Study Group 13 Member 1

Study Group 13

Stan Ashbrook - Aug - 10

Dennis Hughes

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How I did it -

First Levels was applied by moving the white point to the left to lighten the image. Then Curves was applied to increase the contrast to make the
sky easier to select. All layers were copied to a new layer using Crtl+Alt+Shift+E and a clouds image I had in my clouds folder was added as a new layer under the copied bridge layer. The sky was selected in bridge layer and a layer mask was added so the clouds were added to the image.

The Canvas size was increased to add a white border. The Akvis Artsuite Filter was applied to the bridge layer and a border was added to this layer used using Edit > Stroke.

COMMENTS:

Dennis Hughes Nice rendition of the high contrast image. Good idea to add borders.

Carol Kane

This is a great vintage look, Stan. Almost like a pen and ink drawing. I love it.

Karen Leonard The pencil sketch would be better if more detail were included in the right bank of the river, and the sky. Otherwise it is a fine effort. The frame is particularly effective

Peggy Seale
It was a good idea to add clouds, I think a little more details in the clouds would have been a bit better.

William Thompson
An interesting effect. I believe I would have cropped the bottom up to the dark line, and have darkened or cloned out the bright area in the lower right. This was a most challenging image.

Minnie Travis

Nice filter. Just that small amount of cloud breaks the monotony of the sky nicely.

Member Bio

I have been a member of PSA for over 30 years. I have had various jobs in Photographic Society of America the most recentlywas Chairman of the Electronic Imaging Division. I received my FPSA at the 1998 conference in Orlando.

I am retired as Manufacturers Representative in Electronics and am currently teaching Photoshop at two locations locally.

I have been married to my wife Bev for over 50 years and have 2 sons, one a photographer and a PSA member.

I use a Dell PC, Windows XP, Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. I have an Epson flatbed scanners and a Epson printer, a R260. I shoot all in digital with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi camera with a 17mm -55 mm and a 70-300 mm IS lens.

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