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Friday, October 2, 2009

View from St Nazaire


This is a favorite view of mine, taken from St Nazaire cathedral
in Beziers, looking N/West.  The water mill is best seen in winter because the trees obscure its view.

In this image I wanted to be rid of the pesky houses at the bottom,
so I simply cloned them out!  It took over one and a half hours, but I think it was worth it..

I'm showing a screen shot of my layers, (Click for a bigger view)
You'll see I've used Liaisons and Necropolis
Liaisons is - Multiply - Opacity @ 100% - Blending @ 84%
Necropolis is - Color Burn Opacity @ 51% - Blending @ 31%

To achieve the painterly effect, I simply use the 'Colour Noise filter' at a very low setting, I then sharpen this with 'Poster Edges' Filter at around 10%.  This pulls it together again, the other layers are those with various light levels at differing depths.




2 comments:

Borealnz (Jill) said...

Love this one Paul, a wonderful transformation! (I thought I'd commented on this before I left btw, but it obviously didn't save)

Anonymous said...

I appreciate you putting your "recipe" info online. Some people become secretive and snobby and don't share their info. I appreciate your openess and willingness.

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