splashy colors.

I did a lot of layers, softening and changing blending modes, but as usual, at the end I pumped up the colors in hue/sat because most of the digital watercolors I see try to retain the native colors of the original photo, and to me, watercolor isn't about making a faithful reproduction but is about.........well, color.

You're right, there's some smart blur in there, also some crystalize.
catherine

No complaints about the colors or their application. They look fine to me.

It was the Smart Blur/Edges Only layer that I thought took away from the final product. To me the types of lines it renders can look out of place and not very naturally-drawn-looking on some images.

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I think it would look even more watercolored if you toned down (what looks like) a layer of Smart Blur/Edges Only.

So, your technique for the colors was to literally paint them on multiple layers using only the brush tool?