Friday, February 17, 2012

Photo Art Friday - February 17, 2012 - Van Gogh Leaves

Happy Friday! -   It's time for Photo Art Friday. I wasn't sure if I was going to participate or not today.  Bonnie had given us the option to post any piece of Photo Art we wanted  (or) to use one of her textures and a layer mask to remove texture from part of our image.  I really wanted to use the layer mask but I just could not figure out how to use one in Gimp and after trying to find tutorials and understand them I decided that I just wasn't going to master that technique this week.  I'm planning to invest in a book on how to use the Gimp program so I can learn about Layer Masks etc...

So instead you are getting a piece of Photo Art that started from this photo taken last November.




























I played around with the photo in Gimp and added Bonnie's texture:
Notes to Myself.  It helped to cover up some of the large (Bokeh) space aka (Sun) in the upper left hand side of the photo.
Then I went into Gimp and edited the photo using the Van Gogh technique.  This really changed the photo giving it the feel of a Painting. - Next up I went into Picnik to add the text and quote from Helen Keller.  So here is the end result.




























Be sure to stop by Bonnie's blog - You should see her Pear piece, It's wonderful! Then check out the other enteries as well.  Next week is going to be very interesting with the theme so check back again.
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19 comments:

  1. hannahFebruary 17, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    Oh Ida, that is wonderful. Didn't you do well.
    I don't know if Vincent would recognize this technique as his own, unless it was his very early work. But it made for a beautiful painterly image.

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  2. Lisa GordonFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Ida, this is beautiful!
    I love all of that wonderful light, and your processing on this is fantastic.
    Sending you wishes for a fantastic weekend.

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  3. ceeveeFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    The colors you used are lovely and the leafy autumn trees provide a soft, subdued background in your example.

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  4. LeoviFebruary 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM

    Wonderful compositions, I love those soft textures. Greetings.
    Very good.

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  5. peggy gattoFebruary 17, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    what a beauty!!!!
    I forgot to add my signature...but I don't know how!
    Your colors are really rich!

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  6. TerrieFebruary 17, 2012 at 7:26 PM

    A lovely result - so peaceful! I don't know anything about Gimp so I'm afraid I can't offer any advice on using it.... Your project turned out great w/o the layer mask.

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  7. TerrieFebruary 17, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    You have a great result! Love the use of texture and technique you used. I don't know anything about Gimp so I'm afraid I can't be of any help......

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  8. Kathy ReedFebruary 17, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    You did a great job and I would never know that you hadn't studied tutorials ;) I will have to look into Gimp...

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  9. Prairie JillFebruary 17, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    This is beautiful! I love the vanGogh effect - I'll have to go and try that out!

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  10. NatureFootstepFebruary 18, 2012 at 1:14 AM

    Nice work. Text on the right spot. :)

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  11. LeoviFebruary 18, 2012 at 2:40 AM

    A good photos with an excellent frame and exquisite light. Saludos.

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  12. Hootin AnniFebruary 18, 2012 at 3:52 AM

    Wow....this is so very inspirational!!! Well done. Both images...they're beautiful.

    My link for Saturday: HE'S ALL KNOWING...ALL SEEING

    Hope you're having a great weekend so far!!

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    Lovely work!

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  14. RoseFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:35 AM

    Wow Ida, that's beautiful, it does look like a painting. Love looking at your work.

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  15. Lynne with an eFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    Beautiful. You really did turn your photo into art. I've been curious about Gimp so it's very interesting to me to see someone using it. Isn't Picnik fun? Have you tried Pixlr? Lots of great effects there as well, for free.

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  16. ormbunkeFebruary 18, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Underbara färger. Tack för din kommentar hos mig. Anita

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  17. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.February 18, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    Ida this is a great edit. You have given it a painterly feel - and even a bit of what is known as the "Orton Effect" which softens and slightly blurs the image to give it a dreamy effect. I'm so glad you decided to share it with PAF!!

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  18. Evelyn S.February 19, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    This is a wonderful creation of photo art....

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    I like both

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