Something for the weekend - Part 45 - Secret of the falls

[davescm]

Hi

This waterfall is High Force in Teesdale close to where I live. It's a wonderful place particularly at this time of the year , despite the grey skies. However , I wonder what secrets lie in this gorge.

So the challenge this week is to reveal the secrets of these falls.

I don't know if the "rules" need repeating but , for the benefit of anyone joining us for the first time:

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.

There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy - come and have a go!

When posting back your edited images please use jpeg and downsize to 1200px on the long side.

To download the image below in jpeg format with ICC color profile (sRGB) and without the forum scaling artefacts , right click and then use Save Image As /Save Target As (or similar depending on your browser).

Have fun.

Dave

[Ussnorway]

rumoured to have some polution?

[Jacob Bugge]

The unknown Blondin performance.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Wow, so many entries this week.

[davescm]

Wow indeed

Jerry - That is very timely for this weekend's Rememberance Sunday

Ged - I'll have two of whatever drink you had to come up with that one

Jacob - It seems dangerous sports are popular here this weekend !

Trevor I like that ice skating penguin. Did you model it or draw it?

Great stuff, if you have just stumbled upon this thread - come and join in !

Dave

[davescm]

Dave

[jane-e]

Dave, that's not only awesome, but it looks like you got to use Blender this week after all!

[davescm]

I did indeed Jane

Dave

[Ussnorway]

could at least have put a bucket there... poor mum has to clean that mess up later

[Guest]

davescm  wrote

Ged - I'll have two of whatever drink you had to come up with that one

Dave you never said it has to normal mines just a bit

[Dean_Utian]

My thought of the week.

[kphotopage]

FudgeRocks

K

[davescm]

Hi

Kphotopage - welcome to Something for the Weekend.

I had to look twice there. At first I thought it was just a pile of fudge until I looked closer and saw the rock shapes of the original image in there - clever!

Dean - a river of gold - I'll take a bucket and sample a bit of that

Dave

[KJerryK]

Lost it again

[jane-e]

Fudge Rocks — the original Big Rock Candy Mountain!

I listened to the children’s version when I was six; here’s the one Harry McClintock recorded in 1928, although he apparently wrote it much earlier: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKk_kPmAk4

[Jacob Bugge]

Hidden depths.

[kphotopage]

Davescm, Thank you for the warm welcome.

I found this page via another Adobe member.

Long ago and for YEARS, I was an avid Photoshopper.

Seldom even turn on PS these days.

I’m a CC subscriber.

Fun PS image to do.

Source images are half the battle.

K

[KShinabery212]

So my wife and I have been watching the 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' on Netflix...... and this happened.

It is comprised of several layers.... and I even had to repaint the branches over the moon.

I would take it a few steps further..... but I do not have the time.

And you can find the font for the show's logo online!  Very cool!

[Trevor.Dennis]

KShinabery212  this is like the river of blood I was expecting from, Graham.  Very spooky.

I masked in the tree limb and smaller branches for post #19.  There is bugger all colour in the sky, so any channel works.  It  was still a wee bit thin after a Levels and brush set to Overlay to reinforce the alpha channel, but the tree is mostly silhouette, so I copied the masked in tree a couple of times with it set to Multiply.  

It's usually a good idea to put some of the foreground back in front of composited objects IMO.  It gives them depth, and moves the object 'into' the scene.  Any little clue we can give the eye that 'this is real' adds up to  a more convincing composite/montage.

[Semaphoric]

Made a wrong turn at the Amazon.

    

[davescm]

Hi

Jerry - I like the way he is peeping through the water. The ring should fall into Dean's river of gold.

Jacob - nice idea. Its amazing that when you take natural shapes and mirror them left/right you start to see faces in the formations.

Hi Ken - very dark. I'd not seen the series so I looked it up and you have the style captured

Semaphoric - send him back to the Amazon - he'll frighten the children here.

Like I said earlier - I wasn't sure whether this week's picture would generate many images. I'm glad to say I was wrong !

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

[davescm]

Haha

I like it Trevor, if those two meet then the world has got colder !

Dave

[ScooterD76]

LOL, davescm It's a basket for disc golf-

Any time I see a nature photo I'm always thinking "needs a basket"

[Trevor.Dennis]

ScooterD76  wrote

LOL, davescm It's a basket for disc golf

Well you learn something new every day.  It looks a bit physical, but I love how the disks fly.  Much straighter and flatter than a Frisbee.

[davescm]

Hi

To think , I had it down as some medieval torture device.  I wonder what future archeoligists will make of it

Dave