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Rob Smith
03-10-2008, 08:03 PM
Took this shot today & did not like the original. Decided to give it some Dry Brush in CS3. Let me know what you think

http://robbie.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p64055911.jpg
Dragonfly..shotz
03-10-2008, 08:16 PM
Great save Rob, think it would be one to print and step back and look. Tried it on the PC screen, took about 5 steps back and comes together like a painting, brilliant. Have seen this action before and really like what you have done here.
MistieWatters
03-10-2008, 10:31 PM
Looks good to me. Curious about the original ;)
tupper
03-10-2008, 10:45 PM
I'm sorry but i have to state my honest opinion. I'm not a fan really, mainly because the fact it looks to much like a photoshop filter, that really ruins the photos in my eyes. Others may like it because it looks like a 'painting', but still to me it doesn't.
Try maybe merging the original with a new layer with brush strokes on it, to give it a proper, paint feel. You may not like this idea, i was just trying to help.
I also wasn't trying to be rude in anyway at your image.
Altered Sprinter
03-10-2008, 11:48 PM
I have seen quite a few of the mods with programing for digital art. Emus amuse me..as to their charismatic smirks.:D
Richard 3330
Rob Smith
04-10-2008, 07:33 PM
Great save Rob, think it would be one to print and step back and look. Tried it on the PC screen, took about 5 steps back and comes together like a painting, brilliant. Have seen this action before and really like what you have done here.
Thanks Chris. Appreciated


Looks good to me. Curious about the original ;)
Thanks Mel, see the original below


I'm sorry but i have to state my honest opinion. I'm not a fan really, mainly because the fact it looks to much like a photoshop filter, that really ruins the photos in my eyes. Others may like it because it looks like a 'painting', but still to me it doesn't.
Try maybe merging the original with a new layer with brush strokes on it, to give it a proper, paint feel. You may not like this idea, i was just trying to help.
I also wasn't trying to be rude in anyway at your image.
No offence taken. Have never tried this so if you feel like giving a few hints on "How", that would be great


I have seen quite a few of the mods with programing for digital art. Emus amuse me..as to their charismatic smirks.:D
Richard 3330
Love it Richard

Here's the original
http://robbie.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p215404139.jpg
Another version with one chick cloned & a different crop
http://robbie.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p371195585.jpg
flash55
05-10-2008, 06:15 AM
Heres my try, i agree most of the Photoshop filters look like photoshop filters, theres only a couple i don't mind, the water colour is one, i did this with a surface blur and a heap of saturation. Hope you don't mind.

-- Original
http://sparks64.smugmug.com/photos/386376529_6hPX3-L.jpg

-- Surface blur
http://sparks64.smugmug.com/photos/386376467_Wvxrh-L.jpg
Rob Smith
05-10-2008, 07:03 AM
Great work Bob. Like the effect you have got here
Nicholas N
05-10-2008, 09:05 AM
Rob, love your work thats A class!

flash I also really like your surface blue.

I could image both as oil on canvas hanging in a gallery.
Dragonfly..shotz
05-10-2008, 11:05 AM
When you look at the original, makes you wonder what this type of effect would look like on a sharp image? Have never tried it so unsure. Bob's version has nearly saved the pic for viewing at a normal distance but the original needs to be viewed from a distance, like an oil painting. Also curious about how to merge and add brushstrokes.
OldNick
08-10-2008, 08:18 PM
Rob, is there any chance you would let me have a jpeg of the original? I tried rescuing the shot, and got somewhere, but because of the lack of data in the 800*600, I am not sure if I got as good a result as I could.

Incidentally, how was focus missed I took some shots of roos the other day, and had poor focus, almost as if their coat makes focusing harder (???). Admittedly it was a hurried shot ( the roo took off and I panicked and did not listen to _ANY_ of my own advice!) and in poor light.

Nick
Rob Smith
14-10-2008, 06:03 PM
Nick, am in Melb at the moment. Will send you the original when I get home & you can have a play
OldNick
14-10-2008, 06:34 PM
Nick, am in Melb at the moment. Will send you the original when I get home & you can have a play


Thanks Rob.

Hehe! You do know that with the Internet it does not matter where you are, right? It won't be all slow because you are somewhere else. :D

Sorry. Silly joke I could not resist.

Nick