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16-MAR-2007 Barry Armer

Plant on Canvas *

Houston, TX

I don't usually do filters but I found I really liked the canvas filter from Photoshop Elements in this instance. I hope you do to!


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Guest 27-Mar-2007 13:15
Thanks Kiki! I obviously agree with you. I guess great minds think alike! :)
jbhgmvo27-Mar-2007 09:00
I've seens tens of thousands of awfully filtered photos, ruined to pieces by newbies fooling around in Photoshop.. or rather PSP or Elements. "Smudge painting" is another horror trend. But here's an effect that matches the image. There's refinement to it. The strong broad vertical brush-stroke resemblant green lines match the fine canvas-resemblant overlay, hand in glove. This could have been a shot of a printed fabric, and the manufacturer would probably have some success selling the textile. Printed fabrics are a whole big industry, and the designers there (I know a couple) consider the texture of a fabric up against the motif and often use photos for the basis of a design. The combo in this shot is a classic in that respect. "Straws on straws". As for hanging textiles on the wall.. well... this would make a great curtain or wallpaper. An experiment that turned out very well, if you ask me. I would *not* recommend a new "canvas" trend in photography as such, and I never really thought it would happen, but I actually do like this picture.
ctfchallenge27-Mar-2007 05:07
Just loved your "For Rod" version!! Had read the earlier comments the day before, so know the joke. GOOD JOB!
ctfchallenge26-Mar-2007 03:57
Barry, I don't do any PP, & get coments about changes people want made. So go figure!
Can't tell if it's backlit & don't care. We all get to enter & vote.
TomD.
Rod 22-Mar-2007 08:57
I just cannot understand how anyone into photography would want to hang something that looks like a painting or canvas or glowing edges or any filter derived picy on their bleeding wall. Sure the neighbours might think it's very clever but a graphic artist wouldn't think too much of filter based graphics.
If a person isn't really into either photography or graphic arts & just enjoys messing with a camera & playing around in Photoshop then great as we need to enjoy our short stay on Earth but this is a photography challenge & not a graphic arts challenge or a combination of both. So even though some of us overdo the processing in Photoshop as long as the finished picy looks like a picy out of a camera then then er then........bleeding L I forgot wot I was saying.........time for a nicotine gum I think:-)..............See wot you started Barry:-)
Guest 21-Mar-2007 12:33
Thanks for the encouragement Jano! This plant (called a needle plant if I remember correctly) is in my back yard and is lit by the sunrise on a day when the sky was fairly unremarkable.
ctfchallenge21-Mar-2007 10:56
I like it overall - the photograph is great and nicely composed. A filter may not do as well with most photographs but for this simple composition it works well. In fact, if it were me I'd blow it up and use it as a canvas-type wall hanging. I think it would brighten up the right room. I'd have to decide though whether to leave in the specks of leaves in the lower left corner... I can't decide whether I like those there, yet it seems to suggest more is going on. What did you use for a background and how as it lit? Good job Barry! jano
ctfchallenge19-Mar-2007 19:08
There's no argument when it comes to PP! I liked this better when I opened the thumbnail. I think the texture gives it more eye appeal and perhaps as Mark said, the clone and a bit of a border would be fine just to finish it off. shu
Rod 19-Mar-2007 07:55
Don't encourage him Doug:-)
ctfchallenge19-Mar-2007 03:30
Nice photoshop but it hides the photography. I've learned that people here like to PP but for it not to be obvious. I'm with you, if it enhances the image to your taste then go for it. -COAmature
Rod 18-Mar-2007 01:04
Glad you like to discuss Barry as it makes learning & logging on worthwhile:-) We're not purists here in regards to how we process our shots but we normally like them to end up looking like photo's from a camera than a graphic art out of Photoshop. So if you find by cloning out a leaf it makes the shot look better then that's fine, I do it myself but I find I'm getting sloppy composing with the camera these days knowing it can be fixed in Photoshop. I think the main discipline of photography should be with the camera as it was when we used film, especially slide film.
Guest 17-Mar-2007 16:35
Rod and Markjay - thanks for your helpful comments. This is exactly the kind of discussion I wanted to generate by posting this image. Rod - I liked the original pic but I liked it better with the filter. Markjay thanks for your suggestion. If I get industrious I may replace this immage without the leaf in question! If I understand the challenge rules this would be acceptable to do wouldn't it? Thanks again for your feedback Rod and Markjay!
ctfchallenge17-Mar-2007 15:56
Rod, Rod, Rod. :-) True, this particular action / PS does make the image look more like a work of canvas art than it does a photograph. True it can sometimes be hard to critique a photograph AS a photograph when it's been converted to an art image. All that said, I happen to like this very much and if I had to nit pick I would have cloned out or framed the subject without the bottom right most leaf. Very nice shades of green, Barry. Keep posting! Markjay
Rod 17-Mar-2007 14:30
Sorry Barry I think these filters are a joke in regards to photography. Can't really comment on the shot as the filter is the shot now, Did you like the picy before you used the filter? There's nothing wrong in you using filters if you enjoy doing so but how can we look at it as a photo & critique it?