Rainy Day
Apr 19, 2019 19:07:18 #
Cell shot of a shallow valley across the road from my farm. BTW...the owners are selling. You can own the property for $700,000.00!!
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original cell pic
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'developed' pic done with ACR via 'open as' in PS Elements 10
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Topaz Glow2 -- Contrast Cables -- blend is Luminosity
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Topaz Studio AI Remix -- really cannot remember the rest my tweaks -- tried several
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Apr 20, 2019 08:25:33 #
Apr 20, 2019 08:39:21 #
Very engaging.
I was just browsing your website. Nicely done!
I was just browsing your website. Nicely done!
Apr 20, 2019 09:17:55 #
nanaval wrote:
Very good, I will put my bid in next week.. 
I think they’re dreaming; don’t offer anything over $350,000.
Apr 20, 2019 09:21:20 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Very engaging.
I was just browsing your website. Nicely done!
I was just browsing your website. Nicely done!
Thanks for the comment & checking the site. It’s a work in perpetual progress.
Apr 20, 2019 10:27:57 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
All these variations work well with the subject matter. The Topaz Glow 2 - Luminosity blend looks like it would help with implementing an Orton effect - a look I’ve been struggling to get right.
Stan
Stan
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Apr 20, 2019 17:07:24 #
artBob wrote:
Lovely. I wonder, what is your goal when using the effects?
Bob--
I don't look for 'the perfect image'. I much prefer to deal with surreal and/or abstractions. I like for viewers to wonder, "What is that?", and then go on to make their own discoveries or not.
Consider what an apparently dismal image your Drink Shaker was (or so I thought at first glance)...then turned out to be a big hit--different visions bring different outcomes. We throw the images out there, we wait to see what someone else discovers.
Perfect pics leave no room for much interpretation.
--Larry
Apr 20, 2019 18:23:44 #
l-fox wrote:
Bob-- br br I don't look for 'the perfect image'.... (show quote)
Got it. My question was too vague. I was wondering if you were looking for a particular effect, say "prism," or lovely color, or color and shape contrasting, or Picasso-like, showing the realities of the world as fragmented. I think you are saying you like attractive abstractions that invite the viewer in, to make their own interpretations.
Apr 20, 2019 18:54:20 #
artBob wrote:
Got it. My question was too vague. I was wondering if you were looking for a particular effect, say "prism," or lovely color, or color and shape contrasting, or Picasso-like, showing the realities of the world as fragmented. I think you are saying you like attractive abstractions that invite the viewer in, to make their own interpretations.
I see...'prism', etc. are not on my mind is I look for what to photograph. Only later do I decide what I might do with it. I do intend to try Picasso somehow, someday. His Guernica is my favorite artwork of any type.
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