Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!! During the past week…any of us photographers took tons of family shots! We were playing out back in the yard with our new puppy. She is a Yorkie-Poo and is about 6 months old. Like any little one they love to play. My daughter had her new bubble maker from Santa and was letting bubbles fly through the air. The pup was having a ball chasing them! I went in and grabbed my 70-200 lens and snapped away. I put it on Shutter priority and got a few solid shots…fun for memories.
I was lucky with this one…and when I saw it in photoshop, I wanted to make it a bit more artistic. It does look like a painting…so here were my steps in creating this shot…
In Photoshop CS5…
Color Efex Pro – Tonal Contrast, Viveza and then added a texture in Bridge. It was cool…then I thought why not try the Plug-In called “Pixel Bender” (its free on Adobe). I knew it could make photos into painting like shots. I saw a clip about this on Scott Kelby’s “Photoshop User TV” …a few weeks ago. I downloaded it here…Pixel Bender. And used the “Oil Painting” option. I moved the sliders around a bit and after all my processing..the shot is above. Very cool!
Now I have tried the Pixel Bender since on a few photos. I think it works great when there are trees & flowers in the shot! I will keep trying every once in a while…maybe you will see another Pixel Bender shot soon! Ah…Plug-Ins are great!! You can create great art! Have a wonderful week back to work, school or whatever!
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