River Rock Art

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted April 16, 201169 views8 comments

With gas prices rising, I'm looking closer to home for new subjects to photograph. The Arkansas River runs across sandy bottoms at the edge of town, and there are pockets of colorful pebbles to be found. The play of light across the stones is what caught my eye. I played with the Pixelbender Oilpaint filter, then added a touch of Fractalius filter. C&C always welcome and appreciated. I am going to post a normal version in the Macro gallery shortly.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on April 16, 2011 at 10:51 PM

Here is an alternate version, with a slightly different application of the Fractalius filter. Look in the highlights to spot the obvious differences. I'm curious if you prefer one or the other, and why.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on April 17, 2011 at 12:50 AM

I really like the frac filter when it's used with restraint as in your two images here. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on April 17, 2011 at 10:03 AM

Rob, I prefer the first one but that's really splitting hairs. I like the stronger effect of the filter on the slivers of highlights racing through the scene. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on April 17, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Rob,

As a Mac guy, I can't do fractalius, but like some of it's aspects. I've felt many images are over-done with that filter. But, I really like the sublime tendrals of energy that are conveyed with a low setting on the filter. Very nice warm colors. The differences are very small, but I think the second one works better... slightly lower contrast.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on April 18, 2011 at 11:39 AM

I haven't seen the Fractalius filter used in a while. This looks really great. I haven't yet decided which one I like better.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on April 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM

Thanks everybody. I'm leaning towards the first image, but I want to work on the bright area in the upper left that really shows the fract effect. In reality, it is a white rock, that I should burn down before running the filters.

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Comment posted by Linnet Long on April 18, 2011 at 11:44 PM

I know nothing about fractalius, but I like these sorts of photos - there's so much detail to look at, and the overall color and "motion" just attract me. I like the first one because it appears sharper - even though the second one might be a little more like a "water" shot - still, I like the vibrant detail in the first one. 2 cents.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM

I like the first one. I get more of a sense of motion and energy that I associate with rivers from it. Never heard of a Fractalius filter but I like the treatment.

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