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!
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 02-08-2009 at 07:01 PM.
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.
... 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 !!!
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.
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.
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.
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 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!!!
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
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!
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!!