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Created from scratch in Topaz Studio 2. Do ask me if you would like the preset I created from this.
For my 100x Monochrome project.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the images. Happy 100x :)
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This is version interests me because of the process rather than result. It was made without using creative filters simply with blur and blend modes.
I changed the colours first with Curves in LAB mode. I then made three copies of the result.
The top copy layer is blended with Subtract.
I blurred the middle copy layer with Maximum Blur (which expands edges light regions) and then blended that layer back to the first copy with Lighter Color blend mode.
That was it. Instant homegrown neon filter :)
Just a bit of sharpening and tweaking to finish...
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This is version is just processed normally without creative mangling. The original was quite noisy so that was the main challenge.
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This version is the straight edit with a mirror filter. I quite like mirror filters where you can still see the original image embedded with in. Great fun to be had working out what went where....
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Punts on the Cam.
During the days in Cambridge a continual comedy plays out along the banks of the river as it runs through town. The comedy is in two concurrent acts.
The first is provided by the tourists who hire these pole-propelled flat-bottomed boats thinking how nice it will be to cruise serenely along past the green-striped lawns and the architectural grandeur of the centuries-old colleges.
Punting is not easy and the uninitiated quickly realise that moving their craft in a particular direction while both staying on the boat and holding on to the pole is well nigh impossible at first. Chaos ensues as punts zig-zag across the traffic lanes, and the hapless first-time punters are subject to a continuous barrage of advice from their passengers.
And then they decide to change drivers and make a good attempt at falling in…
The second act is provided by the professional punters who push their boats full of wide-eyed tourists up and down with calm assurance and restrained annoyance at the antics of the self-hirers.
These punters (who are usually not members of the University because it strictly limits student employment) give running commentaries filled with historical anecdotes to their rapt passengers about the colleges they are passing.
The fun comes because the punters compete with each other to see who can convince their passengers of the most implausible tale.
“Swan attacks are becoming a serious problem in Cambridge and the authorities are at a loss to know what to do. Last year there were four tourist fatalities in three incidents and the rate is rising alarmingly.” The tourists gasp on cue and hunker down, flinching as a swan sales calmly overhead…
What surprises me is that they don’t talk about the piranhas. The shoals of this voracious fish have grown large and aggressively fed on the rich protein of the slops from college kitchens. Most of the boats are now fitted with zinc-plated metal sheets on their undersides to prevent being holed in attacks.
There are two main punt-hire companies in Cambridge sited at either end of the main stretch through the town. This is Scudamore’s at the lower end, taken one evening in March of last year.
I thought I’d try a Sliders Sunday set but it turned out to be quite difficult. I’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks now and I think it’s time to give up.
This is my current favourite :)
Do say which one you like best if you wish. Always interesting to hear the variety of people’s preferences :)
I’ll post a link to the in-camera original in the first comment.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the images. :)
This version is created from the natural edit in Nik Color Efex with a home-cooked mixture of filter effects, the most influential being Monday Morning, Bi-Color and Glamour Glow. Ask me if you would like the preset :)
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