Poppy Paintings

Paul Iddon

I took a few shots of an isoltaed stand of poppies down on the docklands area on the outskirts of Preston today, and I thought that as simple images, they lacked a little oomph.


So I thought I would have a play around with a few filters and such and see if I could come up with something a little more dynamic.


I uses an action called "Erick N Watercolour" by a chap called Erick Nguyen which gave me the paint effect, and then added a texture layer which I colourised and changed the saturation levels and hues to try and match the poppy image. A layer selection on the white background was coloured and blended which was then also given a hefty motion blur filter.

I think they turned out better than the originals, so I hope you all agree.


C&C as always accepted.









WDYT?



Paul.

tlee

These are beautiful.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Tracy.

Your comments are appreciated.



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Frog Lady

I really like them too. They look like something that should be on the cover of a note card.

Nice job.

c.

dlplumer

I really like # 1

Tango

kinda looks like pinhole in a way to me..... very interesting!

Paul Iddon

Frog Lady wrote:

I really like them too. They look like something that should be on the cover of a note card.

Nice job.

c.

Thanks Coleen. I might even make some table mats!


Paul.

Paul Iddon

dlplumer wrote:

I really like # 1

Thanks.

Paul Iddon

AaronNelson wrote:

kinda looks like pinhole in a way to me..... very interesting!

Thanks Aaron. I suspect the f/stop in pinhole far exceeds the f/stop in this - but I know what you mean!.

Paul.

Jack'll do

These really are stunning Paul. I quite agree that they should be on a notecard of some sort. At the very least framed and hanging on a wall. Thanks for sharing the process used.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Jack.

Its a departure from my usual stuff.


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Anselina Adams

loved it

Paul Iddon

Thanks you Anselina.



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Richard

Nice work, Paul. The treatment fits the subject well.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful as always !

Paul Iddon

Richard wrote:

Nice work, Paul. The treatment fits the subject well.

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Beautiful as always !

Thanks for looking and the comments.


Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

I took a few shots of an isoltaed stand of poppies down on the docklands area on the outskirts of Preston today, and I thought that as simple images, they lacked a little oomph.


So I thought I would have a play around with a few filters and such and see if I could come up with something a little more dynamic.


I uses an action called "Erick N Watercolour" by a chap called Erick Nguyen which gave me the paint effect, and then added a texture layer which I colourised and changed the saturation levels and hues to try and match the poppy image. A layer selection on the white background was coloured and blended which was then also given a hefty motion blur filter.

I think they turned out better than the originals, so I hope you all agree.


C&C as always accepted.

WDYT?

Paul.

Ohhhhhhhhhh I like what you've done with these Paul
They would make great gift cards.
Nice processing ... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Thanks Skippy.


I wish I knew somewhere in the UK that would use them!


Paul.