This is the photo I am going to use this month.
Each week I’m going to begin with some sort of distortion of this photo and see if I can produce an interesting and pleasing artistic image.
For week three I began in Sagelight with a plug-in to smooth the image and then applied a median filter. In PS Elements 8 I distorted it using polar to rectangle and rotated it 90 degrees
I applied poster edges, liquified it and played with it and added soft focus to the ‘water’ areas. I continued to adjust using liquefy, vibrancy and dodge and burn to adjust colour, movement and contrast
I applied median filter again to the water to make it softer and more flowing and lastly, applied a canvas texture. This is the result for Week 3
This is the result for week 2
I began with a polar coordinates distortion
I liked the stark split of dark and light and decided to work with that. I cropped it and then used the power box controls in Sagelight to blend the light, added a soft focus, because I like it, and played with the tone blender controls. To give more balance to the composition I used the dodge and burn to darken the lower right quadrant. I intensified the blue and adjusted the other colours aiming for a nice balance. Using the vignette controls I practically blacked out the lower left quadrant and declared it finished, for this week. For me there is the sense of looking into the blue beyond, into a hidden galaxy.
One Four Challenge Feb Week 3 – hosted by Robyn at Captivate Me
..and yes, I see the waterfall 😃 love the creative thinking and experimenting!!
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Wow Lynne, such a wonderful process and a very appealing final result. Like marbling in paint 😃
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Very creative, Lynne. I think you’re really having fun with this. 🙂
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I am 🙂
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Each week I get to wander the creative journey with you, thank you for sharing this. It is so interesting to see the original image turn into a new beautiful artwork each week. I love this weeks waterfall feel, nice colors and easy flow to the image. Beautiful!
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Thank you, Carrie 🙂
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I would say that every week it gets better, but that would be unfair. I really like all your edits and am amazed by your ability to create something so abstract and so beautiful. Excellent work.
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Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated. 🙂
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Its melting!
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🙂
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I really am fascinated each week by the metamorphosis of the original picture. really nice work.
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I really appreciate your input, Ben. Thank you.
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Wow, Lynne – What a transformation! It is fantastic. I can’t believe it all started from that original image. This week’s interpretation now looks like a waterfall to my eyes and is my favourite of the 3!
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Thank you for your enthusiasm 🙂 🙂
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Very interesting and pretty!
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Amazing outcome with the liquify function! Every time I use it, the outcome is not nearly as nice. Then again, it never occurred to me to rotate the image after the fact either. Thanks for the mini-lesson with such a lovely effect.
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My pleasure 🙂 thank you for your input.
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Well, it just goes to show what can be done with loads of artistic imagination, sensitivity and skill….taking a photograph beyond photography and into art. I like it!
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I’m glad you liked it, Sue. 🙂
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It’s great, most unusual 🙂
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