Almost forgot Monday is DITI day I thought this might be interesting! Have fun Simon

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Great image to work with Simon! Way to start us off! Here is my first treatment. Psuedo IR look, some sepia toning, and other corrective adjustments. Fun!!!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

OK I just had a quick go at it add a bit more drama - A Boat, A boat ! My kingdom for a boat ! :D

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Nice one Kort, the sky has turned out good there, and a dramatic light for the castle :) (see you suffered from the sharpening too) Thx for the image to play with Simon :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Cool IR-effect Kort, and yours is pretty dramatic indeed Richard. Love the mist. Heres my little attempt. These threads are fun!!!! #:oD

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Yeah...a little suffering from the JPEG compression. Very common with the skys when doing my IR conversion - Channel mix can be touchy. Love your rendition...I've gotta get me that flood filter! =] Hey Andreas, we crossed AGAIN! ;] Love your dusky take on this one, esp. the birds flying in the background. Gives it that haunted castle kind of feel. =]

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Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I like that one Andreas - great light and colours :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Thanks guys! MAS4EVA!!! #:oD

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

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I caught the mirroring bug last week...can't seem to shake it... ;]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

LOL! I had the exact same idea in mind but i only had 15 minutes to spend so i never bothered. You really did a great job on this one Kort!!! #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

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Thanks a million my t-shirt toting MAS buddy! =] I amost went even larger, but restrained myself. ;P

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

i really love all of yours i dont have allot of time today busy with kids stuff but heres a real quick on i just did ...

kimmers ♥ :O)

I could have sworn i got an ebot saying Kimmie replied...where did ya go girl? Join the fun. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

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Ah...there it is. #:oD Neat job Kimmie, really cool looking!

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

Really love all of yours i dont have alot of time today busy with kids stuff today ( hey we just did a castle for a school project my whole kitchen table is a big pile of glue paper and crafts right now!! but heres a real quick one i just did ... i love this new fun diti !!!! oh i am back just had to fix something on this ....and hey yeah Andreas yours is my fav... ;o)

kimmers ♥ :O)

Awesome versions so far! No time for me to play now...maybe later...

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

Wow.So many interesting takes on this. Love the IR of Kort's and the scope of the mirrored one ,the mystical look of Richard's,the fire of Kimmie's but most of all the atmo of Andreas'. What a wonderful idea this DITI thing is. Maybe if I ever finish one of my own I can try one,lol. ;^)

Marlene <")

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"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Did you repost Kimmie? AGAIN? I make even less sense in my replies now...sigh. #:o/ Oooh....and thanks by the way, both to you and Marlene. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

Not much time to play...so here's a quickie!

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

Some excellent work here, post work never been my strong point, so dont have a clue how much of this has been achieved. Even the more basic stuff like cloning out that dull fence is complicated for me lol

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Ok, here's my second and final one....always wanted a castle for one of my Terragen renders...LOL!

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

sorry i turned your castle into a rug hehe ... oops! LOL

kimmers ♥ :O)

That is way cool Kimmers, how'd ya do that? And Gradient...that TG render is so cool with the castle in there like that...gallery worthy! Your other one kicks @$$ too! So much great stuff here, go guys shine. I was thinking the original idea of DITI might be to just work with the material in the photo, but now I see that it pays off creatively when you see what others combine your work with. I'm looking forward to giving it a go next week, man, what shall I do??? From the subtle to the overt, all of these images ROCK!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I learn something NEW with ever DITI! This is just too freakin' fun!

BTW...you peeps are churin' out some FANTASTIC work here! Really INSPIRING stuff!

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You folks are way ahead of me! yIKES!

kort asked how i made it into a rug well, i took out my rug hook and gathered the colors and worked all day ....uhmm uh, dont believe me ? ok , i reduced it mirrored it then cylendered it then rippled it then framed it twice after clarifing, sharpening and saturating it as well as unsharpened mask think that about covers it .. get it covers it ? hmm have to find a cozy spot for it next to the fireplace..

kimmers ♥ :O)

Hey guys, am I too late.... I wanna play too!

Even if you choose not to choose, you still have made a choice

twistedmind...this is super! Love it.

It was a quick inspiration... I threw it together in about 10 minuets.

