Filtered Rose with repost

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted October 5, 20131,083 views7 comments

Rose closeup, with Fractalius and oil paint filters applied. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

Edit: To me, the rose looks darker when posted here than it does in Photoshop. Do I need to let a few more of the reds become over satuated to achieve a better look, especially in a print? Thanks.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Marc Ward on October 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM

Rob, Lovely comp and colors. You might improve the punch of the image by using Photoshop and going to Image>Adjustments>Levels and moving your right hand slider to about 170. You might be surprised by how much vibrancy it adds. Great textures...

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on October 6, 2013 at 4:26 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, Marc. 170 was to much, with much of the details blowing out, but 200 seems to work with little clipping/detail loss. Here is the rework.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on October 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM

Rob, your repost is about what I saw when I tried it at 170, but I was just working with a 72dpi screen shot instead of the original... I rarely go below 200 myself so this is good feedback for me knowing how screen shots differ in behavior from the originals. ( made me realize I've never done a screen shot of my own image because I'm always working on the original or a copy.) I find level adjustments help give some "pop" without causing the garish results one can get from too much saturation.

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on October 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Love the textures and how this sits against the dark background Rob. Nice improvement on the repost!

Registered on August 4, 2012, 66 Posts, 726 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 10, 2013 at 9:49 PM

I love the light and the vibrancy in the repost.

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Comment posted by Jeff Oates on October 11, 2013 at 9:20 AM

Very strong look here. I really loved the repost as well. You are a great artist.

Registered on February 23, 2013, 46 Posts, 83 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM

Very Nice Rob,
The Repost adds much better color and detail to a great image.
Congratulations on the WP . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments