John N wrote:
roadking11 - I'm liking that, it's done a lot for the sharpness on the Hurricane in particular.
Thanks John, it was tough, I had to paint over some of the emblems to make it appear sharper.
Adjusted clarity, sharpened and new sky.
Great capture even if you forgot that you were in manual. I cropped, sharpened parts, blurred parts, and dodged and burned.
Beautiful setting and I love the house.
jwt; beautiful picture, very sharp. I had to try an approach that would associate the birds with the darker side of fantasy or perhaps even reality. It is very grungy and dark, like my moods of late.
Billyspad wrote:
The image posted was deleted by the folks that run the Critique forum for the crime of being too much like digital art rather than photography?
So may I suggest if you wish to post there take a quick shot of a portion of a roof and a bit of sky a door handle with or without keyhole one single window or an old favorite is a simple piece of rock or a pile of sand. Convert to BW and call it some nonsensical title such as Androgynous Tonality 43. That will convince many there you are a true artist and a pioneer whose work must be carefully examined for what feelings it can invoke. It will no doubt make them state they can stare at it for hours with their imagination churning away. At all costs avoid having a subject of any description in your photo and try not to laugh out loud lol.
You may gather I aint too keen on BS. Smash elitism, it is harmful and does nothing for our great hobby and interest.
So please use your imagination on the original image. I would love to see your ideas.
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I love your composition, an artist only limitation is his/her imagination.
My rendition, tried to make the background a little more pleasing.
ediesaul wrote:
A very interesting idea. When you do that, do you think that the subject has changed from the beard to the stalk? I would never have thought that changing the background would have that effect on my vision of the photo. What do you think? A very interesting concept, if true. Thanks for playing.
You are correct, changing the background changes everything. I personally like the dark background better for a flower, which makes them really standout. The background I used causes the flower to start to blend in and although the flower is enhanced it still starts to lose its center stage.
Beautiful flower, I love Irises. I changed the background trying to match the back light of the flower.
My vision, a little artistic touch.
Great capture R.G.
I used Photoshop, Topaz and some Dodge and Burn to make the clouds and mountains stand out.
Great photo, spring at its greatest.
Did a little sharpening, noise reduction and muted the background.
Hi Bob; I have been using Dynamic Auto Painter for a while. Sometimes I get what I want and other times it is a bust. No matter which routine I use, I blend all or parts back into the original. As in your blue bird I did this with the eye, beak and the top of the head. You can also change palettes, increase or decrease expressive and realistic, paint wet or dry, change the size of the output, choose type of paper, move between faithful and impressive, between real and surreal and also the quality of the output. Of course they have a trail version which does it all, but puts a statement at the bottom of the image.