Show me what you got!!!!!!

I challenge everyone on BPN to step out of the box,attached you will see a photo straight out of camera w/ no tweaks- I would like to see your creative juices!!! Show me what you would or could do using any and all PP techniques!! Remember this is OOTB so anything goes(well almost!) So be creative ,be wild, let me see what funky stuff you can come up with !!! I thought it fitting to do a bird ,since this is a bird network!!!:p
DON'T BE SHY!!!!

Hi Denise, this was crying out B and W to me.
First I used content aware and brought the bird over to the left.
Then I went into Silver Efex and used the Full Spectrum filter.
Then I went to CS4 Stylize, Find Edges, at 20 percent opacity.
Then I added a thin black border. Quick and Easy!

Jackie, I was hoping someone would do a B&W! Well done and great use of the tools! I like how you put a border on it!

Hi Lady Denise,
I like your way of thinking...:D This is my rendition of Wako...It's titled "Red Dawn" from the HEART...:):cool:

Gus, Isn't red your favorite color!! Red Dawn is a fitting title! I like the texture you put on the BG! very neat!!

Had a little fun with this...

I think you should say how it is done so we all can learn!!!!!

Well Jackie...Here goes..Desaturated image, cropped, went to sketch/graphic pen and finally added a bit of contrast to darken outlines...played with a bunch of things until I got to that.

Dave, I like the crop you chose, very nice use of the sketch tools,the texture in BG adds alot ! Mostly I'm glad you had fun!!! That's what this forum is for-trying new things and having fun doing it! Thanks for sharing Dave.

Hi Denise ...... can I play too :)

... couldn't wait till I had permission :) too much fun :cool:


.... like Denise put it ... this is OOTB material, trying to save it would not do well :)

Started with some wild options but in the process changed gears and went a different way. Hope I'm not forgetting steps !!!

First I used levels to set my white point, dragging the right slider while holding he option key (alt on PC) moved until there was some whites showing. Then dragged the middle slider to the left some for lightening the mid tones.

Then went after the head area with quick mask to lighten and bring some color detail.

Selected the dark area (tree) using select > color range > then place the dropper on the dark area you want to select, works well for this one. Then to to image> adjust>color balance and paly with the colors to bring whatever is there which is not much, then exaggerate some. After this adjustment I cropped the image. Waited to see what color I could bring to the tree.

For the final effect went to filters>filter gallery> texture> texturizer There you tweak the effect to taste .... thats it !!!

btw the blue sky came up right after doing the level adjustment, was there all along !!!

Love the idea Denise !!!!

Thanks for the play, Denise! Two versions ...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4332/ootb1bh6.jpg

The steps for creating the sketch effect are here. Beyond that, I use a B&W adjustment layer (in CS3) and applied a tint in that dialog box. The texture is sandstone.



http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2750/ootb2kn2.jpg

Used a levels adjustment layer to darken all the details. Created a mask for the sky and used that on blank layer to lay on the color -- one layer for the dark orange, another layer with a yellow radial gradient (overlay mode) for the "sunrise," duplicated that layer changed blend mode to normal and lowered layer opacity to 50% (to brighten the sunrise a bit more). Sandstone texture on the mat.

Hi all not much done here, horizontal flip and the use of NIK Silver efects Pro filter to give it the aged B&W look.

here's my version. dumped it into Capture NX2 for the color treatment. converted to sepia then tweaked with color control points. then used a gradient one way and a reverse gradient the other. the moved it into CS3 for some clone stamping. that's about it!

some really nice reposts above!! congrats everybody! i'll have to say that i'm liking alfredo's the best right now. just my style.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...2ResizeWeb.jpg

Here's my take on this.

Lightened the picture with curves, applied an Orton effect, selected the sky and applied a red gradient layer, and finally cropped and sharpened a bit.

Made so many changes forgot what they were...lolol..old age I guess

Shadow/Highlight on parts, over saturated others, added border. Copied left side to right side to make it even.
added light in background, contrast +, pano crop...not as out of the box as I could get..but had fun with it...Paul

I'm having a sensory overload with all these fine images !!! ... they just keep getting better !!! .... nice effect with the sun Paul !!!

I just got back from the Glades and WOW WAS I BLOWN AWAY!!!! The quality and creativity are fantastic!!
Alfred, I love the soft blue sky w/ the orange tones in the tree!! The texture adds a nice finishing touch!!
David, Wow again. I don't know which one I like better, they are both superb!!
Glenn, I like that you flipped the image. I find this effective on many of my creative posts! Also love Silver-efex-well done!!
Harold, I love the silhouette! colors and crop well done!!!
Christopher, Something completely different and I LOVE IT!!! Great use of the Orton effect and I love your color choices!
Paul, I love it Very well done, looks like you added a spotlight -great idea!!! Colors and crop just great!!!

To everyone GREAT WORK!!! I AM SO IMPRESSED!!!!

Must admit I enjoy playing with effects in Variations Midtones.
1.Crop, 2 Resize, 3 Levels, 4 Curves, 5&6 Double helping of Variation Midtones Increase Green.
7. Slight sharpen.
Ian Mc

I'm having fun - this fellow lives near a Nuclear Reactor - sort of has that glow about it....LOL

Ian, I like your crop chioce and the green adds a little something, the pale blue/green sky is nice! Very nice job!!
Lance, This is wild- I love the glow and the black BG is great!

Your going to have to tell us when you want to end this Denise :)

Just a Little croping and some CS filters.

Glenn, The color choices are wonderful, I left some spots on R of bird that should be cloned - I like the midnight feel of this one!

Not very good with OOTB, but here goes..Congrats Denise!

Nonda, Thankyou! I love your BG's and always have-I guess you are better at OOTB than you thought! Colors are cool!! I think some of your duck shots would be great w/ a twist on them!!! Don't be a stranger and don't be shy!!

Not sure whether we're supposed to comment but for top three in no special order I would choose Paul's, Lance's and Nonda's !!!
Ian Mc

You should definitely comment!! Always!!! Good idea to vote-we should start a post for that. If we get more interest in doing so I'll see how.