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Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-78710521956596662832012-05-11T00:01:00.000-07:002012-05-11T00:01:07.260-07:00New Taster Pack!Hi everyone, a quick note to say we've just launched a new taster pack over at the <br />
<a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper Textures Website</a>, read all about it <a href="http://flypapertextures.com/naturalbits-taster_pack/">Here</a>! (and don't forget to update your bookmarks)Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-14174192990823069272012-04-18T21:23:00.002-07:002012-04-18T21:23:51.539-07:00New Texture RecipeI've just posted a new easy recipe over on the new <a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper Website</a>! Enjoy!Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-51407759604053659752012-04-06T01:20:00.002-07:002012-04-06T01:20:42.449-07:00Happy Easter!There's a new post and texture recipe over at our new <a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper website </a>(don't forget to update your bookmarks)Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-41481044672012719782012-04-04T05:34:00.000-07:002012-04-04T05:35:24.969-07:00I've just posted a new Edges recipe over at the new <a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper Website</a>.<br />Enjoy :-)<br />Paulpaulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-56691003724730057832012-04-01T15:34:00.000-07:002012-04-01T15:34:26.057-07:00RosesI've just posted an easy new recipe over at the new <a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper Website</a>.<br />
Enjoy :-)Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-81244312128875745602012-03-29T15:11:00.001-07:002012-03-29T15:18:39.920-07:00New Texture RecipeHead over the new <b><a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">Flypaper Textures website</a> </b>for a new photo and recipe from Paul.<br />
Enjoy :-)Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-5443294485089101832012-03-24T14:27:00.007-07:002012-03-25T00:41:29.690-07:00Dino<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-egN-yPVZUHEob1MnchUHA3CG-xFRogJJvpq-DiMZkJp_X9v6Fuaf7tn_p1Fsj7EgybmrGArFucSxsxH_72xU4aU4gyFNlWkHp-9pNQ8GG9PycNduXjDbddpvMptL8EfKuAAL_Dbu4J4/s675/dino%2520450%2520after.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6AfMtzVlFrypPwMFZnNZ5QFfGyruDfbukw2q0V7RVaGxIVOjuHOlzo_S-2J3hpXm29nw8MxBLHa1T8MD0JIsnQYaSD1u0-OXYddQUZBZE9awbl5jcxoTvECU6OTZps352VJ6kt4UEKA/s675/dino%2520450%2520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />Please go to our brand new website/blog to see everything big size!!! <br /><a href="http://flypapertextures.com/">New <span style="font-weight:bold;">Flypaper textures</span>!!! </a><br /><br />From central London its just a short overground train journey<br />to get to Crystal palace, or what is left of it, after a huge fire burnt it to the ground in November 1936.<br />Built for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, and later moved several miles south of the London river Themes, to Crystal Palace park, where it flourished for many years, until it fell out of fashion at around the turn of the century.<br />During its building in 1851, these life size Dinosaurs were commissioned, and finally erected in 1855 at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs">The Dinosaur Court </a>, thrilling Victorians and Edwardian's for over 50 years!<br /> These historically important structures even pre-dated the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by six years, though many physical, paleontological mistakes were included, they are still the first life-size dinosaur sculptures in the world!<br /><br />I visited last August, whilst visiting the UK and was my first visit, <br />I was lucky with the sun, snapping away rapidly to make the most of the fleeting sunlight, highlighting their scaly shadows (a mistake, as they didn't have scales!).<br />Thankfully, they were newly restored after a hundred years of neglect and are now protected in perpetuity as grade one listed structures.<br />Later back in France, I forgot all about them until now, after watching Dr Russell Brown's fabulous <a href="http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/TexturesPanel_01.mov">Video</a> tutorial using our new web sized 'Flypaper Taster pack' textures on an Ipad with their fabulous new Photoshop Touch App!<br />I was blown away by the apparent ease of use, and now have a similar recipe here to show.<br />Russell's blurring of the background in his Chinese image was an inspired touch, and if you look closely at mine above you'll notice how the finished Dinosaur seems to slightly 'pop out' of the image!<br /><br />Processing was easy, the image was perfectly exposed, no burnt sky, but the sky was a bit too bright, so after an enhancement with Photoshop HD filter use, slightly flattening the detail and toning down the colour.<br />I popped it into Nik Color Efex Pro and used the 'graduated medium density' filter over the sky, and also a little bit of the Nik 'Midnight' filter to add more contrast and colour interest.<br /><br />I then used Russell's blur tool technique, though not as strongly as his, just around the background of the Dinosaur.<br />Next, using Russell's amazing new Photoshop CS5 Paper Texture Plug-in filled with their hard-wired flypaper taster textures, simply clicked each of the three textures and let the gizmo take the strain, pulling all our textures into shape and setting its own pro-selected opacity, saving at least several minutes processing time!<br />Please check it out here, and keep revisiting Russell Brown for further updates that are in the pipeline for this ground breaking plug-in script gizmo!<br />(please note, this script will only work with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and the new CS6)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Flypaper Muscatel Taster</span> - Overlay @ 39%(desaturated) <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Flypaper Lemoncello Taster</span> - Multiply @ 47%<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Flypaper Sariel Leather Taster</span> - Soft Light @ 31%<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-58566323781775037782012-03-15T00:51:00.000-07:002012-03-15T00:52:28.940-07:00le grand mouche – the big fly!