What Would You Do (#30)

[Nicole]

We're up to #30!!! Yay

So, this week we have a picture from suhail_dps:


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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]

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:


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.