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Even if you choose not to choose, you still have made a choice

I just love to play with colors & textures, heres my creation... ;)

TwistedMind, that is too cool!....Love it! Some really creative work here....it's neat to see how everyone melds the image with their ideas.

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

Twisted mind that ROCKS cool how it falls apart out of your hands .. love it!!! WOW!!!

kimmers ♥ :O)

OK, try again to post Mmmmm. I really enjoyed doing this but not enough time. Anyway here's mine. Simon you will know where the background is!! Great work everyone.... Steve

Wow...the stuff here just gets better and better!It's so great to see the way different people can take an image and make it unique and their own. Just makes me so happy to have 'discovered' digital photography and PS. Even more impressive,is the number of you who say,'it's just a quickie' or 'I only had a few minutes'... To do even HALF the stuff I've seen here,would take me the better part of a day...and the other half is simply out of my realm at present...so it's very inspiring for me to see all of this. So all I can say is,fabulous work everyone...This DITI idea is one of the best at RR's forum yet.Thanks.-M :^)

Marlene <")

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"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

These are just excellent one above. What else could be done.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

These are all fabulous interpretations from one image. Fascinating and inspiring. I do have a suggestion: How do people feel about giving a brief description of how they arrived at their final image. This would then help others, and turn this into a learning experience which would be useful on many levels for personal development in photography. Just to see how others have varied and used the light is useful in itself, but to have an insight into how this has been achieved will help in bringing out those qualities in other images. I am not suggesting a lengthy tutorial on each, just a brief description, then if someone wants to know more they can ask and maybe develop it in another thread. Without this it seems in some places to be a mixed medium gallery, with it I believe it would be a real asset to photography where people could use the skills learnt to develop their own photographic images. [I am happy to explain what I did though I won't add it to this posting to avoid raising a second subject in the same post.]

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Richard...that would be wonderful...especially to someone like me. I only just learned about the highlights/shadows thing in PS,because someone recently used it on a pic of Doug's... So I learn from these things. Thank you for championing us 'little' guys... :^)

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Description for #3 post above. I wanted to create a mystical type atmosphere. Create duplicate layer, twice. Filled first duplicate with sky colour. Used Flood plug in from 'Flaming Pear'. 2nd background copy used flood filter again. Added masks to layers. Erased all but the castle and reflection from top layer. Added layer twice - rendered with PS clouds filter. Changed first cloud layer to screen blend, 2nd to multiply. Adjusted levels etc. for final result.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Only a month ago that would have been like Chinese to me...LOL. Thank you.

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

I saved the original, then made it into a bmp. Selected the sky and changed one to black and one to white.Transferred it into Bryce and created a terrain to use it in. Made some changes to transparent out the windows.Added a few more terrains and brought it back into PSP where I did some work with the Wacom tablet. Was just a quick one, and I havent used Bryce for so long I am forgetting.Then into Potoshop for some highlights and shadows.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

And thank you,too,Doug...but with bryce and all,you are definately in Chinese territory!LOL! Still,it's fun to know. :^)

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

I am blown away by these interpretations, WOW! Keep them coming gang! I described by process for #2, sort of. In #9, I copied the layer, deleted the sky mirrored the image, cut the right turrent in half then re-mirrored the image, added some more room at the top, inserted my own sky and did some other minor touch-ups.

Sorry, as long as I was explaining...I just HAD to post another version. I cut the wall out from the original image, deleted the window glass (both of these feathering the edges 1 pixel), adjusted the color and copied it onto one of my own sky images. So many possibilities with this one image! =] Thanks Andreas! =]

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Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

OOOH!!! This is way cool Kort!!! Brilliant idea my friend. #:o)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

These are really incredible variations of a single photo. So now, I must ask a silly question, having not been around in a while..what is DITI Time, exactly? :) Please forgive my ignorance!