<div><div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOxMgf5OPg5v2omD39552lsgBaN1SAVcoXvdb7SbxXT7CVMQZ6QrsoqkBRD3C-vS8qmXg3zWNxFMoa7t2Qqh7bKes5cubpuCGr8CG3QOtNvFPVYOm9XEzPIB_G8H9fFuCW6cwQgKbqZ4/s635/paul%2520portrait%2520450after.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdfZkv_2Amr1Y9cJNUHafidjv-EV5jCmlcKHoaLapvv8tpcmocXl_x2piIt3Mp_6Z9nRBY6GK2akqyZHV3TmHJMo1jqhDttT7Nj26xXpUIFder88Yp9aZfX7kEUub65KPIS8LkJqAdtw/s635/paul%2520portrait%2520450%2520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div></div><div>A strong dry wind has been blowing through our area for so long, even the palm trees have been wind burnt on their north sides, and our natural beaches have lost much of their lovely dune tops and are now smeared all over the place!</div><div>Taking a good camera into such sandblasted conditions, is at best foolhardy, but I’ve always been a bit foolish and just put it under my coat when not in use!</div><div>Here I am, cowering from the wind, bending over the camera, trying not to get sun flair on the lens, all very hit and miss.</div><div>The great thing about the sun on the sand is its huge natural light reflection, so back at home in Raw mode, I was able to knock back the blown-out head sun halo, and pull up the light recovery 100%, thus giving a kind of flash fill-in effect.</div><div>If you mouse-over the image, you’ll see the base image after i’ve already done this, or you’d just see a dark silhouette effect.</div><div><br /></div><div>I then duplicated the image and used the Photoshop filters to add first a slight watercolor effect, a slight poster edges effect and finish with a paint daub effect, to give the image its graphic quality. I’ve also been playing with my new Intuos 5 touch graphic tablet, and with it I painted the eyes brighter, giving the whole picture a kind-of strange illustrative German expressionistic feel.</div><div>The finished beach – blow fly image fully earns my French nick-name; le Grand Mouche or the Big Fly!</div><div><br /></div><div>Texture packs used were Summer Painterly and Tex Box 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Dawn Grunge – Overlay @ 68 %</div><div>Touchstone – Overlay @ 100% brushed from head area</div><div>Necropolis – soft light @ 100% desaturated and brushed from head area</div><div>Raw linen – Soft light @ 100%brushed from head area</div><div><br /></div><div>Finishing with a slight overall color desaturation to knock back the red wind burned skin tones and bright blue sky.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; 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font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div></div><div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div></div><div>See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a></div>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-38846925127552238302012-03-01T23:11:00.000-08:002012-03-01T23:11:05.010-08:00Hydrangea Blues<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtfSHuL8_cBPhg8dK2n8-yd2AlXBGEAmXqOu0Mwj35BcEmMYM5pVR2vAbyoHY_5uekiJfCo1gHwB7kCjQ2ffafngfJtLCbfSugqQfRESmGH6MX0zb_ckKbE8ME4JTimoHsWyUOKs2nmM/s450/hydrangea-after-450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJUMRv4C_cbCSlE3TZ5Cvd4Drd3UH6R2gSCzyvqOqN_p3JgdDFKyqJ_KMQBVJRQZAdo-dQYo8NVGSTZquLkms1_HAjHeRH_4rN7ylVT3EAvgsKf2_PvWwSD9LKfZG286GJuNfrp2N1zo/s450/hydrangeabefore-450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div>Paul always manages to write such interesting posts when he blogs, but with my flowers I struggle to think of anything to write, I'm just getting over a nasty bout of the flu at the moment which probably won't help my blog writing.<br />
I especially like blue hydrangeas and have been trying without luck to find a nice pastel blue bush for my garden, the problem is you really have to see them in flower to know exactly what you're getting as they're very variable. The other thing to think of when you're growing hydrangeas is the soil, acid soils help gives a blue coloured flower, while more base soils will give pink, a side dressing of Aluminium sulphate will help keep the flowers blue.<br />
In the meantime I'll have to keep appropriating flowers on my travels :-) <br />
Enough gardening and onto the processing...<br />
Aquaflore @multiply 53% gently masked from the flower and bottle<br />
Vieux Gris @ soft Light 100% masked as above<br />
Aotea Mist @ colour burn 26%<br />
Aotea Mist @ Soft light 33%<br />
Scotch Mist @ Overlay 100%<br />
Scotch Mist is from the Spring Painterly pack, the other textures are from the Autumn Painterly set.<br />
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See it slightly larger on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6788354434/">Flickr </a><br />
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See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-92164423039738858472012-02-15T15:26:00.002-08:002012-02-16T01:08:23.096-08:00Trees Through the Mist<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aVH2zdI-h74w87LA_VBydg-Yqx5mVAcywuAAUR1y53TXPit6u79Ns7h9g6gO21e32g7Kx1bQm0TxUjuWJ5k_WOwkyIYoysdvtALHkXfIhpAu5KEVxZOea1159BZREnZe7V47G7R4LjA/s450/trees%2520mist%2520after%2520450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcynNG_V8jdoDSc_pX-lZsoUJ4NXldl02Xy6RHqxsEOI9wvygFB_7jsrZ33iUpMTyBYxCjdz7ugho4I9j5-PaeORMY6VqFgDdCy4LvBaedVBahFMsr_bSJQz_qd9JK07ETyGzRLPQ65lo/s450/trees%2520mist%2520450%2520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />As its abnormally freezing cold outside, here in the French Mediterranean,<br />I thought I'd go through the old pictures that never reached the blog, mostly this happens because the tutorial is either too complicated, lost layers or was produced with pre-released textures. We then forget about them and they tend to get passed over..