Not so good pic, rescue attempt.
Mar 21, 2019 21:42:54 #
Cell pic showing parts of front yard & hayfield. Background is some West Virginia hills.
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Mar 22, 2019 08:30:15 #
Get rid of that dissonant black mark lower left and the photo is a wall-worthy watercolor.
Mar 22, 2019 08:36:20 #
Mar 22, 2019 08:47:12 #
There's a lot to like here: the soft colors, the composition with leaning trees that support the windblown feel of the filter effect. I don't get the black "writing" on the left. Am I having a senior moment? 
Is this from a cell phone app? How do you feel about the results?
Is this from a cell phone app? How do you feel about the results?
Mar 22, 2019 10:27:59 #
nanaval wrote:
Very good... was that a filter you put on? 
I used ACR via "open as" in Elements to do some tweaking. Saved as 16-bit tif. Used some Topaz Studio stuff to build and later merge a couple of layers to get the finished image.
Mar 22, 2019 10:59:18 #
dpullum wrote:
Get rid of that dissonant black mark lower left and the photo is a wall-worthy watercolor.
Dissonant indeed, but there's a reason. The pic below is the source of the black mark.
That stump is what's left of a 50 ft white pine that years before was our live Christmas tree. Ours sons, aged 9 and 5, if I remember correctly, planted it in the yard. The younger of the two died in his sleep 4+ years ago, aged 41, from a heart condition of which no one was aware. A couple of years ago the tree was toppled in a wind storm. We cleaned up the mess but just couldn't do away with that last vestige.
The black mark is part of the scene for sentimental reasons.
I agree with you that taking it out is the artistic thing to do. If I do hang it, the mark stays. If I should give a print to anyone, the mark goes, it's mine.
Thanks much for your comment. I'm pleased that you semi-liked the pic.
Mar 22, 2019 11:12:09 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
There's a lot to like here: the soft colors, the composition with leaning trees that support the windblown feel of the filter effect. I don't get the black "writing" on the left. Am I having a senior moment?
Is this from a cell phone app? How do you feel about the results?
Is this from a cell phone app? How do you feel about the results?
I feel good. It's not cell app edited. If I do edit with my cell, it's usually crop and/or straighten and sometimes increase brilliance.
The writing is just a vanity thing that I sometimes indulge in. I like to put some script in some images to make a somewhat oriental look. In this case I put it over those limbs hanging into the image just to do so. Otherwise they would have likely been cloned out.
The script is in a font that I made myself (retirement allows for all manner of trivial activities).
Reading top-bottom, right-left, it is...Weirding Optical Concepts...whole 'nother story.
Mar 22, 2019 11:13:33 #
l-fox wrote:
Thank you, fascinating to know!I feel good. It's not cell app edited. If I do edi... (show quote)
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