Here's my image for this week's DITI

It is straight out of the camera, a picture of a little white church in Cheapside, Texas.  Have fun!

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Whoever answers with an image first is responsible for next week's DITI.

Immagine interessante , Lucinda ! Buona settimana !

beautiful shot!

Nice one Lu...I'll begin fiddling:)

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Got it saved.  What a gorgeous shot!  I'm itching to get started!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Beautiful image, Lucinda! :-)
I've already prepared my first draft, but I would not be the first to add a photo, probably next week I will be away from home and I do not have the time and then to provide a photo to edit!

A good evening!

A first draft rather simple.

Una prima elaborazione piuttosto semplice

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Here is my change to the image

Wonderful image...beautiful changes!

looks like this image will get a good workout!

Here's my first ...

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

It's so much fun to see your own image modified!  These are great!

Mario, wonderful colors, light, and textures.  Lovely clouds and the atmosphere.  It has an old time, traditional look, that matches that of the church. 

Gonzo, beautiful painted effect, light and colors. The color and light make me think of summer. I like the lighter blue color of the windows.

Tara, I love  the stark black and white of the church against all that color and the pushing of the trees to the horizon. Wonderful colors and sky!

Well, I'm about as happy with this one as I can be!  It isn't often that I do a DITI and think, "now THAT is gallery worthy," but I really like the way this one turned out. 

This is a great image, Lu!  Gosh ... I'd better slow down ... it's only Monday, and I've already done two! LOL!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Oh, what the heck ... here's the third one.  Now I'll just watch and enjoy the rest of the week!

 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

First DITI post...changed the sky...real fun around the tree:). Used a variety of filters and a layer mask to lighten the front of the church.

 

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Turned my first upload into B&W...again fiddled with various filters and opacities. It may not look dramatically different but I always learn something new when I postwork an image for a DITI. Don't ask me what...you'll have to take my word for it.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Wonderful! 

I agree about your first one, Tara.  You've created such a beautiful soft radiance.  I love it!  Your last one makes me think of an old B&W postcard, that has been cared for and only shows its age by a slight brownish tint. 

Bill, I like the way the church looks in your first one a lot,especially on zoom.  I really notice the shapes of all the doors, windows, and structures.  The sky looks great.  It looks like there is a mountain in the distance on the right.  It looks totally different in B&W and kind of spooky.  I've been here so I know there is not a grave yard, but...

**Between fantasy and reality!**

With Photoshop, I put like sky a fractal of mine made with apophysis!  I then reworked the photo with Layer Style, Blending Options, Drop Shadow, Outer Glow, Bevel and Emboss!

I'm going to the party of my little granddaughter Claudia, today is her sixth birthday! It will celebrate the sea, rain of ash from Etna allowing!

 

Congratulations to you all for the wonderful images! :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

X Robert , Tara, Bill e Maria C. ( buon compleanno a Claudia ).

Le vie del postwork fotografico sono infinite e questa prima serie di lavori sta a dimostrarlo . Complimenti a tutti per queste immagini tanto simili e molto diverse !

The streets of postwork photography are endless and this is the first series of papers to prove it. Congratulations to all these images are so similar and very different!

 

 

 

La mia N° 2

Here is my first entry...awesome picture to work with!

Fantastic work by all!!!

My first one is like some others...only boosting it up a bit.

 

You said this is Chespside, Texas...made me wonder if that is the preachers house to the right rear..the little place.

"I know this is Texas...yes, Texas is NOT Alaska...but we **would** give the preacher a bigger place to live.

The town is reported to have declined to about 100 folks in the late 1800's then was down to 31 in 1976.   Not many votes here.  That is what the net says.
 

Marvelous Maria!  My first thought was that another galaxy had decided to pay a visit to this out of the way spot in Texas.  That might bring the population up.

Beautiful textures and colors Mario!  Lovely light and color.

