Unzested Railing

Dorothy wondered what the Zesty Abstract base shot was- so here it is in black and white- a railing by the balcony stairs. I threw that picture in the photo processing blender so many times I can't tell you how I ended up with it looking the way it did! But this is definitely how it started.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@illinilass Here's the starting point for the Zesty Abstract. As you can see it's not anything like a sundress or swimsuit!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Amazing - the zesty abstract is so far removed from this !

[Pyrrhula]

Looks like magic. In the blender and get a great result.

[katy]

I never would have figured this! I really like the original with the patterns and shapes

[winghong_ho]

The blender likes playing magic in converting photo into any abstract images.

[Dorothy]

@olivetreeann
That’s beyond my comprehension how you started with this photo and ended up with Zesty colours! Is there a name for this type of application?
Thank you for sharing this photo.

[Kathy]

Almost as abstract as the abstract.

[eDorre]

Wow! So interesting.

[Diana]

gosh this is so amazing with such a different end result!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@beryl @pyrrhula @grammyn @wh2021 @illinilass @randystreat @edorreandresen @ludwigsdiana

Thank you Beryl, Ferry, Katy, Winghong, Dororthy, Kathy, Dorre, and Diana!

To be honest with you I put this through so many changes I don't remember how I did it, and I only saved one of those steps so I'm not sure I remember all of them. Suffice it to say, I used most of the programs I like- Smart Photo Editor, BeFunky and Ribbet for different effects and I do remember I warped the picture in Ribbet and finalized the colors in Smart Photo Editor using sliders. The only thing changed on this rendition is converting the color to black and white to bring out the contrast and the carved out shapes. This is a close up of the railing in this shot-
https://365project.org/olivetreeann/themes-and-comp/2023-08-22