Well, I'm "it" this week, so here's the new thread. This is an underground garage, w/ a little grain because I'm still new to dark photography. But I hope the dark will give you something to add to, color, smudge, destroy, whatever.

I don't have a connection & have had to be away, so please forgive if I'm late to respond. I'll get here, I just may be late...I appreciate your patience & hope you're inspired to mess-up my image!
Mark

 

  Here's my version. (It was better in the 1500kb verson!) Just smudging, some painting, over-sharpening & layering the image over itself about 4 times. A bit psychedelic, but why not lol...

 

Well, I really didn't want to be the first to respond, cuz now I have to start the next one.  Maybe I will pass my start to the next person or maybe someone who has never started one would like to.

Anyway, here is my fix:
Using PSCS4, I opened and cropped image.  Then used  "shadow/highlight to adjust the lighting so things weren't so dark.  I used "Neat Image" to remove excess noise. Then I added a duplicate layer, gaussian blur, layer adjust color dodge @ 100% and Walah!

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

First, I just realized the new DITI is done by the *first *person to respond, not the last:
My apologies! I'm new to Photography (coming from 2D) & messed up. My apologies Helle! I owe you something---I'll make you a drawing!

Kim. You've both lightened & improved the photograph. My version of CS doesn't have "Neat Image" (though being new to photography I've let some imperfections stand in order to learn from them). Considering the quality of your gallery, I'm not surprised by the ease with which you did this version. Your gaussian blur & layering coaxed out light & hue from the cars. Very nice work kim.

 

Here's my shot at it . . .

Wayne

 I love it Wayne. You've created a snow-laden, grain-laden blizzard. Grain (or whatever speckling you used) will form waves & deluges which engulf an image: You created white & blue clouds from which the cars quietly emerge (with some bright & clear detail): I love what you did. Mist & clarity together...

I had some time this morning, so I took both your images---Kim & Wayne---blended them w/ adjustments, then blended my original, upside-down. I got the below...

 

  ...kind of an abstract expressionist thing...don't know how photographic it is, but it's fun to see what photographs will do when put in a room together w/ some filters, etc.

(I'm posting this from a car...fitting, considering the images!)

 

Mark, do not apologize for jumping in there.  The usual flow is to have the first person to post start the next one, but there are several of us here that end up posting quite often.  It's good to see a new face come on the scene and add to the fun. 

I had to laugh, because I had mirrored the picture at one point also and thought it looked like a futuristic garage with anti-gravity machines that allowed the cars to park upside down over the other cars! LOL :P Very Cool!

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

ANd here is mine :-D

 Thanks Kim. I was on the 2D forum a while back & remember how loose it was. But when you're on a new forum, you have dreams of the Forum Police banging on your door at 3 a.m. screaming, "you destroyed the DITI thread!!!"

("Forum Police"---ya think I need some sleep???)

Helle, you know how much I love your transformations. This is an oil-painting with a wonderful symmetry from of a non-symmetric shot. I love the hues too. You turned my empty photo into a Jackson Pollock spill. It's wonderfully messy & very orderly at the same time. Thanks for messing with my image, always a pleasure!

So now I did a blend of Kim's & Helle's images;
then below it, the combo blended with Wayne's.
Adjustments & an oval filter. Just for fun. Hope you enjoy...

 

  Kim's & Helle's, messed with.

 

  Above, with Wayne's, blended & adjusted...

 (Oh btw...I saw some of your photo-books online Wayne: Could only glance, because of my connection--but the graffiti collection was wonderful. So were the others. When my connection is back, I'll start visiting the galleries again. I miss being here more.)

 

 

Wow, you people have so much imagination! I'll have to learn to be more playful. These are really interesting.

Thanks for the kind words Mark. Their server on Blurb is fairly slow if you want to preview a book - you wait for about 45 seconds with nothing happening, but after it starts it seems to go faster.

Wayne

Okay, here's another one...

Wayne

Mark I dont mind at all, because I didnt have any idea to a new shot anyway   I am just so glad to see you in here. Welcome, my friend. Sorry I forgot to say that.

Hey.... don't laugh..... I've had the "Forum Police" at my door at 3am!  JK! LOL :P

Helle, I see a face at the bottom of yours... Carmen Miranda style with big earrings!

Love the mixes, Mark!

Wayne!  Now your getting creative!!!!

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

AWWW! Mark. The Kim/Helle mix it awesome and wit so wonderful colors.  I never thought about mixing the results also HAHA!   Fine idea :-) 

Wayne,  that Ghost car is great. I guess you used only a part of Marks  image? Excellent.

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 Hi!
Sorry I'm late...(we had a high rise fire & the repair cut our connection for days, and since I work at home, I have to leave to connect. Connecting from here is slowwwww...)

Wayne, that is creative. I recognize the wheel of the front car, and you've mirrored it to make a ghost image of a car's front. I think you've repeated the garage-lights to make the grille & fender---very creative work. (It could also be a strange face or skull. I like the violet hues too.)

Kim, I see the Carmen Miranda w/ her crazy "fruit" hat! I'm tempted to do something with it, though Helle does those masks a lot better than I do. (There's a bad joke in there about "miranda rights" but I'll pass...)

Finally, 4abnormal, it looks like you've taken Kim's image & smudged it (or done brushwork) to create the wind-lines: Subtly done, and not in too many places. I say that because the temptation with smudging is to do it alot. Very nice.

(And helle, thank you: It's a pleasure to be among so many fine photographers, yourself included!)

Now 2 small variations...

 

  Has aliasing & grain etc---but an attempt to make a B&W with stark contrasts. I tinted it slightly blue for subtle mood. If I had time, I'd take out the jagged light-lines, etc. But just playing with stricter transformation...

One more below:

 

  Lens flare, posterization, edge work & coloring. (Ie, how one gets the "layers" coming from the light.) Just some fun...

Have a good day, all!
Mark

 

4abnormal,  I so like the Motion blur and the soft look. Very beautiful :)

Mark it is mighty dramatic the B/W, couls have been in a good crime film :-)
AND I was wondering how long would take, before you could resist the...Flare LOL! Looks awesome, the way you used it. :-)

Now I noticed, I did used Kim's image rather then the original. I'm sorry.
Thanks for the comments.