Today is the day for experimenting and I will be on the road all day, so I decided to experiment with processing on iPiccy with a shot I took yesterday. This a view of the Bushkill taken in black and white for starters. I then "warmed up" the temperature and increased the saturation. That darkened the picture somewhat, but I wanted it a bit darker so that the effects didn't wash out the picture. I then "posterized" the picture which separated the tones from white to gray to black. I then added a red tint, which acted like I had placed a red filter over my camera lens. I really liked what these steps did to the trees, but now the sky looked really washed out. So I added the "Peeling Paint" effect as an overlay. This kept the effect visible only on the sky and not on the trees. But it wasn't quite enough, so I then added a texture of parchment on top of that (also in overlay mode). By now the picture had really taken on the life of an old photo to me (the kind where the photographer had to stand under a covering while he shot the picture). I added a light brown vignette around the edge and a border frame in brown and cream and the "experiment" was complete. So there you have it- a picture of what the Bushkill might have looked like in 1840!
interesting picture, only problem the trees in picture in 1840 wouldn't have been there or they would have been big ones just ready to die off....just saying! :)
Oh how come you ladies are to clever..so much of different processing and the results look really great..I've got to spend more time learning some of all this..love the finished picture.
This is a nice effect, it does suggest one of those old processes like daguerrotype, wet plate or something. Without the texture work, tinting and the vignette I'd have probably guessed that you were aiming for an infra red feel.
@ruthmouch Thank you Ruth! @kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi! @sharonaddison Thank you Sharon! @peterdegraaff Thank you so much Peter!! @mhatch Thank you Mark! This region in the early 1800's was partially forested and partially farmed. I think along the Bushkill it remained forested for hunting purposes. The Poconos have also been a well-know vacation spot at times so there has always been a balance of sorts between the two. But yes, some areas here were deforested for farming. @mrssmith Thanks Carla! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @cimes1 Thank you Carole! @la_photographic Thanks Laura! @salza Thank you Sally! @bruni Thank you Bruni! You'll have fun- this was processed in iPiccy, but you can have the same kind of fun in Picmonkey- and for some really wild processing that can turn your shot into a painting, try BeFunky. Just have fun with it! @automaticslim Thanks Automatic! It did have an infra red feel to it after one of those applications but I'm not sure I remember which one! @filsie65 Thank you Phil! I love experimenting with the processing and could totally get addicted to it! So, I'm careful to not get too attached!
That is a lot of work for a picture!! I wouldn't even know how to do what you did to begin with as I am not that good at editing. I can add my name and a frame and that's about it... This is an excellent job!
@prttblues Thanks Bev! It's not what I think ahead of what I will do (other than I'd like this picture to look old or have more yellow- whatever). Most of the time it's "I wonder what will happen if I do this?" Or "What does this effect do?"! @maggiemae Thank you Maggie! I wrote it down- I would never be able to remember this process because there were so many steps. Four is about my limit! @boogie Thanks Mags! @sangwann Thanks Dione! I see this every time I go in or out of my community and I never get tired of it. In fact, one of my favorite things to do after we've had a heavy rain, is to stop on the bridge and listen to the water rushing by for a few seconds. It's a beautiful sound!
Great job! It looks like a painting to me, but I like your interpretation of it as an old photo too :) Now I'm picturing you under a canopy while you take pics...
@alia_801 Now that would have been a cool job for a woman in our early history- a photographer. Although in that day and age, most woman aspired to raise a family and take care of household matters (and they were for the most part happy to do it!). But for the ones who wanted a little more, that would probably have worked! Thanks Alia!
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! This was a shift for me because instead of just fudging around until something looked "cool" I decided somewhere in the middle of the process I'd like it to look like an old photo by the time I finished- but by doing it on my own, not by hitting the "old photo" effect button.
June 15th, 2012
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@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi!
@sharonaddison Thank you Sharon!
@peterdegraaff Thank you so much Peter!!
@mhatch Thank you Mark! This region in the early 1800's was partially forested and partially farmed. I think along the Bushkill it remained forested for hunting purposes. The Poconos have also been a well-know vacation spot at times so there has always been a balance of sorts between the two. But yes, some areas here were deforested for farming.
@mrssmith Thanks Carla!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole!
@la_photographic Thanks Laura!
@salza Thank you Sally!
@bruni Thank you Bruni! You'll have fun- this was processed in iPiccy, but you can have the same kind of fun in Picmonkey- and for some really wild processing that can turn your shot into a painting, try BeFunky. Just have fun with it!
@automaticslim Thanks Automatic! It did have an infra red feel to it after one of those applications but I'm not sure I remember which one!
@filsie65 Thank you Phil! I love experimenting with the processing and could totally get addicted to it! So, I'm careful to not get too attached!
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian!
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie! I wrote it down- I would never be able to remember this process because there were so many steps. Four is about my limit!
@boogie Thanks Mags!
@sangwann Thanks Dione! I see this every time I go in or out of my community and I never get tired of it. In fact, one of my favorite things to do after we've had a heavy rain, is to stop on the bridge and listen to the water rushing by for a few seconds. It's a beautiful sound!
@paulavdmerwe Thank you Paula!
@ulpiphotos Thank you Ulpi!
@tanja_1211 Thank you Tanja!
@twinsplusone Thank you Sharon!