<br /><br />Taken last winter, in the early morning mist, the first image has already been treated with Nik Bi Color Filters, number 1, the first yellow brown on top of the list, opacity @ 50%.Before this, and now I'm guessing, I believe it was put through something like brilliance/warmth, also in the Nik Color Filters. I also believe its had lighten/darken center applied. Special care should be taken in not allowing the whole thing to become too muddy, and because of this I brightened the horizon line through the trees. The final effect has a French impressionistic painterly feel!<br />Textures were quite simple after the basic colour correction. Just two were used, firstly the famous Orange Blossom, from our Spring Painterly set, and then apple Blush from the classic grunge texture Box 1.<br /><br />Orange Blossom - Normal @ 73%<br />Apple Blush - Soft Light @ 68% - Flipped vertically, slightly smoothed in PS.<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-21238518319233870502012-02-02T08:16:00.000-08:002012-02-13T05:12:52.267-08:00Jug and Bowl<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXVi5iiu36FzqekJ5b54QsvhL1DH0umqw7I4Sos12HHoURpXjVxHmm-TBn6Hg37FJL5KRYrUPF4GU6g8Su3lUaiqmlrCiRR0uRUD0mx1ejG_hYNXmrrvHKDVRzilfl_3qC6NpLmDMtZ-9/s450/%2520jug%2520%2520sink%2520450%2520After.jpg style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_FPMq3hSsVF10MfDYKbWzCwx3leIeYVZMjN1j_ZeldRTArIhc397ogL8kCzSHKNsgTLlGo5pyfpELYCqE-AdDMRGJ07fuTtE6ct1dkeullWCv-z_PDXkNJX6culXnBdLm9Pv7XjH9gLi/s450/%2520jug%2520%2520sink%2520450%2520Before.jpg style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />I've always been fascinated by large austerely decrepit houses, <br />hankering back to my student house-rental days in Yorkshire. <br />Later in London, after seeing a big <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_John">Gwen John</a> retrospective exhibition, <br />I was reminded of those poor desolate student days where we'd burn furniture and even old platform shoes to try to keep warm!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_John">Gwen John's</a> small Parisian attic room with her pet cats were her world after her long affair with Auguste Rodin finished.<br />She was a master of the small austere three quarter portrait scenes on small panels and canvases.<br />Its said she slowly starved herself and finally disappeared in the coastal port of Dieppe, where she was perhaps trying to get back to England at the outbreak of the War in September 1939.<br /><br />Now, years later I also find myself living in France, where these three quarter scenes must have come back to inspire me <span style="font-style:italic;">subconsciously</span>, as I've not seen her paintings for years!<br /><br />Getting back to the image, shot in daylight only from a right hand window, <span style="font-style:italic;">in my small austere house</span>. The first raw image was given a little 'glamor glow' with a program such as Nik Color efex. Then using our Spring Painterly textures, I quickly attained a passable Gwen John <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gwen_John_-_The_Convalescent.jpg">painterly</a> look!<br /><br />Creme Anglaise - Screen @ 70%<br />Sisley Pin Light @ 7%<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-42005267937488955352012-01-26T19:16:00.000-08:002012-01-26T19:16:27.020-08:00Mist trees<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNaQ875Hrq2Dr9cszOM6RQDixojP0GtjFF5rvO6F7VCCJvha7SiAI_XO8GrZ319GaK3d-vlEk6AsfFt95VbdGFenhNpTmFH1VYJiDi_rI7OfKfZCSzg34rzXr3M7-malA0ya7YGKgjH8/s450/mist%2520trees%2520after.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsJNdWgGa11d6eQIMxXqr2HWy1y0j3trW0kdTlxwuVrk6hYG80W7VBB5RSPrY3JByNgXeXt6C_RSiJHqk8BUG181hRiJH6bTaSBlu4ufbluB2cHqLrrPnrbMqj1Cc2GzxvBvUlxTZSqA/s450/mist%2520trees%2520before.jpgg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />
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It's always nice rediscovering forgotten photos on your hard drive, this one is from this past winter. It was taken early one morning as we were travelling to our winter hut. There had been a frost and the morning mist had just lifted. Scenes softened slightly by mist are like gold for textural artists!<br />
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So the processing<br />
Sissinghurst @ soft light 53% (this helped soften and give a painterly touch)<br />
Tapis Vert @ Overlay 53% masked from the foreground using a graduated mask<br />
Copy of background @ Soft light 100% masked from the foreground as above.<br />
Orris @ overlay 86% (added mainly to enhance the colours)<br />
And it was done. All textures are from the new Flypaper Autumn Painterly pack.<br />
See it larger on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6764516117/">flickr</a><br />
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See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-46014980197040421352012-01-12T19:41:00.000-08:002012-01-12T19:43:11.511-08:00Sweet Peas<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZhV1_iCX6AMIQsK-tDfEgsmn7zfFsXGwUUnE2HGq3ej-eJLE-VzCe9QoJyr83lfepBM8FnoggpkrJ9Wjwwolz7nIFMAhJWjf2Q31EML9GUZgTn19QyxKpQIUcHnJ_RGth89ysQYrfNc/s450/sweet%252520pea%252520after.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS9Rp3byDdVc68Lr9cOm2gBetCZvXfHzI1G2JrLYZbhGzgS0OpP7J41hnHcttuhOE_5hi6H7FTPcDqSUo_QaUMPM7su2rkh-ti-smEIeq2St2dnlsrb32YMjT6YjrOh8biQ-wS5TQ4jU/s450/sweet%252520pea%252520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />
Sweet peas, I love them! When I was coming home from a walk yesterday afternoon, I ran into a neighbour who was cutting back her sweet peas which grow on a fence by the footpath and asked if I could have some seeds as hers are particularly nice ones and have looked wonderful for the past month. Can't wait to have a display like hers!<br />
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I gave this photo the soft effect, I find it suits flowers especially selectively focused ones like these. When we were putting together the Autumn pack, I made sure we included some soft easy to use textures especially for my flowers :-)<br />
To start with I improved the tones by using <a href="http://www.niksoftware.com/index/usa/entry.php?disc.id=Flypaper">Nik Efex</a> White Neutralizer<br />
then...<br />
L'oxygene @ soft light 100% masked from the focus flowers<br />
Aotea mist @ soft light 100% softly masked from the flowers<br />
Aotoea mist @ soft light 100% masked as above<br />
I find that doubling the texture layer often makes all the difference even if the blending mode and opacity is identical.<br />
All textures are from the Autumn Painterly pack<br />
See it slightly larger on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6677772687/">Flickr</a><br />
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See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-67091802116345156012012-01-02T15:17:00.001-08:002012-01-03T01:26:16.172-08:00Albion on Sea<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoPdKFBV4ZN7weSBTynpZjRPq3tvCVienPPcbU2yQxJ5-R904sn5hgqxJ_BnmjhPZdXOQy-u-vGYmAQFg10LTnMLkvMmYE18m3cd_DJxa5kuTDhMCIOr45pb4-gdQgx3izUiByNOJmvU/s649/Albion%252520450%252520after.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzV_96wh1XIIzGJpbx5x_Hug6UWHkWYoe-NHdygVd95bgW27ERmeHRGNPJqIDHvPWF44PMFlvW61kiVyowbJAx0l0s62RBJ0o4CCgN6G9S8w2u_hpF1UFZ-aCRJ_ez7kwSLxhuZj1eQ8/s649/Albion%252520450%252520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />From Jill and I, 'Paul' hope you all had Happy Holidays! :-)<br />As its now midwinter, I thought it might be nice to revisit the summer, <br />last August on a balmy evening on England's Eastborne beach at sunset.<br />One good thing about post-processing is its always possible to go back and redo images with your new skills and textures, and I must admit I don't do it enough!<br /><br />So armed with our new Flypaper Autumn Painterly and last Summer's Painterly Set,<br />I happily came across this unprocessed image.<br />Firstly to zap up the colours a little I used the new Nik 4<br />From now on I'll also try to include my NiK colour settings, and here's the first!<br /><br />To get a nice green tone in the blue sky, I used Nik 4<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bi color filters no.1 (yellow brown) @18% Opacity, 100% Blend.</span><br />At this stage I also removed text on the red signs and blurred the guys face, <br />with an eye to selling the image without a release, this saves loads of later re-processing!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Textures</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Orris</span> - Soft Light @ 100% blue at top cleaned up with noise and dust<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Stonehenge</span> - Vivid Light @ 20% over sky area only<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pans Sky</span> - Soft Light @ 65% over sky area mostly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Ambergris</span> - Hard Light @ 17%<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; 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font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-13267875112101573862011-12-24T02:11:00.000-08:002011-12-24T02:37:06.050-08:00Sheep on the Hill<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Cr0RNWGYPgogqvbGUNagZqPlEWQWjHVA7SrwEuay6cg4KUcyrUKoF11vzA_q221Otpj9du1C_8TXe6RnBh2z1OqDsz64fA-32YpSjERahqpYGenB9okbvMdzDk_L1DqFo65d27MWZeU/s450/sheep%252520after2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0QrzHMCe_GWTh7IwRoMwNfswX08_KFCXYYo-dIbXe-KFGaGESBlQgUAQ0nQT6PKBm8sgnFmj8OjWnBN5fHBoj0KPvT7ZSbWVeCz_VXdntaHduT02fwXK2-kM7mXxDbkSTgxBWkPUbbI/s450/sheep%252520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />First of all, we'd like to thank you all for your support over the past year and to wish you a peaceful and happy Christmas.<br />I've just finished wrapping the presents, the baking is done and it's Christmas eve as I write this. I'm looking forward to a family BBQ followed by a relaxing holiday.<br />Now back to the photo, my woolly friends were in a paddock just up the river from our country hut/cottage and were watching me closely as I walked up the hill towards them. I think these ones are used to being handled as they aren't as flighty as sheep usually are. <br /><br />I processed the photo when were were still trialling the new autumn Flypapers, and at that stage they had names like "November 10 gold" and "messy" and as we've said before, it's when we finally come to give them their proper names that they take on personalities, so to speak. <br /><br />Processing was fairly simple in this case, I only used two textures both from the new Autumn Painterly Pack.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Demi Jour</span> @ soft light 100% blurred and masked from the sky using a graduated mask (this layer was more for the tone than the texture. )<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Capability Brown</span> @ Soft Light 100% <br />I then merged visible and to increase contrast used<br /><a href="http://www.niksoftware.com/index/usa/entry.php?disc.id=Flypaper">Nik</a> Efex Contrast colour range filter.<br />and it was done!<br />See it slightly larger on<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6464793463/"> Flickr </a><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>Borealnz (Jill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00053343714479345873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-58353612747587061362011-12-20T02:50:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:19:58.522-08:00Roman bridge into mist<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkrd09Oy2dDXTZMk61_GhWfDtjfcgpqwBrUKyxviGhsAWOp5j0qWo_MOP8cCb52kt2zw2sduxHMfjRDcqb8Ej76Ix4ne4a9eiWWFoQNHlOcBxt2xfy2PCOCFhSZ-JVUcoiX3mpuJvt9EC/s481/%252520Bridge%252520after%252520450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtkxzP3evAbmNyswBdWmtJ3jSEY4gI2kOghUfLDFx64ldxwY24hldNbwLlDWynWyQTLgM6JvHFGDdWVEH4RT0bI-sAg5pwhFOV5fzyNFUEI692MAGwIa3OfWJi4OiPlIAfinN-AU-Ii_n/s481/%252520Bridge%252520before450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />Welcome to the Autumn seasons textured images! Here's another from my misty morning set, our local ancient Roman bridge into our little old Beziers! Of our several crossings Its my favorite bridge, its both narrow and winding and takes just one lane of light traffic.<br />Its also historic as its the bridge that the medieval army of crusaders crossed to slaughter most of the Cities inhabitants kicking off the start of the bloody Albigensian Crusade, all of which was chronicled in Kate Mosse's recent blockbuster mystery novel, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Labyrinth</span> which was recently filmed in our area for a big UK based studio TV mini series, due out next year!