Painted With White, take 2

Reworked a bit with a new technique I just learned.

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Mark, your style is intriguing!

At first I thought I was looking at shadow faces, The whites are just a little too white for me but I do like this overall as an abstract image...I would like to see it printed huge!

Awesome, looks l.ike some sort of soft focus overlay layer. I do this quite often. The bad side effect here is it has a tendency to blow out the whites, which seems to have happened to some degree here. If you did the adjustment on a new layer, you could use the levels to bring down the whitepoint slider on the adjustment layer, or you could throw the original back on to it and then use the eraser at some mid-opacity if that is what you are going for.

Really like the additional saturation here.

That's pretty much what I did, Andy. Flatten the file, duplicate the background layer, Gaussian Blur it (the more you blur it, the more normal it will look after the next step). Change the blend mode to Overlay. Season to taste.

Actually, the whites here look a lot brighter than then do on the test print.

This one is sweet. I bet the print it striking.

I think it's awesome, Mark! I'd be interested in a step by step explanation of what you did if it isn't too long for you to type out.

Jerry

see my previous post, it's that easy, Jerry.

I really like this

I guess the "season to taste" confused me. I thought you did something else. I'll definitely have to give it a try. I like the effect.

Mark - very very abstract - I love it. Wish the whites were not blown out - at first I thought my laptop screen is f***** up but from any angle the whites look blown out.

After those steps there, you could add a layer to lighten/darken it or add a Saturation layer to tone down or saturate further the color.
On this particular shot, I didn't do any "seasoning to taste".

Mark, I'm working on a laptop because my computer is getting overhauled, but I really like the patterns and contrasts, but can't find any detail in the whites.

Interesting patterns and I love the contrast. The whites through the center and bottom look pretty hot though.

Thanks Mark! I understand now what you meant.

Jerry

You heard me Mark? I asked for another this morning, and Voila! I'm really enjoying this stuff .... keep it coming with or without seasoning

Mark,
I also am on my laptop because of my hard drive on my desktop crashed. I think it's a cool shot and I can see detail in the highlights. I'm just wondering what your plans might be with this shot. Is it a little weird for a large print in a frame over someone's fireplace?

This is just way way sweet, Mark. Great eye and great technique

Thanks for all the comments,

Erik,
Maybe I'm just emotionally attached to it but I really like it. I have a frame hanging around that will fit a 18x12 so I'm going to hang it in that for a while and see what it feels like.

I like this too. Nice and weird, interestingly.

Erik, not sure how far Hendrix (or really any visionary) would have gotten if he had set out to create "above the fireplace" works. Guess it depends on whose fireplace you are talking about.

I wonder how this would work with white water images.....? Nice work, too - I like this...

I like it too Mark, in fact I like it a lot.

Mark - I design and frame artwork professionally on a daily basis, and believe that this could be just amazing with a couple mats and a classy sleek frame - large enough to hang above the fireplace in a contemporary setting. Love it as a beautiful abstract work of art.

Janet B

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing the technique. I like it.

Mark I am all over this one!!!! I have no nits and plenty of love for this image!!! Well seen and well executed my friend!! Mat it, frame it and hang it over the mantle dude!!!

Thanks everyone. That extra bit of processing really put it over the top.

Janet, I printed it to 18x12, double matted it and hung it in one of my standard metal frames. It looks pretty nice. I may be having a big show here in Hood River this summer and I think this will be one of the pieces I show. I'll print it larger and put it in a real nice frame.