What Would You Do (#30)

[Nicole]

We're up to #30!!! Yay :D

So, this week we have a picture from suhail_dps:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suhail_kapoor/2085563235/" title="Wine Time (by suhail_rock)"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/2339/2085563235_9ec23c738e.jpg" title="Wine Time (by suhail_rock)" alt="Wine Time (by suhail_rock)" width="500" height="375" /></a>
Available Larger (http://static.flickr.com/2339/2085563235_9ec23c738e_b.jpg)

As usual, the rules are simple: Take the photo here, edit it however you want, then come back and post your result and tell us what you did to get that result. We hope that people will learn from these threads, which is the reason for posting your process too :)

If you want your photo to be the subject of one of these threads, just drop me a PM with a link to the medium and large version of your photo and it will get used in the order that it's received.

Now, let's see what you would do!

[jfray0]

http://lh3.google.com/JonathanRayDesigns/R19acDDfBKI/AAAAAAAAA5U/kE0qcNZFU_c/s400/wwyd-snowglobe.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/JonathanRayDesigns/DPSPhotos/photo#5142928737383154850)

I don't think I did a good job with the snow though.

[amy-rose]

jfray0,
i think you did a fantastic job- well done!

[xxpinballxx]

WOW! Jfray, i don't think there is anyone going to top that idea.....great job!
Im interested in seeing everyone elses now that the bar is set so high right off the bat.

[Teewinot]

jfray0, I echo everyone else and say FANTASTIC! Great idea and very well-executed!

[windrider86]

Wow that one is stunning to say the least. Makes me version aple in comparison. I really didnt quite know what to do with this and tried a ton of things before almost giving up and just submitting this:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alockintime/2106022428/" title="what would you do by windrider86, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2106022428_678cc40bb4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="what would you do" /></a>

duplicated layers
destaruated copy layer
erased areas that I wanted to remin in color
merged

[jfray0]

Thanks for the compliments, but now I guess I've raised the bar for anything I submit in the future. ;)

[amy-rose]

jfray0,
would you mind telling us your process?

[jfray0]

I used PS CS3 but nothing I did can't be done in older versions.
1. I found the globe on Google images and just remove the model inside the globe and the design on the base with stamp pad tools.
2. I imported the wine picture on a layer above the globe and sized it.
3. I applied a layer mask to the wine picture and just painted outside of the globe black with a feathered brush. (Layer mask are so much better than just erasing)
4. I applied a slight Distort>Spherize to make it looked distorted through the glass.
5. I set the blend mode for the wine pic to Hard light.
6. For the snow I made a new layer and applied filter Render>Clouds. I set this to clipping mask of the wine layer, so that it would only show up in the globe.
7. Then I applied Pixelate> Mezotint and chose Coarse Grain.
8. Next I removed the black from the layer by simply doing a color select on the black at about 70% and just deleted the selected.
9. I then applied Motion blur at about 20 pixels and -50 degrees.
10. Finally, I applied Distort>twirlize to the snow to make it look like it was blowing around in the globe, instead of just blowing in one direction.

I don't remember all the details but that is the gist of it.

[amy-rose]

thank you so much for sharing- i'll have to give it a try sometime! lots of possibilities with that.

[windrider86]

jfray, I HAD to try this, so here is my attempt. Granted my edges are rough and my effects do not compare to yours but I am tired and rinking wine!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alockintime/2106567517/" title="snowglobe_1024 by windrider86, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2106567517_fee94e74b4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="snowglobe_1024" /></a>

[prince]

I hope this worked out... Comments welcome as always :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepriince/2107270189/" title="Xmas Painting by ThePriince, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2107270189_098acc7d7b.jpg" width="500" height="367" alt="Xmas Painting" /></a>

[Teewinot]

Neat idea, prince! Do you mind sharing with us how you did this?

windrider86, nice job on your try of jfray0's idea...that's what these threads are all about!! Also I like your other edit...making the bricks and snow white helps the objects pop.

Here's my try...a little lost for a goal this week, so I just played...:D

What I did (in PSP XI):
-Duplicated layer
-Gaussian blur to duplicate layer (50.00)
-Difference Blend of 2 layers (opacity 70%)
-Merged 2 layers into 1
-Unsharp mask (Radius 75, Strength 200)
-Curves adjustment (brightness)
-Increased saturation (20)
-Cloned off the side of the dark object on the left so it wouldn't be cut off by the frame
-Added borders

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7845858@N05/2109774522/" title="What you would do #30 by ~Teewinot~, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/2109774522_23c1d5d3b5.jpg" width="500" height="389" alt="What you would do #30" /></a>

[FrankenPengie]

Couldn't get very original. The colors on the snow and ice blocks drove me nuts so I took that out and in the process, bumped up some of the highlights and brightened the snow in front. Slight saturation and contrast adjustment to get some detail out of the wooden... urn(?). A bit of glowiness to a newly flattened image with a copied overlay layer set at 35% opacity and a Gaussian Blur.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FrankenPengie/DPSAssignmetsEtAl/photo#5143610277611480818"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/FrankenPengie/R2HGS6QUpvI/AAAAAAAABBQ/3ulT4tVQu7A/s400/WhatWouldYouDo30.jpg" /></a>

[prince]

Neat idea, prince! Do you mind sharing with us how you did this?


Thanks Teewinot. I was originally going for the antique canvas painting look.. so..

I desaturated the image
Changed Hue/Saturation to get the desired antique colors
Added some texturizer-> Canvas

Then it struck me that paintings are put on a wall, so why not find a good room for it.. while searching came across this room pic.. cropped it to bring more focus on the painting that was already there and resize & pasted my image on the painting. Resized a little smaller than the actual painting to give some shadow effect..

Then I adjusted the curves to match the colors or the room and painting.

[snapdragon]

http://lh3.google.com/JonathanRayDesigns/R19acDDfBKI/AAAAAAAAA5U/kE0qcNZFU_c/s400/wwyd-snowglobe.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/JonathanRayDesigns/DPSPhotos/photo#5142928737383154850)

I don't think I did a good job with the snow though.

All I can say is WOW ,!!!! what can I do ?? here is the best I could come up with after this .<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rightleftbroken/WhatIDid/photo?authkey=a9U6uBoOxhE#5143891616819307378"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/rightleftbroken/R2LGLAef43I/AAAAAAAAFmw/Cqs8m47qXCA/s400/100_6681.jpg" /></a> I took a photo of your snow globe as seen in my candle stick .

[grummom]

Here is my version, although it does not come anywhere near the ones posted already! Holy cow!
I made a curves adjustment
I applied a watercolor action
I then made a rectangular selection around the edge, inverted the selection, and feathered about 50.
I pulled up curves and raised the left most pull to the top to increase the white around the border and added a gausian blur around the same border for a "dreamy" look.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceygrumbach/2116481892/" title="What Would You Do? by Homemom, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2116481892_f7c0b5a6fe.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="What Would You Do?" /></a>

This was my first time participating! It was a tough one!

[Teewinot]

grummom, nice job! welcome to WWYD!