The Grudge - inspired by Jeff Long.

Superb execution, exquisite piece of art, Joseph! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2OO8!

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year Joseph!

Vallery

Jeez. A guy goes away for a few days and this is what he returns to....

 

 

 

Excellent. I feel just a little less Scrooge-like or Grinch-like in looking at this creation. We're having a heat wave of 40 degree weather, so I'm feeling a little less surly.

 

 

 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas with warm thoughts and a creative 2008.

I'm glad you finally got a chance to see this. I've been wanting to do a birdhouse shot ever since I saw yours but didn't know how to get my idea across. I shot this last Saturday with my new telephoto lens, replaced the pole , and used my new found technique. Did you know that there is a new invention in ps called"brushes"? ha! Thanks for all your support and feedback and looking forward to sharing ideas in 2008! Merry Christmas!

Wonderful - just amazing!!! Merry Christmas, Joseph:)

Quite powerful shot. The treatment and the title (Something that i love). Very, VERY good work.

Just excellent. Nice tonal and the post precessing. Happy holidays.

very well done Joseph,so creative photo,congrats,but can I ask you how you've done it, if you don't mind, good luck and happy new year 2008. Nima

For you only, I will tell you the "secret". Here is the original photo. I used the watercolor effect in photoshop, brush detail to maximum .Replaced the pole with a stump that I had a picture of and cloned out the sign.I did a little burning around the edges to try to blend the shadows in. For vignetting. make a new layer above the original,paint it solid black,use the rectagular marquee tool and set feather to at least 20,draw a rectangle in the middle and hit delete. For scratch effects, I used various "grunge" brushes and stamped shapes over the entire image. You can find brushes at the links on my bio page. I have started making my own using old textures and my intuos 3 tablet. You can find many tutorials on the internet on how to do this. Good luck and Happy New Year!

Awesome work, Joseph! And a huge thanks for explaining how you do this. Of course, there's still the "little" part of artistic vision, which we'll have to come up with on our own! Have a great 2008!

Love this shot! Great composition! The gloomy frame adds to the effect!!

 

Best regards,

 

Vamsi Krishna

Wonderful, thanks for sharing your ideas, Joseph, love it!

Thanks again Joseph for your comments and your support. You know I appreciate it very much. Best regards