"Do It To IT" Time. Letting someone else play with your photo. We started it last week, with an image Doug provided. We were doing it informally for a week or two before that, but decided to make it a formal forum thing. ;]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Wow this has been popular Yes Steve I know that island, there was a different castle there last time I looked lol TwistedMindDesigns, that is way neat. Ah Kort, now I know why you wanted a big image, Kort cheated btw boys and girls and asked for a full size image lol Very nicely done, really like the idea, tried something similar myself. Really like the mood Andreas created too, Took a peek at Gradients gallery version, the cattle is a great addition to it. Many others also so good so sorry if I have not mentioned yours, just not enough time. They are all excellent and very inspirational, looks like I have a lot of learning to do LOL

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KOOOOORT!!! YOU CHEATER YOUUUUUUU!!!!! LOL! It does make things easier having the option to work with a high-res shot. Thanks by the way Simon, im glad ya liked it. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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I was going to add a full size image to my web space for people to d/l, but I just didnt hve time to do it to it lol If I get another go at starting a DITI thread I will upload a full sise one too.

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Richard thanks for the explanation. I got the flood filter just last week, but I need to play with it some more before I can make it do what I want lol. Thanks also to all those that posted an explanation of their P/W and everyone that has had a play. As I have already said. Some of this kind of post work isnt my strong point, so I have found this quite inspirational (oh no watch out gallery lol)

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DITI #19;

1. Created a new canvas
2. Merged two old sky shots of mine on that canvas
3. Selected the Castle only from the original image, copied it, then pasted it into the sky canvas, then position
4. Flattened image
5. Used selection tool to create two separate sun rays, feathered selections, then used levels to lighten up the selection creating the suns rays across the sky and the castle.
6. Adjusted curves
7. Added border...done!

DITI #21

1. Used my original Terragen image as the base
2. Pasted in the Castle only, reversed (Important to match shadows with the sun!)resized and positioned
3. Pasted in another copy of the castle, resized and narrowed it, removed the lower window, some cloning to remove and match with the first section.
4. Copied a piece of the second "narrow" castle, postioned it on the side, used the perspective tool and repositioned to give the 3D effect...also made this side darker as it is in the shade.
5. Merge all castle layers, then use curve adjustment to suit
6. Finally copied a piece of the Terragen "rock" and placed it at the right side edge of the castle.
7. Used the burn tool to darken a small path along the terrain from the castle door to the water...Done!

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In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

Brilliant thread, can't wait to next Monday.... DITI No.19 (PSP9) 1.Selected the whole castle using selection in smart edge mode and copied to a new image. 2.Used clone brush to extend the bottom walls over the boarding. 3.Copied the modified castle as new layer into the bacground shot. 4.Used deform tool in scale mode to reduce size and then copied a mirror version as new layer. 5.Used clone brush to make the wall between to two towers and extend wall down to the rocks. 6. Clone brush to make foliage in front of bottom walls. 7.Used chanel mixer to change colour on castle. 8.Flaten layers, and soft edge brush aoround the edges of the castle. Clone brush to remove existing parts of original castle in the background. 9. Reduce size to 700 pix and small sharpen. There probally an easier way, but thats the only way I know how to do it at the moment. Haven't got to grip with masks yet!!! I was trying to get the castle to the same colour as the bridge but run out of time and still not sure how to it! Steve

#28 - Can I play too?

I tend to use the quick mask tool.

#1 enter quick mask mode and paint the area I want to
extract (castle first) then click on Load selection.
then save selection as an alpha channel
This way the selected area can be loaded as a path
or mask for export as a vector to illustrator.
(This is just because I am use to working wirh production graphics, so it is mainly ut of habit)

#2 I opened the new photo I shot of myself with an empty
hand. Then again in quick mask mode I painted my fingers
and thumb.... Again loading selection... bla bla bla...

#3 Paste or drag castle to a second layer..
#4 Paste fingers to third layer making sure
layer three is the upper most layer....

#5 A few transform adjustments on the castle to make
it fit my hand.

#6 Copy and paste some peices if brick from the castle
and transform adjust to make them look like they
are falling off the bottom...

#7 Flatten, optimise & upload....

It sounds more complicated then it actually is but
the whole process took about 10 min...

Even if you choose not to choose, you still have made a choice

Yeah, production will make you fast...would probably take me triple that time. ;] Great explanations everyone. It is interesting to know your processes, mainly because it if were my I might have gone about them a little differently.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

DAMN YOU PPL ARE ALL SO GOOD!

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