Jerry Biddlecom
About the Image(s)
I hope my entry for this month doesn’t overstep the rules, but I thought
I would try something different this time. I’m a big fan of the extraordinary
Australian singer Judith Durham and belong to one of her fan sites on
Facebook. There is a small number of members who post photographs
taken from the internet and try playing around with the images. I wanted
to try capturing a picture (via screenshot) from a Youtube video of their
1968 farewell concert and as you can see I came up with a quite under-
whelming result. So, in order to make lemonade out of lemons, I went into
Photoshop Elements and played around with the various filter combinations,
including high contrast, posterize, find edges and sharpening. I then used
distort to narrow her face somewhat in the final version. Taking a screen
shot of any video invariably results in motion blur and poor resolution.
Finally I added a stroke, mainly for the left side.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
I am totally amazed at the variety of images by our group this month!!
  Posted: 11/12/2021 11:56:56
In the past, we have not permitted images that were not your own work. For the purpose of experimenting, it might be okay. It would be better to do the experiment on a person where you have done the photo.
Are you still using Elements? Time to move into PS. :)   Posted: 11/13/2021 18:01:51
As for the picture itself, it is your interpretation that counts the most.   Posted: 11/18/2021 12:57:39