Skip to main content

Featured

How To Create Minimalistic Landscapes Using Blur Filters in Photoshop

 For at least 10 - 15 years I love creating abstract minimalistic landscapes such as beach and forest scenes in my post processing of photos using a range of Photoshop's blur filters.  Here's one of my latest images that features this (and other) techniques: The original photo was taken almost 15 years ago with a 7 megapixel Canon Camera, but I wanted to challenge myself and try to make more interesting image out of it.  Start I came across this image while browsing through my photo archive and kind of liked the scene with the woman enjoying standing in or close to the surf. Editing Steps 1. I expanded the image from its 4:3 ratio to a square format making the added part transparent. Then I selected the blue sky and erased it. As I knew I wanted to create an abstract image I searched for a cloudy sky and found a suitable photo in my library, that would make a more interesting sky than a bland blue one.   I positioned this sky a layer under the beach photo and go...
Post a Comment
Read more
Labels

Texturizing skies / New Texture Pack



Hello,
I admit it - I have been lame and lazy concerning new blog posts. Today I am back with a new pack of handmade fine art textures, that were inspired by skies and summer colors. I decided to create some textures that can easily be used to spice up a dull white or blue cloudless sky.
So this is an addition to the post on texturizing negative space.

I love fair weather and can appreciate a cloudless sky, but  unfortunately they leave me with a rather uninspiring empty space too often.

All the following pics were processed using a texture from the new pack or from the last one (Soft grunge texture bag). This is the new one:


dreamy skies & summer colors / 22.90€ /app. 28 US$



I have prepared a few examples to show you how these textures can be used with "empty skies". To see the difference you only have to move your mouse over the picture to see the un-processed version of the picture.

Picture 1

Bird Line

Bird Line Layers


I wasn't satisfied with the tinted background, so I decided to convert it into b&w. Adding the "Mint Sky - texture immediately turned it into a more interesting pic. Adding the free Shout- texture gave a nice soft grunge appearance as well as a light yellow tint. This yellow tint I decided to enhance with layer of a dark blue color. I like how the blending mode "Exclusion" makes the light tones more yellow while turning the dark ones slightly blue.
You can down load the shout texture here: SHOUT Texture


Picture 2     
Quiete Land


Picture 3
Rural Cliche


OK, this is a rather heavily textured photo, but I liked the result. That way I got a more balanced picture, I thought. But I leave that to your taste....

Picture 4

Finally one more subtle processing:
These are the two lighthouses in the volcanic south of La Palma, Canary Islands. The red & white one is still in operation, while the older and smaller one now serves as a little museum. We were there on a very clear and windy day. I chose a texture to spice up the sky a little bit. It was a fairly easy processing. I only had to straighten the lighthouses a little bit, because of the wide angle I used they were inclined to the left side. Then it was only one texture that I copied and the photo was done.
   
Faros de Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands



Thanks for your interest. I I try to be back with a new post sooner the next time.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment