Old Gas Station - New Edit on an Older Image -
Nov 30, 2015 21:43:46 #
My attempt at giving a vintage feel and painterly look to an image I took last year....
New Edit
Original Image
Nov 30, 2015 22:20:20 #
Travesty wrote:
My attempt at giving a vintage feel and painterly look to an image I took last year....
This is a beautiful rendition. I've always admired your work and am so glad to have it here for discussion. Would you consider talking to us some about the processing? There is subtle color work involved, it seems, but also detail work. One of the end effects is that you have managed to alter/tone down the lighting of the scene convincingly through processing. Really nice.
Nov 30, 2015 22:21:32 #
minniev wrote:
... Would you consider talking to us some about the processing? ...
Yes, please! S-
Nov 30, 2015 22:22:21 #
Frank2013
Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.
Travesty wrote:
My attempt at giving a vintage feel and painterly look to an image I took last year....
I think it's a good attempt Randy but seems a bit blue....the original is no slouch.
Dec 1, 2015 03:45:13 #
Well done. I certainly prefer the edited version over the original image. I find the original image a tad harsh and less pleasing to look at than the edited version.
Dec 1, 2015 06:37:15 #
Dec 1, 2015 06:39:33 #
donrent wrote:
Orginal was by far the better of the two....
Can you explain why? S-
Dec 1, 2015 07:48:24 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
St3v3M wrote:
Can you explain why? S-
Hit an in-between adjust of the two....
1 is a little too dark for my taste...
Dec 1, 2015 08:32:31 #
Hi, Randy. So great to see you! I second Minnie's request. Since FYC often strives for educational discussion, I'd love to hear a bit about how you go about creating your art.
You are accomplished and secure artist, so a mere "nice" or "yeah, it's OK" seems like missed opportunity for this topic.
You are accomplished and secure artist, so a mere "nice" or "yeah, it's OK" seems like missed opportunity for this topic.
Dec 1, 2015 12:16:37 #
Travesty wrote:
My attempt at giving a vintage feel and painterly look to an image I took last year....
Hi, Randy,
Good to see you. Here!
Your aims, re: painterly look and vintage feel ( with more than a little sense of desuetude) were laudable and have been very well accomplished.
A definitely superior result!
Now that you know the neighborhood, c'mon back soon.
Dave
Dec 1, 2015 16:18:19 #
Great image, Randy, and good to see you here. I like the original and I like what you did with it as well.
I like the blend of the old and new elements and the tight crop. We don't need the whole sign, or the whole car, or the whole garage to be in the image in order to get the story, and the crop makes for a wonderfully dense and interesting image with lots of textures and angles.
On edit - the more I look, the more I love this image and I am leaning toward favoring the new one over the original now.
Mike
I like the blend of the old and new elements and the tight crop. We don't need the whole sign, or the whole car, or the whole garage to be in the image in order to get the story, and the crop makes for a wonderfully dense and interesting image with lots of textures and angles.
On edit - the more I look, the more I love this image and I am leaning toward favoring the new one over the original now.
Mike
Dec 1, 2015 17:53:34 #
1st of all, thanks you for all the comments and input.. :)
Anyone that may be familiar with my style knows that it is many times is low key, moody or melancholy with a touch of grunge.
This image is composed of 3 images combined HDR.. The original I showed you is my "0" exposure...
I then using GIMP (poor man's Photoshop) used a smoothing filter, added a texture layer of sandstone as well as pulled in a some layers if magenta, blue and yellow at varying levels. Did a slight blur and then played with the curves for my contrast or the lack of and then blended in the original image as a layer @10%... I do not have a standard flowchart and many times get lost in my editing while tweaking...
Anyone that may be familiar with my style knows that it is many times is low key, moody or melancholy with a touch of grunge.
This image is composed of 3 images combined HDR.. The original I showed you is my "0" exposure...
I then using GIMP (poor man's Photoshop) used a smoothing filter, added a texture layer of sandstone as well as pulled in a some layers if magenta, blue and yellow at varying levels. Did a slight blur and then played with the curves for my contrast or the lack of and then blended in the original image as a layer @10%... I do not have a standard flowchart and many times get lost in my editing while tweaking...
Dec 1, 2015 18:04:07 #
Travesty wrote:
... I do not have a standard flowchart and many times get lost in my editing while tweaking...
Thanks so much, Randy. How long were you in photography before you developed your particular style? And when you say "get lost in your editing," do you mean that the image speaks to you in a different way and takes your pp to a place you didn't originally envision?
Dec 1, 2015 18:38:56 #
Travesty wrote:
1st of all, thanks you for all the comments and in... (show quote)
Thanks so much for sharing. I want to make sure I understand what you mean by "pulling in (color) layers". I think I follow the rest of it, but that's the part that changed the lighting and made this image so interesting. I'm also interested in how you decided to do what you did with that part. That seems like a part of the process that I haven't figured out at all.
Dec 1, 2015 20:32:00 #
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