winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Much has been said and discussed concerning the necessity that most, if not all of our photographs must have applied at least some degree of post processing, and just how much is too much, but that is not the intent of this thread.

I recently came upon the following: https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/makeamasterpiece/ where old masters had been recreated using Photoshop so I thought I might have a go at it myself.

I sometimes amuse myself by producing artificial or fantasy landscapes so when member tdekany kindly donated an image onto one of my recent threads I thought that it might provide an interesting exercise to emulate.

Now just to preempt what will undoubted ensue, I hereby state that not a single pixel describing my version was bought, borrowed or stolen from the tdekeny version. The entire image, every pixel of it, has been "manufactured" either by brush, filling a se******n made from a part of a stock image from the internet, or made from a suitably edited part of a stock image from the internet.

To construct my version I searched for suitable donor images from the millions of stock images available on the internet and if you use only small, edited sections of any images that you may wish to utilize, then copyright, if any, is not an issue.

Enlightening was the fact that considering the ease with which I was able to emulate brought home to me that if one can paint a landscape from nothing then how can one trust what we assume is a photograph isn't just a considerably manipulated digital painting?

So, the purpose of this thread is to invite you to challenge your photo editing software sk**ls and have a go at manufacturing your own from-scratch copy of tdekany's fine image and post it up for us to see and discuss.

I daresay that if you give it a try you will quite possibly learn some additional editing sk**ls and tricks which is never a bad thing.

Are you up for it?

The tdekany image

(Download)

The winterrose emulation

(Download)

mr. u. n. owen

Photography, what? What are you saying you did? Am I in the wrong place . I have to get back in the darkroom to think about this and make some prints .

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Moved from the Main Section by Admin.

No-one knows why.

jenny Loc: in hiding:)

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Wasn't it because when a new topic is introduced that adding a photograph in that introduction
causes the topic to go elsewhere? I have seen this mentioned many times .
It is necessary to withhold any photo from that first posting, then add it in a second one. This is only
true of the main section and the reason for it has been that too many people were posting
pictures there, rather than introducing a topic for discussion, so admin. scoots those new topics out
to the gallery.
Probably I wouldn't have been aware of this if not a daily visitor to the main section, and it's reasonable
to assume you wouldn't have become aware of it for all the time you needed to spend moving and
renovating two houses etc.

randomeyes Loc: wilds of b.c. canada

Here is the original thread folks. Judge for yourselves if this guy is all that he says he is. The original thread was posted three months ago, now he has tried it again.

Attached file:
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tdekany Loc: Oregon

jenny Loc: in hiding:)

And here is randomeyes, immediately showing up after I made a response Rob, proof that
he follows me wherever I go, but most enthusiastically if it is to get to you.... "randomeyes"
indeed!! Phhf! more like evil eyes, and hardly random!!!!!

He and his two buddies are suitably rewarded by me with a little click of the computer called "ignore",
much as I originally objected to the introduction of this new feature months ago on general principles.
It is the equivalent of locking your door to the annoyance of the uninvited and unwelcome, rude,dirty
evil and insane intruders. These three are the only ugly beasts I have ever felt would need or deserve
this sort of treatment, and it is permanent, no matter how they may howl for release for any good
behavior in the future. They have made their own record.


So these 3 stooges can post all the pictures they want in FYC, or anywhere else but not on any topic that
I introduce!They hardly ever appear in FYC unless attracted by an opportunity to make trouble, and I never
click in to what they do as it is simply a total waste of time and lack of interest because of their unremitting
despicable behavior. Unfortunate measure we have to adopt when admin. and section forum managers have to
get some sleep now and then from coming to the aid of those who used to be able to rely on their help when
UH forum was young and small.
"Lock your door", my good friend, and may your other good friends do the same to stop wasting their time
and everyone else's.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

What is it with you coming to WR's rescue every time? If you are a female, you should know that WR is a married man. If you have a crush on him, keep it to PM. I am sure his wife isn't too cosy about seeing you defending him. Unless of course you are WR under a different user name. Either way, shame on you. Go get your own man.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Won't lock the door quite yet Jenny, I haven't finished playing with the morons......

tdekany Loc: Oregon

What an unlikable of a "human" you are. You are not playing with anyone except in your distorted mind. We have your number and we call you out when you BS. You can say that we are keeping an eye on you until you are permanently banned.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

How wrong you are. All you have is my hook......

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

You're spot on right my friend, I'm all I said, and more....

Damn good too, aren't I?

Stick around and you'll learn something.....(if you can stay on topic for more that two seconds, that is).

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Sick, sick man.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Well we know that you wear size 9 shoes. There is nothing you can say to overcome that. And there is no hook. Look at your last thread that you started about FYC and Linda from Maine. All you can do is hide behind your keyboard but what will never change is that you are an insecure narcissistic little boy. You make stuff up, lie, and act nasty. So if you think that anyone is feeding off of you, you are mistaken dearly. You are not special and as you can tell, most people don't like you. Can't imagine what an emotional mess you must be in real life. Thank god you are in Australia.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

You have no talent taking pictures. What are you mumbling about?