Foolishness for fun!
May 22, 2019 14:48:42 #
I've been working on pp a lot lately and used this one flower shot to play with. It can be a lot of fun to just experiment and see where it takes you.
This started out as a stacked shot and the colors in #1 shot are pretty accurate. As you can see, #2 is just a black and white conversion of the original. For number 3 I added a texture to #1 and masked it off the flower to create a new background. Then I added a vignette in a color selected from the photo. Finally, for number 4, I took the B & W version and hand brushed color back onto it. I changed the opacity as I painted to provide some variation in the appearance of the petals.
All of this was just for fun and a little learning.
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This started out as a stacked shot and the colors in #1 shot are pretty accurate. As you can see, #2 is just a black and white conversion of the original. For number 3 I added a texture to #1 and masked it off the flower to create a new background. Then I added a vignette in a color selected from the photo. Finally, for number 4, I took the B & W version and hand brushed color back onto it. I changed the opacity as I painted to provide some variation in the appearance of the petals.
All of this was just for fun and a little learning.
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Focus stacked-shot w/black background-basic processing
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Converted to B&W in Affinity - I'm not too fond of B&W flowers.
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Background texture added and a color coordinated vignette.
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Black & White version hand painted.
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May 22, 2019 15:08:17 #
May 22, 2019 15:16:32 #
Not a bit of foolishness here, Carol, just a whole lot of beautiful results!
May 22, 2019 15:31:17 #
They are all good, but I especially like the hand-painted flower - nicely done!
May 22, 2019 15:43:22 #
UTMike wrote:
Great set, Carol! You are getting that artistic thing down.
Thank you, Mike. To me, nice, sharp, realistic photos are art but sometimes I do enjoy playing!
May 22, 2019 15:44:14 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Not a bit of foolishness here, Carol, just a whole lot of beautiful results!
Thank you, Donna! I'm gradually getting better at pp in general.
May 22, 2019 15:45:58 #
IreneAC wrote:
They all good, but I especially like the hand-painted flower - nicely done!
Thank you, Irene. This is the first time I tried to do this and I rather like it too. It wasn't hard but and AI can see potential for future uses.
May 22, 2019 15:49:06 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
I've been working on pp a lot lately and used this... (show quote)
What they all said already!
May 22, 2019 15:52:26 #
May 22, 2019 16:01:57 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
Beautiful job Carol. Sometimes we can overwork an image in playful PP and I am guilty of that on occasion but I like the light hand you used in processing these. I think each version has enhanced a different aspect of the flower. Very nice!
May 22, 2019 17:07:05 #
Really nicely done - simple but elegant. I appreciate that you included a bit of stem; seems more appealing IMO than floating 
Were these all edited using Affinity?
Were these all edited using Affinity?May 22, 2019 17:19:24 #
kenievans wrote:
Beautiful job Carol. Sometimes we can overwork an image in playful PP and I am guilty of that on occasion but I like the light hand you used in processing these. I think each version has enhanced a different aspect of the flower. Very nice!
Thank you, Keni. I may tend to be overly conservative, but I'm working on it.
May 22, 2019 17:23:34 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Really nicely done - simple but elegant. I appreciate that you included a bit of stem; seems more appealing IMO than floating Were these all edited using Affinity?
Were these all edited using Affinity?Thank you, Linda. I like the stem too. The first shot I did, the stem was covered with a plastic sheath to hold the flower upright. It looked hokey so I cloned it out. For this shot I was careful to get it down enough so it looked natural.
These were all done with Affinity. I've been working through the Affinity Workbook and it has opened doors for me in processing. I also used the new Topaz AI app for sharpening.
May 22, 2019 17:48:52 #
May 22, 2019 18:04:14 #
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