What do you think of the effect?

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/31/2007 01:33:32 AM · #1

Must view large as the effect is not visible in the thumbnail.

Anyway, what do you think of the effect? Yeah, nay? I'm thinking of trying a 16x24" print of it just to see what it would look like as a large print.

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

10/31/2007 01:34:43 AM · #2

I think it is very nice. I like it. YEAH ;)

smardaz

10/31/2007 01:35:23 AM · #3

i'm diggin it man, dont know what you were going for but i like how it gives it an oil painting look

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

10/31/2007 01:35:35 AM · #4

Different...but romantic.

BTW...there is a saying..."Happy is the bride, that the sun shines on"

Message edited by author 2007-10-31 01:36:07.

fotomann_forever

10/31/2007 01:35:58 AM · #5

Would have scored well in the last Impressionism challenge :-)

I kinda like it. It'll probably sell well.

briantammy

Olympus PEN E-P3

Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7

10/31/2007 01:38:15 AM · #6

i like it. Is this meant to look like it was printed on a certain type of canvas or paper?

10/31/2007 01:41:25 AM · #7

I swear I have hated every "oil painting" or "artistic" filter I've ever tried on any of my images. I've always felt that the images simply lost photographic integrity without ever really gaining any kind of artistic value.

The closest I have ever come to a painterly feel to an image was done using Corel Painter and "hand brushing" the strokes.

BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT! (to me anyway)

This is just another Photoshop plugin. But it's extremely quick (as compared to painting by hand in Corel Painter). And yet the results seem so realistic to me.

For anyone interested... this was done with Alien Skin's snapart plug in.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/31/2007 01:42:41 AM · #8

Originally posted by briantammy:

i like it. Is this meant to look like it was printed on a certain type of canvas or paper?

Yeah, that's actually the only draw back I see to the image itself. If I do get this printed, I will probably turn off the canvas texture (the plug-in has many options) and have it printed on real canvas.

Monique64

Canon EOS-30D

10/31/2007 02:03:04 AM · #9

A print would look good but a canvas would look even better.

fotomann_forever

10/31/2007 02:04:15 AM · #10

Originally posted by Monique64:

A print would look good but a canvas would look even better.

I think so too.

Sheryll

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/31/2007 02:09:57 AM · #11

I like it. It looks like an oil painting and it works well with the subject.

fotomann_forever

10/31/2007 02:12:04 AM · #12

David, did you kinda pull the effect away from the faces or is that just a coincidence that it appears that way?

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

10/31/2007 02:18:12 AM · #13

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

David, did you kinda pull the effect away from the faces or is that just a coincidence that it appears that way?

Yeah, I painted black with about 30% opacity on a layer mask on the faces. I left everything else alone.

JeffryZ

Nikon D80

10/31/2007 02:22:52 AM · #14

An effect for the sake of the effect is one thing, but in this case it is a great photo to begin with and the subject matter works great with the effect you gave it. The couple will probably love to have this photo.

10/31/2007 07:53:07 AM · #15

Originally posted by JeffryZ:

I was at a 3-day intermountain professional photographer's association convention these past three days and one thing that was covered by a couple of seminars was this idea of turning a picture into a painting. The first one covered using Corel Painter (which I've already tried ... and basically feel that I "suck" at). The second one covered this usage of the snapart filter.

This image of the bride and groom, taken a couple of months ago, immediately came to mind as I could already picture it as being "half way there". The image on its own already had such a natural dream like quality to it that turning it into something of an abstract painting like this seemed the next logical step.

I rushed home from the conference (last night) and within a couple of hours had already downloaded the demo, tried it out, and posted the results here. I'm quite happy with it but wanted to make sure it wasn't just because it was a "cool effect". So that's why I asked what others thought.

Thanks for taking the time to look at comment. :-)

Makka

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro

10/31/2007 07:57:55 AM · #16

Originally posted by dwterry:

I so agree with this comment David. I've never been happy with what I get out of them but you've done well with this one. Left you a comment!

Tez

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

10/31/2007 08:00:18 AM · #17

I like it although it looks a little shiny to me and the ridges a bit too uniform. Basically, you can tell it's synthetic, but I know this because i oil paint... anyone just passing by would be cheerfully deceived.

luv2photo

Canon EOS-40D

10/31/2007 08:02:16 AM · #18

I really like it. I recently saw a print at a photography show that has this texture to it. The paper was texturized. I took down the photographer's number so I could ask what lab he used. I'll pass that info along if anyone is interested.