Creative Interpretations: Old Barn (Grand Tetons)

[cardmnal]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Just Yosemite Action

[cardmnal]

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]

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

Bobbie

[Duv]

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]

Duv, I love it. The stipling effect is wonderful!!

[raniday]

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

[DannyRaphael]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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?

[raniday]

Ok, I see what you're saying now, Danny. When I saw "toned down", I thought less color, but I agree about the smart blur lines. Actually, I did that layer another way first, running gaussian blur and then usm, but I didn't get a heavy enough line to make me happy, so I did it again and left it too ragged. What I will do next time is to draw the lines by hand w/ the pencil tool, not really that much more work, and I can get the kind of lines I want, so that it looks like a pen & ink drawing w/ a watercolor wash.

Jaykita, I like your watercolor a lot.

[Titia]

Nice old barn.

PSP7
Layer in B&W over original, erased some parts of the house and beams, added soft light from below, darkened total in gamma correction, and darkened and lightened here and there bits and pieces.

Titia

[Legacy~Art]

Oh...Tyler that picture is AWESOME!!!

[ahutton]

PSP8: buzz, edges>trace contour; One of the oil brushes on the original, forget which one, merged, softened the lines.

Amy

[TylerRB]

Legacy

Thanks for the remarks on I think what might have been my first attempt on this forum. Made my day!!!!

Yeah, I know, 2 weeks late in the thank you....

T