I like this one the best so far. My problem is the reflection at the top of the photo. I'd really like to get ride of that part.

Don

 

I will work on a version. Also, do you mind if it is rendered as something besides a photo. An artistic treatment might translate to another larger print more easily.

 

Quick attempt



I have some other ideas but it will be later tonight before I get time to work on it

Let me know if you like this direction because I have some other image masking techniques I can try plus some artistic filters that will make this image look like a painting or other media. Tell me what size you want the final art to be and I will see what will work best at that finished size.

was this an image found on the web or do you have access to an uncompressed version of this image??

 

The picture is one from my pond. I do have original (Huge size photo)

If you look at my second link you will see where I rendered it as a painting.

Your work looks good but it makes some of the Koi too dark (Ochiba/ Blue purple one with netting in lower left hand corner)

Thanks

Don

 

here are some others from this morning:


another photo attempt


painting 1


pallette knife


Monet style



With your love of Koi, I think an impressionist style rendering of the photo would be cool. It would lean more toward "art" on your wall instead of a just a framed photo.

Let me know if you want to try any other ideas. We will need the high res version for any decent output. You will also need to find a good print solution that can print archival quality large prints.

 

Trivia quiz:

Does anyone know why Monet's paintings look the way they do and why he is considered the father of Impressionism???

 

No,... I don't know much about art.

Was he blind?

Do tell.

 

Close, he was very nearsighted and he painted what he saw, hence the blurry impressions of the actual subject matter. The "style" caught on and became the impressionist movement in art.