PP Challenge #14 - Flower at shallow DOF

pcarfan · 01-06-2010, 03:46 PM

**ramseybuckeye** · 01-06-2010, 05:43 PM

Lot's of good work above here. Here's a bit of an over PP'd artsy try:
Attachment 51051

**ramseybuckeye** · 01-06-2010, 06:20 PM

And a little more abstract
Attachment 51052

**jheu02** · 01-06-2010, 08:34 PM

Thought I'd give it a go this time for my 1st attempt at this challenge. My basic thought behind my PP was to turn it into a piece of art, so...

1. Heavy crop to focus just on flower.
2. Levels adjustment to fix exposure.
3. Played with the hue to shift it to where it is now, other colors didn't seem to work as well. This gave it an oriental feel to me, hence the title.
4. Adjusted the levels just a bit more.
5. Sized.
6. Looked at sharpen/blur and decided that a softened look fit in with my mind's eye. Kind of just wanted colors, but not too much detail. Also looked at wind effects and motion blur, but they weren't subtle enough.

Hope you enjoy.

ozlizard · 01-06-2010, 10:18 PM

Some interesting results so far. Messed around with some filters and adjusted in LR to achieve an "abstract art" look.

rockmaster1964 · 01-08-2010, 07:22 PM

1. Cropped the picture
2. Auto Level
3. Inverted colors
4. Posterized
5. Adjusted Hue and Saturation
6. Adjusted contrast

Attachment 51201

**xs400** · 01-13-2010, 08:48 AM

Entries for this challenge are now closed. I'll post the results soon.

01-06-2010, 05:43 PM	#17
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	Lot's of good work above here. Here's a bit of an over PP'd artsy try: Attachment 51051 Last edited by ramseybuckeye; 08-08-2010 at 03:18 PM.

01-06-2010, 06:20 PM	#18
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	And a little more abstract Attachment 51052 Last edited by ramseybuckeye; 08-08-2010 at 03:18 PM.

01-06-2010, 08:34 PM	#19
jheu02 Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,027	Oriental Art Thought I'd give it a go this time for my 1st attempt at this challenge. My basic thought behind my PP was to turn it into a piece of art, so... 1. Heavy crop to focus just on flower. 2. Levels adjustment to fix exposure. 3. Played with the hue to shift it to where it is now, other colors didn't seem to work as well. This gave it an oriental feel to me, hence the title. 4. Adjusted the levels just a bit more. 5. Sized. 6. Looked at sharpen/blur and decided that a softened look fit in with my mind's eye. Kind of just wanted colors, but not too much detail. Also looked at wind effects and motion blur, but they weren't subtle enough. Hope you enjoy.

01-08-2010, 07:22 PM	#21
rockmaster1964 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Frisco Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 382	1. Cropped the picture 2. Auto Level 3. Inverted colors 4. Posterized 5. Adjusted Hue and Saturation 6. Adjusted contrast Attachment 51201 Last edited by rockmaster1964; 11-09-2012 at 12:39 PM.

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