Posted by JL Morris on January 21, 2008
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When we got our first copy of Photoshop the first thing we did was play around with the cool filters. Some of them made little or no perceptible change and others were so crazy we could not imagine what in the world we would ever use them for. The next stage was to take the filters we liked and apply them to bad photographs until we got something unusual that we thought others would like, but generally they were just bad photographs with a filter applied.
This photo-artist is a master of the filters tools. This is not just some image where someone played around with the filters pallet; this is an image where the knowledgeable artist applied filters to get a desired result.
This manipulated image has all the detail and felling of a water color wash pen and ink drawing by a master. This is an illustration that draws us into the details and makes us want to look closer and closer. The subject is the crowd and the crowd is in a flowing motion that draws us into the center of this throng of humanity. You cannot appreciate this image unless you can blow it up to the largest size possible and study the detail.
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January 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
This photo was taken at a jazz festival in Montreal. While I was down in the crowd, I couldn’t find the image I wanted, so I went into a hotel and got to a balcony overlooking the crowd. I wanted to catch the excitement of the crowd and the tents center stage. I used several filters including Velvia and gradient.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:01 am
On first line, change crows to crowd
January 21st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
HEY!! where is WALDO! L.O.L. I am such a fan of yours! Brilliant!. You have a style al your own Al. Congratulations on another fantastic art piece.
A joy to see.
January 26th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
WOW!! This is one of those images that you wish you could have taken. It’s different, it’s vibrant & it grabs you.
Just wonderful.