<br /><br />The image was shot in portrait format, the excess sky being cropped off the top, which might be very useful negative space if used as say, a book cover for Getty, but for its pure drama, I felt this was the right crop.<br /><br />There are two post processed versions, this is the final darker one, the other is much paler and more ethereal but also stands on its own.<br />In this new rectangular Autumnal set we used many French names to enhance its seasonal perfumed motif, here I used just two, Quelques Fleurs - meaning, <span style="font-style: italic;">some flowers</span>. And Contre Jour, meaning fittingly, <span style="font-style: italic;">against the light! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quelques Fleurs</span> - Soft Light @ 45%<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contre Jour</span> - Overlay @ 100%<br /><br />I then flattened the image and was happy with it, but decided to push the processing by doubling up the image and used Multiply to beef up the image and bring out the blue tones in the sky.<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-45016970520988676642011-12-15T03:50:00.000-08:002011-12-15T03:56:15.441-08:00New Autumn Texture Pack Launch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA8u0cczz9_DfBsZMzXOMVT0-6sfx-5arR7x0QYYU2h002uDuD5xWV7_aTGzazTfRa3pD6YBRrinBIS1Atg7S02cQmqgCp84vI-rRBnI73xMLDaW4ZXlvBMiggjE2mdsIiP_FruH-oQHd/s1600/mosaic+on+white450+wide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA8u0cczz9_DfBsZMzXOMVT0-6sfx-5arR7x0QYYU2h002uDuD5xWV7_aTGzazTfRa3pD6YBRrinBIS1Atg7S02cQmqgCp84vI-rRBnI73xMLDaW4ZXlvBMiggjE2mdsIiP_FruH-oQHd/s1600/mosaic+on+white450+wide.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk6nXjXrM6Uya4JN9YQgWttMZ1MgY2N7HynWBJVejZeZxSM3W54722PifQwcpgq0efeUnVVf29QM-WKUEJCelgYxA7_TekmMy_imXRCwnQ9OTIQrJ-9lCD5kmKzj6uswnN2lZ885iUsh2/s1200/autumn%252520mosaic%252520on%252520white%2525201200.jpg">Click Here</a> for a bigger, landscape view<br /><br />Just in time for Christmas we launch our new Autumn Painterly Set, after several weeks of intensive shooting and creating, we now proudly unveil our selection box of treats!<br />For our third painterly launch we seamlessly move into the Autumn season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Join us on a fragrant walk through majestic country estates, where misty mornings mingle with soft sun on antique stone and Byzantine colours merge with swirling atmospheric incense . Stately aromatic scents were our muse for this autumnal set, spiced with classical timeless French named perfumes inspired by Patrick Suskind's novel '<b>Perfume</b>'. More inspiration was derived from country house gardens and their famous creators pulling together this seasons aromatic and historical assault on the senses!<br /><br />The Science bit!<br />These softer, smoother and, we hope, easier to use textures are now in the same larger landscape format as our evergreen Antique Edges of 4000 x 5000 pixels, giving an extra 20% approx acreage and textural value for money!<br />Shot using a professional full chip camera, so there is no need to worry about image quality with our new, bigger sizes!<br /><br />Over the next few holiday weeks we'll be posting our full texture recipes here on the blog and will show the new pack in use along with our classic textures!<br />Textural Seasons Greetings!!<br /><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Autumn Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">40 rectangular (4000 by 5000 px) Textures </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1031683&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>For downloads please click the add to cart button, a download code will be sent to you on payment.</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Please note that this is big file so the download may take a while perhaps a coffee break would be a good idea while you're downloading.</i></span> <i>However, reported downloads can take as little as 4 mins with a high speed server!</i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The autumn textures are high quality, 4000 by 5000 px at 300dpi and can be used for your personal or commercial work. All our textures can be used in any editing programme that supports the use of layers, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Gimp etc </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span><br />Textures in the pack: Ambergris, Ambrosia, Ancient Stucco, Angelique Glace, Aotea Mist, Aquaflore, Artemisia Silver, Balsam, Capability Brown, Chatsworth,Contre Jour, Demi Jour, Eau de Giverny, Fleurette Occitane, Gertrude Jekyll, Greystoke, Hampton, Hidcote, l'ocean bleu, l'oxygene, Neroli Roc, Nuage Chantilly, Nuit, Oakmoss, Orris, Ozone Mist, Quelques Flerus, Sauvage Byzantine, Sissinghurst, Solsbury Hill, Stonehenge, Stucco Lite, Styrax, Tapis Vert, Versailles, Vetiver, Vieux Gris, Vita, Weta, Xeyrus.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Texboxes 1&2, Fly edges, Spring, Summer and Autumn painterly</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">$220</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=1032461&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-27403693539719924972011-12-06T03:44:00.000-08:002011-12-15T03:35:13.282-08:00Voyage through canal mist<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJiY7guH1DdOKcTLsqq5zfpHX1KnJ-kdixErqu-zv8SOqzjjkfYwCe31X115YP08QcZk8hkO46i4MlPOQITVzKw_hTjFfRd1ByIGAiTh5FR1DaJsXYJR8OtqtsNgvUIwiITfUWUobZt7i/s469/%252520bank%252520trees%252520after450%252520.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoE1irvbX3Mg3dcp1Q5RtOT2KchfJLCyJ689YRNTE_PMLDBRUdK3xq33ih6syEcEXH7hxrtADi4C8mLMaSGeeZbtaEE2M6TxsFo1IlbVnWcp14MOAaZboxGDPiiqQb9cGvUd1TTnA6FGE/s469/%252520bank%252520trees%252520450%252520before.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />
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and a warm welcome to their visiting fans!<br />
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Once again its the time of year for my favorite misty, foggy mornings in the Mediterranean! As soon as I open my shutters and spy mist outside, I need to work fast, as the sun tends to burn it off soon after 9 am.<br />
