Painting with Filters in Photography (Today was another good day!!)
I’ve been playing around this afternoon with the photographs I took yesterday. There were a number that were deleted immediately, some that were cropped and intensified or sharpened and turned out to be pleasing images. There were others that seemed not to have much promise until I spotted one detail that seemed intriguing. If I could sharpen it to the desired amount and had surrounding images that worked well with the main detail, I then started playing with light, tone, shadows and contrast.
I finally found one that was pleasing, but when I started playing around with filters, I was amazed at the difference between the original altered piece and eight different filters. I want to present all of them to see what you think. From one photograph that I felt was not a success, these nine alternative paintings developed. I love every one of them. The setting for all, with the exception of filters, were the same: Saturation, 1.00,Contrast, 0.71, Cast, Intensity, Definition and Edges were all 1.00, Falloff 0.99. Each is labeled below with the filter used.
No Filter
Mono Filter
Tonal Filter
Noir Filter
Fade Filter
Chrome Filter
Process Filter
Transfer Filter
Instant Filter
The Original Picture
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/today-was-a-good-day/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Very creative idea.
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You are so orderly.
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Isn’t it fun? I started playing with filter before they got so sophisticated. I wasn’t sure whether I could still call the resulting images photographs, but they were some kind of art. Artographs? I like the “pencil sketch” versions, especially.
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I do too. As someone who has no talent with creating images with paint or pencil, I love doing this. This is the first time I’ve had much success, though.
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I like the Transfer filter the best, although all of them have their own uniqueness. Makes some look like a water color medium….awesome ideas!
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I know. I’ve tried using filters before and never found any I liked but suddenly with this photo I liked them all. I liked the transfer filter as well. Thanks for commenting, MLou.
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Really amazing. That one little flower. Very fun!
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That one little upside-down flower I nearly deleted!!
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In all but the original picture, one expects to encounter a fairy at any moment!
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beautiful-subtle changes make a difference- and what fun to do it!
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I know. I loved it.
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