I love the atmosphere of yours, Mark.  The deep shadows and background of trees in the mist.   With the bare trees, the red on the ground becomes fallen leaves and I am in late autumn.  Very nice indeed for a sweltering Texan.

LOL, Tom.  I didn't knock on the little door so I can't tell you for sure.  I like the treatment you did to the walls giving it a worn look, and the window.  

Not particularly thrilled to see Palin in Texas, though I'm glad she's brushing up on her geography.  Wouldn't mind if Perry moved to Alaska... 

Here's my first. 

Very beautiful . Lucinda ! Great postwork !

la mia n° 3

here is my first. I hope you like it

WOW! everyone one of these is a winner!!!  Outstanding work! I'll have to see what is left for me to try...

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my second attempt. I really like this one, it is not like anything I have done before, it is inspired by work I have seen Myrrhluz do before, there is some really beautiful work posted on this diti

Here's my third.

Moved the church to a Kansas prairie and applied a Virtual Photographer lithograph filter...among other things.

 

Nice job Lu...thought it was one of those big 18th century serving dishes until I looked closer. Very appealing.

Nice one Mario...a great bend and a rainbow of colors.

A dazzling job Randy...sun spots (flares) are probably what I'd get taking this picture.

And you second one...wow, how did you do that?

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Fantastic work, everybody!  This is an inspiring image, Lu.  Outstanding selection for us to play with! 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

There is a child's game played with clasped hands with fingers inside and two first fingers up,

"Here is the door(the thumbs), here is the steeple(the first fingers), open the door and see all the people."  Then the hands are turned over showing the fingers as people. As a little kid, this was a fun little play thing to do.

 

Here is another version.

like all idea's and workouts  ...now my first simple trial :)

Thanks to all for the nice comments about my starter picture.  You have all done such marvelous variations!

Mario, Very cool!  I love the half circles of color and the double vortexes.  The tree on the left seems to be rushing toward the viewer.  

Randy, Wondeful sun flares! I like the way they are of various colors and some are inside others.  There is even one on the tiny preacher's house. ;)  And the second one, Wow! that's really cool.  It reminds me of Escher.  Thanks for the kind words too.   I'm thrilled to have a part in inspiring this beautiful work!

Bill, My first thought when I saw your pic, was 'Little House on the Prairie' which is set in Kansas.  Very 'wide open spaces' feel about it.  I like the addition of the fences. (Glad you saw the serving dish in my pic.  I can't say I planned that, but once I saw it, I tried to emphasize that look.)

Tom, your image made me grin, and of course, I did the game and wiggled my fingers.  It looks like the people are about to head, in mass, over the opened side wall.  Very creative and fun image. 

Feliciti, great to see you here!  I love the strong contrasts, and the way the light seems to come both from behind the church and from the church itself.  It makes me think of a dream. 

my third try, this is really a lot of fun, I have enjoyed it

Feliciti...nice use of the Luce filter for light rays.

Was going to upload an image with it before I settled on the trees in the mist brushes..

Complimenti a tutti per le belle immagini viste , settimana ancora divertente e interessante . A tutti una fantastica nuova settimana .

Congratulations to all for the beautiful images seen, yet fun and interesting week.

To all a fantastic new week.

Mario

Hi! It's just great to come here & see what all of you are doing. It's great to see how you change a photo into something so imaginative. Lucinda, your image is mysterious, moody & solitary, and it's a great place to start.

And everything else...

Straight enhancements (Tom, Tara, Bill, all very sensitive to the original)

Moody b&w's (tara & bill, very subtly done)

Highly graphic works (randy, graphic elements so well used, incl silhouette & layered sky)

Highly imaginative (Mario, 2 of your pieces are scenes from beautiful fairy tales, the 3d from a dark fairy tale; a beautiful, childlike fairy tale scene by gonzo; a surreal & beautiful fractal montage by Maria; the eerie twilight-scape by tara, w/those textured trees I love; a moody vision by Mark, wonderful misted background; a beautifully lit & dreamy vision by feliciti where the light seems to come from within; and a positively 'Andrew Wyeth' vision from Bill, with graphic detail too boot!)

to Tom's seamless inside-peek into a run-marathon (terrific manipulation) not to mention Lucinda's Grand Opera Ceiling (lol), like the dome of a great Baroque hall (more fine manipulation)

...a real cornucopia!

