How was this effect achieved?

kdog

Here's a shot of a girl posing in front of the torah with her proud parents from a Bat Mitzvah that I shot on Saturday.

Any guesses as to how this effect was achieved? (We'll get to the "why" a little later...)



I think it looks a bit like an impressionist painting.


Here's the original for comparison.



Major kudos to anyone that can guess how that effect was achieved. :deal

amitg

I liked it. I would like more eyes details though.

kdog

amitg wrote: »

I liked it. I would like more eyes details though.

Thanks!

kdog

Ok, here's the backstory. I shot this Bat Mitzvah which started off with morning formals, ceremony and a luncheon. I had a few hours to kill between the luncheon and the evening reception. So I went home, unloaded my cards, and quickly selected a photo from the formals to print and frame so that I could bring it to the reception as a gift. The parents always love it and it's good marketing for me for all the other families to see. Of course I was in a hurry and when you're in a hurry mistakes happen. Imagine my surprise when the print starting coming out of the printer looking like that. :yikes

I figured I was screwed, but after some investigation I discovered my mistake which I was able to correct and got my print. :whew

Come on, somebody has to have made the same mistake before, or at least willing to take a guess before I give it up.

aj986s

I've never experienced it, but it is a pretty cool effect. Doesn't look like a resolution issue. My guess would be that the wrong format was used when sent to the printer, like maybe a desktop icon or button??

divamum

You printed on the wrong side of the paper....? (damhik )

Sam

While I myself never make mistakes...............roflit looks like you left plain paper in the printer.

Sam

moose135

divamum wrote: »

You printed on the wrong side of the paper....? (damhik )

That's my guess too...

kdog

divamum wrote: »

You printed on the wrong side of the paper....? (damhik )

THE WINNER!!! clapbarb

Runner up is Moose135.

Yes, that image with the effect is a picture of the print. Man, I'll tell ya. When I saw that come off the printer in full 12x18 resolution, with only minutes to spare to get it framed and out the door, I felt ill. And boy did I feel stupid when I figured it out. I'm still flabbergasted at the effect. Unbelievable. It's like a massive local contrast enhancement or something.

Thanks to everyone who played.

divamum

If you'd said it was a PRINT in your first post I'd have got it right away - I did this in error when I was battling the new printer a couple of weeks ago, so knew exactly what it was as soon as you mentioned paper!!!