dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Viewing things through tears is part of life, tears of joy, tears of sorrow, and of course tears of cutting onions. The setting is simple, dark gray felt backdrop, base fancy foam board, Chrome cutting knife, and a vengeful onion accompanied by a towel to wipe the tears. Lighting by desk lamp.

Noise and sharpness Topaz AI, with contrast and color adjust with Topaz Clarity within the wonderfully versatile, Paintshop Pro Ultimate 2023.

The final work in unison with my alter ego, Vincent van Gogh, brush strokes by Dynamic Autopainter 6.

REFLECTIONS OF A VENGEFUL ONION

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Great idea well executed. Love the title

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you, Curmudgeon, the title could be a style title for distorting reflection images. I like reflections, even had a house of mirrors for figurines. Got the idea for that from an elevator in Argentina, it was a perfect box mirrored and the images of the woman went to infinity duplicated many times. Reflections are fascinating...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Love the look! The reflections add a lot of interest also.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you, Linda. Yes, I like the reflections. Using reflective material and mirrors becomes addictive.

PS: Chill the Onions overnight in the frig and the " lachrymator" (a substance that irritates the eyes and causes tears to flow) is suppressed and the Onion is less "vengeful" when being diced. My chemist-self speaking.

L-Fox

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

The actual image is here with Topaz AI deNoise and Topaz AI Sharpen applied. Contrast adjusted with Topaz Clarity :

REFLECTIONS OF A VENGEFUL ONION ~ SOOC

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

After viewing both images, what a dramatic change. I do like the original and everyone is familiar what one could see in a kitchen. But your Van Goah results speaks volume for thinking outside the box.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee

This is outstanding. I really like how the shadows work in this image. And, after viewing the original, I'm even more impressed with the reflections.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you saxman, NTFrank, and Jmatt. The investment in an inexpensive Desk Lamp...[less than $10], felt, and foam-board all from Walmart. The reflections and shadows are yes fun and interesting to play with by moving things around.

In DAP 6 I played with several artists and their variations and the one submitted here was the more exciting to my eye. The DAP 6 was a good investment, I have used DAP since DAP 4. I use it like an amateur, the manual is 230 pages of adjustments beyond the default. Many classic painters are available, but van Gogh has more style choices. The basics/variations In a sense, DAP is an AI, combining the input image with the style of the Artist you chose and how real or surreal you want the end result to be. for DAP 7 are in a 10 min video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbziOp9v8s

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

You got it right first time Don, it’s looks great. Good colour choices and the paint finish is right for the title. Nicely done.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Tabletop photography is a well-calculated roll of the dice but we get to keep the best roll. Digital is a marvel, 1200 shot on a renewable digital film roll vs 12 on a real film roll. In 1980 I photographed wild flowers in Leesburg Florida, the cost was $50 about $200 in today's money. What you shot you saw a week later and no changes were possible.

Indeed we live in a marvelous time. Not sure which you like best, but if you like both photos both stand tall on their own. I like the textured felt and the fancy foam-board. I will for sure use them again.

My skill, to a degree, but Topaz AI and old Topaz Clarity, my camera on IA exposure and focus followed by the skilled mult-layer painting hands of DAP deserve the majority of the credit. Historically we could not make a sow's ear look like a silk purse with our photo gear, but with our modern cameras and software, we can photograph a sow's ear and make it look like a silk purse, the proverb is disproved.
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Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value, as in No matter how expensive his clothes, he still looks sloppy—you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. This expression was already a proverb in the mid-1500s.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/can-t-make-a-silk-purse-out-of-a-sow-s-ear

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Way,way cool!

cyan Loc: Northern NJ

Fabulous!