A playful edit

Thanks very much for all the positive comments. Maybe I'll see what I can do with one of the dental operatories next.

I like the processing. One slight change I might suggest. There is a light blue crescent on the floor just to the right of the center operating table. I think I would clone that out. It catches the eye and looks almost like a processing halo.

Woolburr wrote in post #16050670
I like the processing. One slight change I might suggest. There is a light blue crescent on the floor just to the right of the center operating table. I think I would clone that out. It catches the eye and looks almost like a processing halo.

Thanks for commenting. What you're seeing is a portion of the top of a blue stool. You're right, it doesn't add anything to the image as it is and I'll remove it. If it were easily recognizable as a stool top, I'd probably keep it in the shot.

(Image size also fixed on the original post)

Very cool processing doc. Can you give us an idea of how you did it?

navydoc wrote in post #16051312
Thanks for commenting. What you're seeing is a portion of the top of a blue stool. You're right, it doesn't add anything to the image as it is and I'll remove it. If it were easily recognizable as a stool top, I'd probably keep it in the shot.

(Image size also fixed on the original post)

Much better with it gone. I agree, if you could easily have identified it as a stool, it would have been fine to leave it.

I love the pp. Can you please tell us what techniques you used?

Really love this, and yes I feel a mini tutorial is in order

Thanks for the comments and request for tips. It's difficult for me to explain how I did the edit as each image is different and different methods are used. Mostly, it's trial and error. I do use the Nik Collection of filters and Topaz Simplify to grunge up the image, add detail as well as give the look of an illustration. I've found through experience that not only is the amount of filtering important, but the sequence that they are applied to the image. After each pass using a filter effect, I usually tweak in CS6 using adjustment layers to taste.

Here are a couple more images I've been working on. I don't think they work quite as well because of the subject matter. I'll call these 'works in progress'.

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