Playing with an image to make it look like a painting.

[mtbkanata]

I live here in Ottawa and one of the big events is Winterlude in the winter time. I thought it would be cool to shoot some shots of the canal with people skating, but when I got home, they just looked like normal shots.. nothing special... So I started playing around, and got the idea to make the image look like a painting of the canal (You always see the paintings)... by upping the saturation, and playing with the levels, I think I have a pretty decent image now.. something that looks much better than the RAW that came out of my camera.

http://www.mtbkanata.com/pp/data/756/winterlude_2007.jpg

[Miyagi-san]

very nice....great composure. love all the different colors against the white snow,

great shot

[Eoseni]

I like it. Keep playing and you might find better results still.

[mtbkanata]

Thanks guys... I'll probably play some more. I have about 15 versions to play with. I wanted something I could frame here at home.

[thescottandrew]

real cool shot, love the color of the peoples coats

[mtbkanata]

Thanks.. I added a bunch of saturation, because paintings always seem to look that way... makes the people like almost surreal...

[BottomBracket]

Nice pic, mtb, though I don't think saturation is enough. If your photo editor has artist tools that can convert a picture to say, watercolor, impasto brush strokes, or the like, then you can use that to make this really look like a painting.

Looking at this pic, I somehow feel that a pointillist effect, such as that found in Seurat's paintings, will lend nicely here.

[mtbkanata]

brb .. btw nice handle... only bikers would know what you are! hah

I'll test out some filters in PS... really I was just playing to see what I could acheive without filters, but the full effect, might be worth my while. ;)

[BottomBracket]

Thanks mtb! I knew you were a bike enthusiast. Share us the pic when you're finished....