Candy Childrey, PPSA  


Weisman Art Museum by Candy Childrey, PPSA

July 2017 - Weisman Art Museum

July 2017 - Candy Childrey, PPSA

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My image this month is the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. It is a very unusual stainless steel building that seems to lean and has few if any straight lines. The architect was Frank Gehry.
The image was edited in adobe camera raw, then detail and dynamic contrast were added on On1. The signs were removed with edit fill. The midtones were lightened and preset city lights from On1 was added. The tree was cropped out and the building elongated somewhat with edit-transform-scale and a glow added. Next the layer duplicated. The duplicated layer was moved below the original layer and flipped to create the reflection. A blue gradient was added on the lower half from the horizon down to give the look of water. A displacement map was used to create the ripples to look like water. Displacement map-1000x2000 px document. Filter-noise-add noise and set to max. Filter-blur-Gauss blur-rad 2 px. Layers panel switch to channels. Click on red-filter-stylize-emboss set angle to 180 with height at 1 & amt at max. Do same with green layer angle 90. Back layers panel, right click on background layer and choose layer from background. Go to edit-transform-perspective and pull bottom corners out as far as possible. Then go to image-size and change height to 1000 px making a square. Save as psd and close. Back in original file click on reflection layer and make selection over lower half where you want ripply water.. Go to filter-distort-displace and set horizontal to 30 and vertical to 60. Also select stretch to fit and repeat edge pixels. Click ok and effect is added. Now I darkened the edge between the top and reflection with the burn tool. I selected the reflection layer and lowered the saturation. The image was stretched out again with transform, a texture added to the clouds and water, sharpened, a vignette added. Finally, I blurred the clouds a little with a Gaussian blur and blured the water with a motion blur. I found several ways to do this on the internet and mixed and matched somewhat.


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10 comments posted




Georgianne Giese   Georgianne Giese
(Group 77)
WOW, you did a fantastic job with that building reflection. The image is outstanding, in my opinion.

I am really bummed that I didn't see that museum when I attended my grandson's graduation, 4 years ago, at University of Minnesota! It seems that it would be hard to miss, but maybe it wasn't there? Or maybe I was just too absorbed in family!   Posted: 07/04/2017 10:44:05



Steve Estill   Steve Estill
I really like what you've done here. I like the texture, the sky and the reflection. A good crop and excellent instruction. Thanks.
The only thing I'd shortcut on is the reflection - have you tried Flaming Pear 'flood' It's quite cheap and has lots of adjustment for 'wave' effects, horizon etc.
  Posted: 07/09/2017 15:30:05
Jan Handman   Jan Handman
Hi Steve. I've never heard of Flaming Pear, but I did just Google it to check it out. I'm always so leery of downloading programs without knowing whether they're kosher or not, so having a recommendation from you makes me think I should try it out. Thanks!   Posted: 07/09/2017 16:59:41
Steve Estill   Steve Estill
Used it for ages with things like this:   Posted: 07/09/2017 17:02:53
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Steve Estill   Steve Estill
and this:   Posted: 07/09/2017 17:09:01
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Jan Handman   Jan Handman
Cool! Do you use all their programs or just Flood?   Posted: 07/09/2017 17:14:58
Steve Estill   Steve Estill
I just use flood. I tried a couple of their others, but I don't think they're not in the same league.   Posted: 07/10/2017 03:01:21



Jan Handman   Jan Handman
Great image Candy. Frank Gehry buildings make great photos. I haven't seen this one, but the Disney concert hall in Los Angeles is quite similar. You did a great job of bringing out the detail and enhancing the mood of the final. I like the reflection and the color gradient you used to give it a different look than the upper part. Nicely done!   Posted: 07/09/2017 16:56:15



 
Wonderful image, Candy. I have never seen anything like it before. I have been checking out Flaming Pear as well. You have created quite a stir with this image. Love it.   Posted: 07/16/2017 01:12:07



Helen Sweet   Helen Sweet
Candy, I like what you've done with the color and creating the water and reflection. Gehry's buildings are so creative; I laud you for adding your own creativity, something that never occurred to me.   Posted: 07/24/2017 23:32:23