Something for the Weekend - Part 234 - Clove Hitch!

[davescm]

Hi,
Well done to all you posted images in our last, 'vital spark', challenge. There were some clever interpretations of the spark plug.

This week our starting ingredient is one which may be more familiar to the cooks among us. It is a dried clove but instead of using this one for flavour we will use it in creating an image. What can you make with it?

The “rules”:

• Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.
• Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc.
• Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”.
• There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off your skills, or bring a bit of humor and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!
• The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only.

To download the starter image, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

When posting back your image — please use the blue reply button in this first post and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun!

Dave

[AlanGilbertson]

A fox. Right. I will say no more. 🤐

[GeekyGirlRex]

What am I missing?

[AlanGilbertson]

We'll tell you when you're older.

[davescm]

I like that. The hair style works and the cloves make a good bouquet.
Dave

[Christelle RD]

I would call it, the Clove Ring!

 

[fbeaume]

Nice use of the shadow Christelle!

[Christelle RD]

Thank you Franck!
It's the only solution I've found to suggest the ring shape ...

[davescm]

This is clever. The clove has a nice metallic look and the shadows indicate the ring rather than warping the clove itself.
Dave

[Christelle RD]

Thanks Dave!
I love the texture of cloves so much that I didn't want to spoil it 🙂

[Jill_C]

I thought this gorgeous Georgia O'Keefe painting in the O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico needed a bit of embellishment. It's called "Stump in Red Hills" and she painted it in 1940.

[Trevor.Dennis]

It's trending towards being Daliesque.  I'm sure the original artist wishes she'd thought to add the cloves.

[davescm]

It's a nice painting and the flowing cloves fit in well, Jill.
Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

I have learnt a lot from doing the SFTW threads over the years.  You get an idea and have to work out how to make it happen, or you see something interesting from other posters, and can ask them how they did it.  If you are following these threads, then you probably like to create from scratch, or addapt existing images, so I thought I's share a YouTube channel I discovered recently.  It's full of pretty good effects, and I have already found lots of new tips and tricks.

Check it out. 🙂  https://www.youtube.com/@NemanjaSekulic/videos

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Okay, apologies for the copyright transgression, but it WAS RIGHT THERE!

[fbeaume]

Haha!

[davescm]

Haha. I like the way the font also matches. 🙂

Dave

[Abambo]

(Image source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V)

 

[davescm]

This could be the first clove sent into orbit. I see you got it in twice, at the bottom and the top of the rocket.

Dave

[Abambo]

This could be the first clove sent into orbit. I see you got it in twice, at the bottom and the top of the rocket.

Dave

By davescm

You may not have known this, but the secret fuel that brought the people to the moon were the cloves... 🙂

[JR Boulay]

"This could be the first clove sent into orbit."

Captain James T. Kirk filed a complaint with the Space High Command about this fake news.
The Enterprise did so 8 days earlier, the proof of which can be seen here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-234-cl...

😉

[Trevor.Dennis]

Lucky Gypsy Cloves Pegs

[davescm]

Haha. I love both the idea and the execution on this one. Nicely done Trevor.

Dave

[Nikki Kuhn]

[davescm]

I like it Nikki. It reminds me of the Christingle oranges.
Dave

[Junior Rocha]

looking for a lost treasure