Below are my 3. I almost didn't do anything as they're hard to top.

Have a fine weekend everyone! Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic works, Mark (right?)! Three beautiful images with great atmosphere and a touch of fantasy! Very interesting!

 Thanks for your nice words!

Wow, Mark!  Your special touch ... three wonderful pieces!  You weren't sure about being "back," but ... holy crap ... !!! ... you're back!!  These are so "you," and I would know them for your work anywhere, but there's something new about them as well.  A step further, somehow.  It's like you've taken your digital painting style and brought it forward into a more literal form.  Wow.  All three are superb, and I couldn't possibly say which I like more than the others.  Outstanding, every single one!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Hi ! Havent been here a while and sooo much awesome has happened in here, that I can only manege to say how amazing stuff you deliver, all of you.  I only made one little attempt yet.

I love that, Helle!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Wonderful , Helle !

I have my last two ready.  I am blown away by more wonderful variations.  I have really enjoyed seeing what everyone has done with my image!

Randy, I love the strong silhouettes of the church and tree, against the pastel ribbons of color.  The graphic effects and gray tones make me think of one of my son's favorite graphic novelist's work.

Mark, I'm so delighted to see you post versions of my pic.  And Wow, I love them all!  The beautiful blue and so deliciously cold first image, has such magic and atmosphere.  The second has a bit of madness (of the fun "Alice in Wonderland Variety.")  The facade of the church is a wonder of shapes and angles, and shows up more traditionally in the reflection. I like the way there seems to be a porch light on, in the reflection.  I love the mixture of reality and fantasy in the last one.  Different worlds intermingling. 

Helle, what a treat! I love it!  How marvelously you have made the slope of the roof points of the steeples dominate the image.   Your choices of textures, composition, and light are perfect!

Here are my last two.  One of the things I like about quilts is that you can take the exact same square, position multiples of it differently with versions of sashes or no sashes, and have totally different designs.  Here are two quilts, made with the same square (a small portion of my image digifiddled a bit) that you can see between the sashes of the first one.  

Here's number 1

And number 2.

Two creepy girls waiting...for what? I don't know.

Kept going with it...but not really happy with it completely.

 wiil keep playing with it. ;0)

I didn't know you were a quilter, Lu!  :)  Me too.  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

My sister, Gail and my mom are the top quilters in the family, but I've done a few.  :)

Great image, Mark! I like the girl on the steps.  She makes a perfect ghostly figure.

Two quilts perfect, Lucinda, for color and design! Very beautiful !!!!!

Very beautiful image and well done, Mark! (You can not know everything)

 

Happy sunday to all !

More beauty...

Helle, I know your love for architecture, and this fits right in with your many other works of buildings & low skylines & vases, etc. In fact your 'skyline' here feels very Northern European, the way the forms pile up on each other. Love the light from behind as well, varying Lucinda's original mysterious light...

Lucinda, your quilt samples are beautiful...I know that quilting is a very old art, and it gives you the chance to sink into each pattern & commune with it for a while. I assume it's that way when you do it digitally too. These would be great as very large pieces, btw, with many patterns across the frame...

Mark, both of your pieces have a real mystery, the way you fade your backgrounds (in the first, you moved the main tree to the other side & added trees & then engulfed them in mist, fine manipulation). Here, the two visitors seem from another lifetime, and the light seems to be consuming the church from behind. Very imaginative.

And thank you for your comments, everyone, I'm glad you saw fantasy in my pieces. I was going for an "Alice in Wonderland" look, yes Lucinda; and Tara, thank you for seeing something 'new' in my work, I really appreciate that. Thanks to you all, I don't get here enough & it's one of the best forums on the site.

