Ian Ledgard, GMPSA/b, EFIAP/p, AWPF, GPU-Cr5
July 2024 - Stained glass swirl
Original
About the Image(s)
The original is a shot of a piece of stained glass work at Golden Acre Park, Leeds.
Cropped and straightened then used the spherize filter. Next Selected subject and added a red stroke around the oval shape. Then changed background corners to black and finally the red key line.
Not certain about the top, but would welcome your suggestions.
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9 comments posted
Tim Kemp
(Group 60)
(Group 60)
Hi Ian, Tim from Group 60 here, just happened to be browsing and saw your interesting image and query re the top and thought I'd have a quick play (& of course got a little carried away - I hope you don't mind, and hope some of it may be of use).
Straightened and cropped (removing the columns of red framing tiles either side - that avoided getting the pie slice when spherized).
Used Polar Coordinates to spherize the image.
Used transform to make it a circle (just a personal preference).
Made a very loose selection around the seam (where the slice was) on the upper part of the image where it joined, used Generative Fill (no prompt) to remove the seam.
Posted: 07/02/2024 02:31:40
Straightened and cropped (removing the columns of red framing tiles either side - that avoided getting the pie slice when spherized).
Used Polar Coordinates to spherize the image.
Used transform to make it a circle (just a personal preference).
Made a very loose selection around the seam (where the slice was) on the upper part of the image where it joined, used Generative Fill (no prompt) to remove the seam.
Posted: 07/02/2024 02:31:40
No problem at all Tim, I welcome all suggestions. Pleased you found time to play around with my image and give it an alternative presentation with one solution to solve my problematic top. Posted: 07/02/2024 07:58:57
Love what you did to this - thanks for sharing the process. Posted: 07/12/2024 16:35:11
Tim Kemp
(Group 60)
(Group 60)
Cheers Gunter :-) Posted: 07/15/2024 02:45:46
(Groups 20 & 81)
Lovely colourful image to do this technique on. I like the bird in the centre!! Not too bothered about the top slice. Posted: 07/04/2024 16:44:11
Really like this swirly rendition - not too swirly, and can still identify some of the objects. Love the colours as well - nice contrasts and nicely saturated. Good subject for the swirly filter. The spike going to the top is not a big deal for me, as I use it to give my eyes a rest, as they move their way around the image. My only suggestion would be to give the oval some space all around - the tight red line feels like it's squashing the subject. Posted: 07/12/2024 16:33:19
Ian, This is so attractive. I really prefer it as an oval. The colors are great and I think you did a good job adding the red stroke around the oval. You are right that the thin pie shaped area in the upper left is distracting from the rest of the image. You might try outlining it and content aware or the newer AI filter - Generative Fill - in Photoshop,which I do not have yet to get rid of it. Otherwise, it's really pretty and enjoyable to look at and study. Posted: 07/17/2024 18:11:33
P.S. It's also nice that we are attracting outside critiques. That is what I think the directors are trying to encourage. So many thanks to them for joining us. Posted: 07/17/2024 18:12:50
(Group 87)
This is a very nice image. I like it as you have it. Continuing the swirl, as has been suggested, works but I feel is a step too far. Posted: 07/22/2024 20:41:19