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Abbie, thank you!

Would you mind to let us know where the location of this image taken, please?

:-)

Great thanks Abbie

The keywords if you wish extra.... cheshire,england,uk,north west

It is free to use and sell for all that take part in the contest

Quick Edit in PS

Excellent image! Love the vista. Even if I can't edit this one, I love voting in the contests. Not just these, but all contests. The only times I've ever noticed an increase in views is when I enter contests.

Thanks for another one.

I didn't play last time, but it looked like so much fun, going to play this time :-).

trying to get it done before my nieces arrive.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

would it be possible to have a raw version of this? it would be easier to edit, with no compression issues. i see squares at 400%


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

That's a tiny file, Abbie! 1147 x 860 pixels

Just noticed that, less than 900 on the short side. Tried to work with it but I'm coming up too crunchy. Is that part of the challenge?

I just did one, but it IS a pretty small image to work with.

Nothing too crazy here .. just simply beautiful Cheshire Countryside

There is no RAW Mike. I do not shoot in Raw

It is a small file, I am sorry. I am also learning as I go along with what will work and what will not. I see some amazing images already

If anyone else has images they would like to donate for future contests please throw them at me at support@ourartsmagazine.com

This is Cheshire, Michelle x

It doesn't have to be a raw file. It can be a large JPEG file? Is that the original size Abbie?

if your learning also, i would check the size the camera can output and make sure its on the highest settings. if you can always shoot in raw, you'll be able to save the shadow and highlights better. and you won't have to deal with the camera's compression, sharpening, etc.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Abbie, thanks again for providing us an image to work with ! ! !

While having a larger image file to work with is always ideal, especially if it is a RAW file, I did not seem to have any issues in upsizing the image to 4256 pixels wide and 2832 pixels high @ 300 DPI. At those settings that would give me a 14.187 inch wide by 9.44 inch high image and would be substantially larger at 100 DPI, around 42.56 inches wide by 28.32 inches high.

Summer in England could be hot too!

Already love this contest series :-) Okay let's do this, I will start with a more lovely version before I go into the trippy ones LOL



Summer in England, lovely Chesire countryside. Digital watercolor painting.

This'll be me then. A few hours work went into this.

Thank you, Frank!

Mike I know what I'm doing.... I just haven't yet taken any photos especially for this. I will not be giving raw files. I will give larger next time. I'm starting to wish I'd not bothered, to be honest.

Jessica yes, this is the size of this image. I'm sorry.

Seriously, call it all part of the challenge.

Loving the images already! The next image will be totally different and I'm already excited, seeing these, with what you'll make of it

Abbie the size is part of the challenge and part of the fun! I think the competitions are a great idea and have thoroughly enjoyed participating so far and seeing what people come up with. It stimulates the little grey cells as the saying goes.

Thank you, Dorothy. I'm loving holding them....most of the time LOL

I am using the excellent Alien Skin Blow Up 3 to get fantastic enlargements.
ASBU3 is more forgiving - at greater enlargements - on art-treated material
i.e digitally-painted.

Oooo this was great! Can't wait for the next one!

This idea is great and I enjoy the challenge.

The one thing that I wonder about though is how much of the original work should be present. I just looked at one entry that has loads of votes but nothing obviously recognizable from the original that it was supposedly worked from. Was a leaf from the tree copied and embedded somewhere?

There should be some kinda guideline that the original image must have a certain percentage of recognition in the challenge since it is the template we are working from.

JMVHO

Which one..I did check all left in for treeline etc... I could see my treeline so left them

one has a fairy that blocks the entire view it could be a white background and it would have worked.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

A tree line. Is it supposed to be prevalent in some way. Or a fuzzy backdrop?

I'm just making an observation. Don't want to pick on someone's work. But a treeline is... a treeline. Especially since it is fuzzed out and way back in the backdrop.

The challenge seems to be to keep a certain amount obvious while blending and transforming. But it's your call. I'm just musing about...

Glenn

Message me please with the work. Just so I can make sure I did not miss anything

To me,....I love ALL the variations....coming from all the different disciplines and mindsets

Reinvention is what makes it creative and interesting. I'm looking forward to trying something entirely different on the next one.

Just 4 points between 6 of you!!

This is so close

I'm SO, SO, SO, Very flattered by all the votes that my painting received!
I almost didn't bother entering thinking I couldn't hold a candle to the other amazing imaginative renditions.

Looking forward to Edit This 3 !!!

Down to the wire for two people. Photo finish.

Dave
Post Modern Artist

If it is, then it's down to Robin to choose...crikey

You do not trust Robin?

I have complete faith in him.

LOL

But I am betting heavily on Nikki to pull this out.

Dave
Post Modern Artist

No tie, congrats to all the winners!

Next step: Edit this 3. I'm ready to rumble LOL

Lol Matthias

Wow, thank you very much, Abbie Shores, for sharing your beautiful images with us and for holding these wonderful contests!!
Greatly appreciate all of you that voted for this image, am very grateful and you share in this win.
Congratulations to Nikolyn for 2nd place and Carlin for 3rd place!! Amazing images all of you!!
I dedicate this picture to my beautiful bay horse, Gypsy Glad, who I really miss, this one is for you!!

Onward to EditThis3!! All the very best to all of you!!

Congratulations to Sandi! And big hugs and hoorahs for Nikolyn and Carlin.

Congratulations Sandi, Nicolyn and Carlin! Wonderful work all of you!

I got more votes than I normally do in a contest and it was fun.

The images in this contest were absolutely AMAZING...So impressed with every single image in the contests and thread!

I will be placing the top THREE in a post on the magazine shortly. Well done all of you! Thank you for playing

EDIT 3 coming very soon

Ditto what Linda said. What fun! Contrats to the top three. It was so fun to see how diverse the entries ended up!

Thank you, Dorothy, Lindley and MM!!

Congratulations Sandi, Nikolyn, and Carlin - wonderful images!

Congratulations to Sandi and Carlin and a hearty thank you to all who enjoyed my piece. It was fun.

Thank you very much, Nikolyn. Congratulations to you and Carlin. I certainly enjoyed both of your entries I look forward to seeing everyone’s artwork during the next contest!!!

Thanks to Abbie for the fun contest,
thanks to everyone who contributed such imaginative paintings for me to enjoy and vote on,
congrats to everyone,
and thank you for voting my piece into 3rd place, the highest place I've ever been in any FAA contest !!!

Can't wait to play with Edit 3 !

double post

Ok, here's one, nothing radical, take a subtle, muted landscape and juice it up a little, but not so much as to make it into something else, especially given the small pixel count which would get pretty crazy with a lot of edits. It has a saturation boost, some additional brightness, I straightened it to level the water surface, added some greenness to the grass and trees and another boost of structure to the sky to bring out some cloud detail. There's also a bit of a vignette and some inner brightness.