Creative Effects Challenge No. 174 - RAW Isola dei Pescatori

Adjusted toning and lighting in ON1 Photo Raw and added focal point blur in Topaz Studio

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I used my final edit to create a "painted" look.
I began with Topaz Simplify Buzz Sim 2 and layered the result over the original using the Multiply blend mode at 50% opacity.
I then added the oil paint filter in PSCC.

No one has tried a panorama yet so I'll have to post one! I did finally manage to get those distant mountains to show (I fiddled around in Color Efex and I think it was a Polarization setting that had the biggest effect.) Not sure what else I did (although I do remember replacing the sky at some stage) but did finish up with a very noisy image and used Topaz Denoise to fix it but as a result it's rather over denoised. Certainly a perfect image for fiddling around with!



Tony

Just seeing this now so sorry for delay in responding...
The font I used is SF Burlington Script available from dafont.

Thanks to everyone who participated in editing this difficult to work with image.  I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of creative approaches used.  It was hard to single out just three for special mention, but here we go (in no particular order):
 
Helen's persistence paid off with her final "painted look" edit that captured a nice balance of the receding background mountains in muted tones and colors that did not overwhelm the brighter and more colorful foreground island village.




I liked Tonyw's first crop since it clearly draws the viewer's attention to the island and it's two main buildings, while keeping a sufficient amount of background mountains within the crop frame to provide environmental context.




Of BillieJean's creative edits I am most fond of her minimalist sketch interpretation. Her interesting technique and tastefully applied use of masks and brushes at various opacities produced a visually pleasing result which still captured the essence of my original photo.




Thanks again to all you folks for taking up the challenge, and special thanks to Helen for inviting me to submit an image for your editing consideration.

This was indeed a challenging image Pete. Thank you for the challenge. It’s always good to see how others approach challenges like this and to learn what the challenger thought of our efforts at the end of the day. Congrats Tony and Helen for your selected images too.