A happy Sunday from me as well! Mark

 

 

 

Mark: I just realized you inverted Lucinda's pic...but you still added trees & all that mist. I was close!

Have a good day everyone!

 

 

Hi Friends!

Thank you Tara, Mario, Lucinda and Mark for your kind words about my first Post. Actually I wasnt sure I could make anything worth mentioning, when I have seen what wonders, that could be done in here,  but I desided to give it a try.

On this Page I love  what Tom did. Awesome Photo Manipulation.

And Feliciti´s dreamy morning look is just lovely.

Vaggabondd´s  Evening style is so nice and peaceful.

Lucinda´s Quilts are really gorgeous in both color and patterns.

Dashboard´s ghost atmosphere is really great and a bit Spooky.

And Mark (anahata). This is just so lovely and exciting and there is so much to see in all three images. I am happy to see your orps, as they are your trademark :) Dont know where you get these wonderful colors, but WOW!!! I am so glad i dont have to choose here.

 

Wish you all a great Sunday.

Helle

Ok lets see. Here is my next attempt.

I had a very eventful week... my two  granddaughters were  not very good and I went back and forth between both. Tomorrow morning I'll go for the last week in Santa Tecla... after will resume school and everything will return to normal! Here I used the Storm background by Monica  (mgtcs on Renderosity)

A good week to you all! :-)

 

 

 

Congratulations to you all for the splendid images! :-)

 

 

My last image. Photo reworked with Photoshop, Layer Style, Bevel and Emboss, color overlay.

Hugs to all! :-)

 

 

 

Chiusura alla grande , direi col botto ( visto il fulmine ) !

Ottimi lavori di Helle e Maria C.

 

Closing the great, I would say with a bang (as lightning)!

Helle and fine works of Maria C.

3 more beautiful images!

Helle, I love how your church glows against the night sky.  With the church, light, and starry sky, I thought of Christmas.  'Silent Night' started playing in my head. I like the bell.

Maria, Lovely images! Scary and dramatic sky in the first one.  I think most Texans would risk such lightening for some rain. Beautiful color and mood to your last one. I like the heavy outlining of the windows.  I hope your grandaughters are feeling better. 

 

Mario, you start the next thread.  I look forward to seeing your picture!

In anteprima la foto da me scelta per la nuova settimana . Si tratta delle vecchie pompe di iirigazione sul fosso Bara m emissario del Lago di Massaciuccoli , Sullo sfondo le Alpi Apuane, dietro le colline di Massarosa . Foto scattata dal punto dove sono posizionate le nuove pompe .

Preview the photos I had chosen for the new week. These are the old ditch on the Bara pumps iirigazione m emissary of Lake Massaciuccoli, the Apuan Alps in the background, behind the hills of Massarosa. Photo taken from the point where the new pumps are located.

Marvelous image, Mario! Cool reflections and layered mountains!

Wonderful work, everybody!  This has been a terrific week!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Cosa devo fare per iniziare la nuova settimana ?

What should I do to start the new week?

 

 

A good week to all !

Go to Photography Gallery

Then to Photography Forum

Right above the gray box with all the threads is a string of options. The forth one is [new thread]  Click on that one.

Then I cut and pasted the old title and changed the date.

  :)

Grazie Lucinda , ora provo.

 

I think you can also use [start thread]  (second under "Welcome to the Renderosity Forums") 

Ho provato , ma non è venuto fuori niente .

 

On this page you can also  choose "NEW THREAD"

Credo sia andato bene. Grazie

 

I think it went well. thanks

 I learned something new

Oops,  I sent you on a long way around.

If you go to the [new thread] right above "August 29, 2011" on this page you should get the page to start the new thread.  Did you get to that page?  It has this address:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/message.php?new&forum_id=12379

I type too slowly. lol.  Glad it worked out.  I learned something new too.

 

Here's the link to this week's DITI.  Thank you, Mario!  :)  Nice job!

 

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2835058

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa