Hello, you wonderful people. Just one more week and the Christmas will be at our doorstep. A well-deserved break from all the stress and craziness.
Week 3 in December One Four Challenge feels like a half-step towards Week 4. I wanted to achieve an old, vintage look, a departure from the festive and vibrant colors in my first two weeks.
For this week’s post-processing I used only FotoSketcher. Few weeks ago I turned one of my images into a vintage photo and it worked so nicely. The only problem was that it turned into a monochrome and I wanted to have some color in this image, it looked rather bland in b&w.
I was looking around the FotoSketcher and spotted a feature – merge the original image with the result. There are scales to be adjusted, a lot of hit and miss was going on, but I finally got what I wanted.
This is my image for Week 3. I love the colors and the vintage look, I just couldn’t figure out the composition. This image doesn’t speak to me, there is no story lurking from the dark corner. I worked for too long and realized I was stuck. So, I decided to leave it like this and try to work on all my ideas next week.
So, onward to the next week. Right now I am thinking of using Week 3 as a starting point, but will probably change my mind 735 times. 😀
For all the details on this One Four Challenge be kind and visit Robyn’s blog Captivate Me.
I would never have guessed that bright Xmas decorations would look so cool in this vintage edit.
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I adore this vintage look and I am glad you liked it too.
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I love it! Looks like a whole different picture. This is a great treatment. It brings out the textures and gives the whole image more impact. Great work!
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Thank you! That was my goal for this month, to get different images.
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Love the vintage effect, works really well here. I think the story is in the original crop, its all about the shiny balls 🙂
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Thank you, glad you liked it. I hope I’ll come with something for the last week, this feels somehow half-done.
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Vintage and Christmas…oh I love that combination. I am sure you will find your way through to week 4, this is a great place to start 🙂
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Thank you! I hope I’ll find a way.
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Good morning Loré 😀
Love love love your commentary and the way you go about things.
This is a wonderful edit – just love the vintage touch that could have been so long ago.
No reason at all, why edit 3 can’t be a step towards edit 4 🙂
Always enjoy a smile when I visit you here – Love this! It brings up old fashioned thoughts of Christmas and fun times.
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There is a frosty look to the decorations. I quite like this Loré! Don’t beat yourself up, this is a fine interpretations and there’s always next week!
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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love the vintage feel of this one!
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Thank you, I am very fond of that, too.
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Love this week 3 image. Toned down nicely without the gaudy baubles that make me think of consumerism Christmas. Vintage and antique that reminds me of Christmases of old with family and friends and neighbours that we all knew. Looking forward to week 4 and where you go with it.
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The first two weeks were bright and colorful, I needed something to balance the Christmas craziness that surrounds me. I think there is an idea forming in the back of my mind, fingers crossed it finds a way out. 😀 Thank you for your kind words and your support, much appreciated.
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Looking forward to it 🙂
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I don’t know what you’re unhappy about — the vintage look really suits this shot. You want a story? These decorations look like they’ve been waiting for decades in a dark corner for a tree to hang on. 😛
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Thank you for the kind words and for the story. 😀
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Oh this effect works so well..subtle colouring and sepia tint ..make it so appealing !
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I hoped it would work, it payed off. Thank you!
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love the vintage look!! Great work Lore!
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Thank you, glad you liked it.
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I really like the look and feel of this image. It works really well.
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Tnx, Ben. I hoped this vintage look would work.
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I like the vintage look, but I like the crop from week 2… looking forward to what you have in store for us next week. 🙂
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Thank you, nice to have a feedback. I hope I’ll come up with something interesting for the last week.
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