I discovered Stacy Fischer of Visual Venturing when Joanne of Coffee Fuels My Photography took part in Stacy’s monthly After-Before Friday (ABFriday) challenge, which happens every first Friday of the month. The idea is to download the given image and cast your spell with post-processing. The image for July was provided by Robin Kent.
The deadline for July’s submission was some days ago but I thought I would nevertheless see what I could come up with. As regular followers know, I rarely plan or have anything specific in mind so that the result can be a complete surprise. Here it is.
I overlaid the image with two textures. The first was 2LO Haunting 5 from Denise Love at 2 Lil’ Owls, bought via Design Cuts. I cycled through Photoshop’s blending modes without finding anything that looked remotely interesting. I left it at ‘colour burn’ and searched through my own backgrounds. I chose a grungy green created for His Master’s Voice. I reduced the opacity to 87% and tried ‘colour burn’ for this as well, which gave Capitol Hill a gold, bronze and red feel which appealed to me.
I’m also rather fond of the green-grunge-only effect.
I hope to enter the challenge next month for real.
Click here to see the submissions for July and here for the rules.
Take care and keep laughing!
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A fantastic result:) One day I would love to stand over your shoulder while you make one of these amazing designs. Keep smiling Sarah….and happy Monday. x
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Aw, thank you, Janet. 😀
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Both very effective Sarah.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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May hugs rain upon you, David!
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It was really interesting for me to read how these designs are created. I’ve little knowledge in this area so it was a real opening of a window for me. 🙂
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Happy to hear the post provided food for thought, Peter.
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I’m adding “muse” to my resume now, lol! Isn’t this an interesting challenge though? Love what you did in that second image, so wish I understood more about Photoshop. Any chance I could come over when Janet does to look over your shoulder, lol?!
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You should! I’m glad you like the greeny version. Thank you.
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The second one makes me think of a very well rendered comic book picture. A fascinating challenge indeed. Thanks Sarah!
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Thank you, Olga. I relish your support and I’m sorry that I rarely comment on your posts; it’s that old thing called time!
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I like both treatments and couldn’t pick a favourite. This is a great example of showing how colour can change the atmosphere of a photo.
Good luck when you enter the photo challenge “for real”!
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Thank you, Ruth. And just the tiniest change can make a difference.
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Hi, Sarah! I followed your pingback and am honored you chose to “participate” in this month’s challenge with Robin’s wonderful image 🙂 I always love to see what others accomplish in Photoshop. I love the color palette you chose and, of course, that the Capitol stands out in all its glory! I’m looking forward to including your submission in next month’s gallery 😉 Send me an email and I’ll happily send you the image links once the August image is revealed on July 24! Again, many thanks.
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Hello, Stacy. Lovely to hear from you and I’m glad you like my colour palette. I will email you anon.
Sarah
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