Friday, October 11, 2013

Photoshop Friday - sunflowers

While in Massachusetts we visited the Plimouth Plantation, a fabulous living history village, and this was where we spotted this huge sunflower.

the original shot - nice sunflower but pretty blah for impact

But the background was all blown out against the sky so I used the Magic Extractor tool to remove the icky sky and put in one of my own from my collection of stock photos I have created over the years.
 
the blue sky makes all the difference!
 
Then I applied the paint daubs filter.

the paint daubs filter
And then I had to try posterizing it, one of my favorite techniques.  This is postereized to level 9.

posterized - just can't get enough of this filter


This filter is brushstrokes with accented edges.

the brushstrokes with accented edges seems to give it some movement

And then I got the results from Judi, who used 26 layers to achieve a totally different image.  All I can say is WOW. I'm so glad others have decided to play along!



The challenge for next Friday will be this image:






Long Live the Queen of SunFlowers

5 comments:

  1. You did a great job extracting the flower from the background and I like your treatment of the photo. Yours is definitely a "happier" sunflower than mine. I just wanted to play. Thanks for the challenge.

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  2. I definitely like the new background and think I like the brushed edges the best.

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  3. Judi...awesome job. I forgot to do mine this week. Will catch up for next week. I'm going to have to clean out some cobwebs to pass you. Edna....you have to play also.!

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  4. Very nice work. It is obvious you enjoy this, and have found a niche for your artwork in this realm. Great job; it is beautiful!

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  5. I love the third image down the best. I'm sorry, I completely forgot about this. I will work on the pier photo so that I can play next week, Mary Ann!! lol You have a fabulous day, hugs, Edna B.

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