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10/17/2017 05:05:53 PM · #1
To be clear ...

Are we to make the photograph appear like a painting in post processing like an Oil Colour or Water Colour effect
or
We take a picture that has a painterly look as a photograph without the need for excessive process..
or
Either?
10/17/2017 05:12:15 PM · #2
My guess is either. Standard editing allows a fair bit of play these days.
10/17/2017 05:21:39 PM · #3
Sadly it'll probably end up being a filter contest.
10/17/2017 08:44:35 PM · #4
Originally posted by salmiakki:

Sadly it'll probably end up being a filter contest.


True. A pity to make hybrids instead of photograhs
10/17/2017 09:20:35 PM · #5
I'd like to challenge people to use lighting to achieve the look :) Window light, overhead light, flash, strobes, reflectors....

Let's not be lazy!
10/17/2017 09:23:00 PM · #6
I don't think the use of filters is absolutely necessary ... this is one of my favorite pictures, and I think it has a "painterly" feel to it, caused by a bit of blur (it's taken from a moving train) and the coloring which is exclusively Curves through masks.

You can see how I made it here ...
10/17/2017 10:18:18 PM · #7
Either.

The description says nothing about not using filters or textures. Do as you wish and make an image you love. :-)
10/17/2017 11:28:37 PM · #8
I think the description quite encourages a bit of artistic pp.
10/18/2017 12:40:37 AM · #9
When I proposed this challenge I had in mind that we would/should use filters to the max :)

Original suggestion thread

10/18/2017 02:12:24 AM · #10
Well, there we are then. I'll be making full use of whatever filter floats my boat. If it sinks voters' boats too bad.
10/18/2017 03:59:19 AM · #11
Originally posted by GeorgesBogaert:

When I proposed this challenge I had in mind that we would/should use filters to the max :)

Original suggestion thread


Thank you.. I'll embrace my inner picasso... :)
10/18/2017 08:55:23 AM · #12
i don't get the anti-filter mindset... very, very few submissions i've seen here are of the "instagram" quality, where someone takes a photo, applies a filter or two, and posts it.

there is often a LOT of other adjustments to the photos submited to DPC to maximize their impact/beauty, with the filter just being one component to modify the image in a certain way.

filters are now a tool in the pp toolbox ... if you want a NO FILTERS PAINTERLY PHOTO challenge, then submit a suggestion to that effect and see if it gets selected.

-m

Message edited by author 2017-10-18 08:58:02.
10/18/2017 09:25:06 AM · #13
Originally posted by Pixelstate:

Originally posted by GeorgesBogaert:

When I proposed this challenge I had in mind that we would/should use filters to the max :)

Original suggestion thread


Thank you.. I'll embrace my inner picasso... :)


That's it! Embrace your inner Picasso, Leonardo, Turner, Vermeer, Rothko, Miro, Giotto....USE filters making something "painterly" A SCENE (not only a landscape) and NOT imitating and debasing the impressionists and make a landscape - a dime a dozen.
10/18/2017 09:56:41 AM · #14
Some helpful plugins... Try out for 10 days
I bought the Akvis Oilpaint plugin last year and haven't had a chance to use it till now...
//akvis.com/en/products-photo-editing-software.php
10/18/2017 11:56:11 AM · #15
Originally posted by mefnj:

i don't get the anti-filter mindset... very, very few submissions i've seen here are of the "instagram" quality, where someone takes a photo, applies a filter or two, and posts it.

there is often a LOT of other adjustments to the photos submited to DPC to maximize their impact/beauty, with the filter just being one component to modify the image in a certain way.

filters are now a tool in the pp toolbox ... if you want a NO FILTERS PAINTERLY PHOTO challenge, then submit a suggestion to that effect and see if it gets selected.

-m


Don't know if this was directed at me, but I'm not "anti-filter" at all. I just think that as "photographers", we should explore ways in which a photograph looks "painterly", beyond just filters.
10/18/2017 02:27:37 PM · #16
Originally posted by tanguera:

Originally posted by mefnj:

i don't get the anti-filter mindset... very, very few submissions i've seen here are of the "instagram" quality, where someone takes a photo, applies a filter or two, and posts it.

there is often a LOT of other adjustments to the photos submited to DPC to maximize their impact/beauty, with the filter just being one component to modify the image in a certain way.

filters are now a tool in the pp toolbox ... if you want a NO FILTERS PAINTERLY PHOTO challenge, then submit a suggestion to that effect and see if it gets selected.

-m


Don't know if this was directed at me, but I'm not "anti-filter" at all. I just think that as "photographers", we should explore ways in which a photograph looks "painterly", beyond just filters.


it was a general response .... been seeing a lot of comments on challenge photos which deride "filters", too.

i totally agree with you, and i do try different lighting, etc. on most of my submissions...but sometimes to get the look i want requires a filter to act like a "brush" to "paint" with the existing pixels

Message edited by author 2017-10-18 14:29:05.
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