This time I just drove to the edge of town to our famous Canal du Midi, which connects the Atlantic on the west coast to our local oyster beds at Sete edging the French Mediterranean. This part of the canal is the last high point before the famous series of ancient locks take barges and pleasure boats down to sea level and just a few miles on to the salt water Oyster lagoons and open seas. Thus this stretch of canal is very wide for the high season boat jams, as only a few can be taken down to sea level at the same time. <br />
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One great thing I discovered this week from Flickr was how good the Camera Raw program is for getting rid of Chromatic Aberration, I tend to see it mostly on tree branches with pale skies behind at the edges of images, when pushing the image in photoshop using the CS5 HDR program these effects are multiplied tenfold and its always been a problem even with expensive lenses such as my 24-105mm canon all-rounder lens. However after sorting this out in camera raw, I can now carry on without those nasty problem effects!<br />
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The base image has already been treated in Nik Color Efex pro-4 - Contrast color range - with the slider moved towards the red end of the spectrum, this zings up the leaves and grass, helping to wake-up the images full potential.<br />
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I then thought I'd try the Painterly textures, as mist is often a drab grey colour, it needed some nice pastel warm tones to help balance the bright colour from the right hand side of the image.<br />
When using textures on mist its a good idea not to use a hard setting like 'Overlay' as this can make your mist disappear!<br />
So I suggest Soft Light is used on Mist;<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Brushed Rose</span> - Soft Light @ 100% <span style="font-style:italic;">Flipped Horizontally and vertically</span><br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Pantheon Stone</span> - Soft Light @ 85%<br />
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After which, to give the image a point of focus, I used Nik Color Efex pro-4 - Darken/Lighten Center, the lightest point of interest over the line of tree trunks.<br />
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Its always nice to wake up and find another one of your babies gracing <br />
a published book cover! Here's today's, an American thriller, <br />
heavily textured with our flypaper painterly textures.<br />
Its just a preview copy as its not yet out, so I expect their colours will hopefully not be as muddled as this one with its quick run though our preferred Nik Color Bi Filters.<br />
I'm reprinting the original recipe from this summer but we'll have a brand new image and recipe shortly!<br />
Book synopsis and pre-sales <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Wind-Pamela-Binnings-Ewen/dp/080546431X/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321399716&sr=1-13">Amazon</a><br />
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I'm no stalker, but when I see a great silhouette, and I'm armed with a camera, I will sometimes move <span style="font-style:italic;">just a few tiny paces</span> to try to get a secret shot!<br />
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Our narrow medieval streets are perfect for this type of shot, though for the same reason our streets are often too shaded and thus too dark, and don't even get me started on my pet hate, parked cars! Here I used the trusty Lensbaby once more, lens wide open, at F1; <span style="font-style:italic;">no aperture</span>. It was around 5pm, before the sun wasn't too low but also not directly overhead.<br />
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As we've been asked, Ive tried to recreate how I processed,<span style="font-style:italic;"> step by step</span>, and why I chose the textures used.<br />
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To the base image, to add more definition, I first slightly cross processed it and used a slight vignette darkening the edges. You can do this simply with free photoshop <span style="font-style:italic;">actions</span><br />
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To start with texturing I wanted to add more light. For my recent lensbaby shots I like to use the new Opal texture, here I used it twice, then I wanted to add a more beefy texture and darken the sky, I chose Tempest Sea, flipped vertically.<br />
I loved the painterly/scratchy effect on the blue scaffolding covers brought by this texture, but found the overall blue a little too bright/fruity. So another favorite texture was pulled out, Newt to help tone down, which was okay but still not quite there, so I clicked it off. Finally I tried Swans Way for the first time, as I liked the look of that billowing canvas like movement this texture suggests, and Wow, happy days! It toned down the blue perfectly and pulled it all together and added a dramatic cracked grunge!<br />
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It was almost finished but decided there was now just a bit too much street clutter which the textures had highlighted.<br />
So I <span style="font-style:italic;">clone tooled</span> out a red road sign on the right, and a pale board on the left under the scaffolding, both clearly visible on the raw base image.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Opal</span> - Overlay @ 74 % softly brushed from bottom edge and tot of sky<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Opal</span> - Overlay @ 100 % softly brushed from bottom edge and all of sky and right building<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Tempest Sea</span> - Overlay @ 45% Flipped vertically <br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Swans Way</span> - Soft Light @ 100%<br />
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Another photo of my favourite beach, taken on a warmer and sunnier day than the previous photo of it I posted here. I was lucky that I managed to catch a passing gull when I snapped this.<br />
