Beaufort, North Carolina

[Dennis Bishop]

Beaufort is a coastal town established in 1709. There are streets. And a boardwalk. But it seems to be mostly about the water.





iPhone 5s, PureShot camera app, ISO 32, three-exposure HDR at 2 EV increments

processing highlights

• cropped a bit from the right and a little more from the top for composition
• Topaz Simplify -- saved watercolor preset
• Alien Skin Snap Art -- saved watercolor wash preset, Hard Light blend mode
• Alien Skin texture, Vivid Light
• Belle Fleur texture, Multiply
• Fractalius -- three black & white saved presets, Multiply/Divide/Multiply
• Snap Art -- saved black & white Line Art preset, Multiply
• Simplify -- saved black & white edges preset, Multiply
• There's a lot of information online about doing curls at a corner. Everyone I found used Warp in Edit/Free Transform, and everyone ended up with a huge curl. My workaround was to paste a small rectangular selection from the lower left corner onto a new layer and apply the warping and other steps to it. The water underneath was copied from the opposite side of the image.
• gradient vignette -- Multiply, masked off the curl

[Hazel Grant]

At first I wondered why the curl, but you say it's mostly about the water, so I see you peeling away the non-water for that reason. The cropping off of the boats gives the same message. good technique on the curl. thanks for the suggestion of how to do it.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very interesting Dennis. The focus is definitely on the water, and I like the boardwalk on the diagonal. The page curl is a neat twist!

[Wendy Kates]

Dennis, I really like the dynamic nature of the water...the effects of the light and filters make it appear to be in motion. Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

A beautiful image in its simplicity. Count me in the not understanding the curl group :). I love the boats the most so would like to see some images of them more prominently featured. But I do love the cumulative effects.

[gary ellwein]

The merits of the base image aside, I love the curl.

[Nancy Bell]

The curl is a cool effect, but I have to admit those boats caught my eye first. Love how they are processed. For this particular image, I don't think the curl adds to the impact. Would love to see it in another context.

[Dennis Bishop]

The curl . . .

I like Hazel's explanation and almost wish I could take credit for it. Not so, however. It was just an impulsive bit of whimsy.

This is likely the last you folks will hear from me for a while. I'm going to be restricted to a laptop with no editing software for some time. If I can view complete images, though, I might drop in to see what's happening and leave some comments.

[Nancy Bell]

We'll miss you Dennis! Come back when you can!

[Hazel Grant]

re your "bit of whimsey" ----sometimes your artistic self takes over and creates....and later you find that bit of whimsey or thought out of nowhere actually has a reason for being. We'll miss your insights. Hurry back.

[Anita Bower]

Love the turned up boardwalk corner! What a fun surprise. :-)

Lovely image. It conveys the comment that the town is about the water. Lovely light. Lovely texture to the water. Lovely reflections.

Looking forward to having you back.

[Paul Lagasi]

I think we're both enjoying our iPhone, Dennis. I am amazed at how good the image quality is, I have used the curl on a whim also in the past, nice work.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dennis, I like everything about the image including the whimsey of the page curl There's a Beaufort, South Carolina also.