Onto the processing...<br />
Beau Linge Paysage @ Soft Light 13% masked from the lower portion of the photo<br />
Evening Veil @ Soft Light 100%<br />
Oxford Parchment @ Soft light 100% masked from the upper portion of the photo<br />
Nik pro contrast (though you could use curves) to increase the contrast of the sea. I masked this from the lower portion.<br />
Villa Adriana @ Overlay 92% masked from the central portion)<br />
Beau Linge Paysage and Villa Adriana are from the SpringPainterly pack, Oxford Parchment and Evening Veil are from the Summer Painterly Pack<br />
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See it larger on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6336890304/in/photostream">Flickr</a><br />
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Over in Thailand they are now suffering badly from flooding, <br />
when we were there at this famous <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/797">Unesco</a> protected site we learned that this area of ruins was the original setting for Rogers and Hammerstein's - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/">The King and I</a> musical!<br />
The blockbuster movie was about a widow who accepts a job as a live-in governess of the King of Siam's children.<br />
Later, it was attacked by the Burmese and was ransacked, so the Royal family moved south to the impressive capital city it is today, Bangkok!<br />
This abandoned site was always prone to flooding, being on an island on a monsoon river, so unsurprisingly this stupa is today standing in floodwater, and ironically Bangkok is also suffering as the rainfall has been unprecedented.<br />
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Back here in sunnier times as illustrated, its nice to be able to share dramatic before and after transformations here on the blog.<br />
That tree, I ummed and ahhed about, should it stay or should it go?<br />
I even started processing with it in place but then thought;<br />
"When I add textures its going to get too cluttered", <br />
so thats when it had to go.<br />
Firstly as the image was a little bit soft I used Photoshop Water colour filter effect, very lightly with a Normal layer @ 50% for the painterly effect.<br />
I started with Nik colour filters, I chose their Bi Color Filter, its a lovely blue on one side and yellow on the other, you can easily spin it around so I made the sky on the right bluer and darker and the Stupa lighter and sunnier. I was very happy with this but it need something else, something more than cheerful colours? Of course, it needed our flypaper textures!<br />
I pulled Pantheon Stone out of the Summer textures pack and popped it on top of the whole picture, this lightened the stupa even more, I always think stone textures look good on architecture!<br />
Next, I wanted to balance the sky and add depth so out came our famous Pans Sky from the Summer textures pack and I pulled it over the image pulling it to the bottom, not worrying about distortion. It worked beautifully, it was like the sun coming out and highlighting the stupa where it needed it most! I removed some of the sky texture from the stupa but left about 50% in the middle, but more like 80% at the top and bottom.<br />
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recipe<br />
Duplicate of Base - Photoshop Water colour filter effect Normal @ 50%<br />
Nik Bi Color Filter Normal @ 75%<br />
Pantheon Stone Overlay @ 34%<br />
Pans Sky Overly @ 100% 50% softly removed from mid stupa<br />
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Another small scented treasure that's flowering in my garden at the moment. Lily-of-the-valley is one of my favourite flowers and I look forward to its season every year. It's amazing how such a small flower can give so much fragrance, a tiny sprig can fill a room with it's scent.<br />
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Now the processing, I didn't like the darkness of the wood in the background of this shot so used textures to lighten and brighten. The recipe is very simple.<br />
Lyme Fossil @overlay 47%<br />
Peach Blush @ Hard light 100% masked from the focus areas (it's this texture that did the lightening of the wood.<br />
Copy of Background @ soft light 50%<br />
I could have left it at this but to soften things slightly I added<br />
Gelato Ice @ screen 10%<br />
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Lyme Fossil and Gelato Ice are from the Spring Painterly Pack, Peach Blush is from Tex Box 2<br />
See it slightly bigger on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/6305459070/in/photostream">Flickr </a><br />
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With it comes the Mediterraneans smoky evenings as many people burn old Vine stumps in their kitchens and cook in their ashes. The downside is that those Vines are steeped in years of sulfur applications against mildew, and I'm quite allergic to this in the air. Still it has its upside, the seasonal celebrations are a fun distraction and give us an excuse to do a shot or two, with tongue firmly in cheek!<br /><br />Shown here in front of my new chocolate colored wall, did I say chocolate? Because look how the lighting has changed it to green! <br />Shot very simply with reflected sunlight from the right and a cheap, 120w small halogen lamp's light is reflected from the left hand white wall.<br /><br />Nothing was planned, I sat on the floor and snapped a couple of fast shots as I had an appointment to go to. I'm glad I did as we now have a week of low light and rain forecast! <br />Processing was fairly simple, I wanted our flypaper texture showing on that back wall, which has already been slightly enhanced in CS5 HDR, or with the Nik HDR Efex Pro I'd recommend number <span style="font-weight:bold;">26 Friendly scenery</span>, and take down their effect with their sliders.<br />Before merging I removed around 50% of the HDR enhanced layer.<br />I also used Nik - <span style="font-weight:bold;">darken lighten center</span> moving the brightest part to the pumpkin and finally after the textures were fattened I gave a slight <span style="font-weight:bold;">Glamor Glow</span> from the Nik filters. Naturally, you can do all this with photoshop, but I like Nik these days for its speed and ease of processing.<br /><br />Finally, I clicked auto tone in photoshop on a duplicated layer giving an effect like turning on a spotlight, however it was in the wrong place above the chair, so I brushed away most of this final layer leaving the brighter Pumpkin, nicely highlighted!<br /><br />I chose Flypaper Summer Textures, as I didn't want the Spring paint brush effect, but I could have chosen any pack in reality, perhaps it was a hankering for those balmy summer days?<br />Anyhow, I opened <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dawn Grunge</span>, and it brightened up the chair a little too much so I removed a little from the chairs top fabric. Then opening up <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sariel Leather</span>, thinking it might enhance the autumn tones, and it worked a treat.<br />Sometimes the first textures you choose work perfectly and this was one of those spooky days!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Happy Halloween!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dawn Grunge</span> - Overlay @ 65% brushed from chairs highlights<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sariel Leather</span> - Soft Light @ 48%<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921800702988137741.post-6608295408885079712011-10-17T08:56:00.000-07:002011-10-17T15:06:59.300-07:00Vase of Lisianthus<div class="flipit"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfOjB2_Lob-GQooOG2-gTNhyphenhyphenCxwz8f58puWP4I1ZP56rmGpNPzmAGM-qNkP0Kqs7TPK-G28286KpSBtcRCDbTxmOM2FIWOrVu3Fl4wMjgchpDvsPDgRasQYF3Gd9yM8mh-Vq0ppssVGBt/s675/%252520flowers%252520layers%252520after%252520450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9118417645645155036&postID=8512261894037265361" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="display: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpvCo8O5umlhxdk308OpYPJzIQXIaqExFFsj-O-IuII_3eDq1_bTLkIk3zwKVlpr5zp3waQ4ZRhbNJTuWIfHosrvpnhGF_NNw6B_e1Ga0paF9xjNqNF9PD4LL1vZM9Rg3ZNtpW_UOwYR_/s675/%252520flowers%252520layers%252520before%252520450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br />After a hectic summer working non-stop, I decided to treat myself by reinvesting my earnings in a Photographic lighting studio set-up. Its still very basic.<br />(more about that next time) And as Canon 5D had no flash I had to buy one. At least i'm ready for those darker Autumnal months!<br />I painted my top floor studio wall a chocolate brown, Id give you the colour, but I mixed it by hand from old Farrow and Ball British paints, <br />I bring this up because the local French paint is terrible, you buy a big can and only get around two thirds of very watery paint at twice the price of UK paint - Lol, don't get me started! Anyhow, I use Farrow and Ball because its organic, doesn't smell and is dead flat Matt, giving a ready distressed effect if you use just one coat.<br /><br />This vase is illuminated from a right side window, with reflected sun from the opposite yellow house. I used a fill-in flash bounced from a sheet of white card to the right of the camera, there is a white reflector to the left of the table. The Flash is on the camera, but pointing to the right.<br />Its well worth investing in a good all round orienting Flash, mine is the Canon 430EX II.<br />The camera was mounted on a tripod and tethered to my laptop with a USB wire, so I can view as I click, Its a luxury to see the image at large size as you shoot so you can sort out hot spots and snags.<br />Using a tripod helps get your composition sorted out, so you don't need to keep doing this, it saves time and shakes!<br /><br />I used one of my old free negative textures, and you can find it here on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulgrand/2166701526/in/set-72157603864272396">Flickr</a> The base image is already treated with CS5 HDR effect to brighten and then a De-noise.<br /><br />Free Neg Texture Overlay @ 100%<br />Free Neg Texture Soft Light @ 100<br />Heather Overlay @ 100% - brushed from table area<br />Fly Edge no.10 Colour Burn @ 23% Dust and Scratches cleaned and softened.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spring Painterly Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>40 Large Textures (38 square and two huge rectangles) for only</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=921122&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Summer Painterly Pack</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">36 large textures for</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> only $40</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=775272&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Complete Flypaper Package</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tex Box 1, Tex box 2, Fly Edges, Summer Painterly & Spring Painterly</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>$180</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=931104&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flypaper Triple Combo Deal</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">$100 for Tex Box One and Two and the Fly Edges</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=741658&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Combo Pack Offer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $65 for Tex Box One and Tex Box Two</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=572974&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fly Edges Pack</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only $40</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="ec_ejc_thkbx" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=664656&cl=85865&ejc=2" target="ej_ejc"><img alt="Add to Cart" border="0" src="http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/ej_add_to_cart.gif" /></a></div><br />See all our packs and deals on one <a href="http://flypapertextures.blogspot.com/2009/07/all-our-textures-and-texture-deals-on.html"><b>Page</b></a>paulgrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978349927241053686noreply@blogger.com3