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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Jakov Minić on December 17, 2015, 15:32:52

Title: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Jakov Minić on December 17, 2015, 15:32:52
Back in 2012 I had the pleasure of visiting Mont St. Michel with my dear Erik.
It was a one day excursion and we covered more than 1500 km in the process.
We shot Mont St. Michel from within and from all available to us angles on the outside (the view from the sea is left out because El Presidente is not amphibian yet).
I new back then that we made great images and returning to them now I tried processing them in another way.
It's as if I have been there again and made new images :)

Tell me what you think!
 
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: John Geerts on December 17, 2015, 15:45:23
Very picturesque, a bit in Van Gogh-style.  ;)   I like it.
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on December 17, 2015, 17:23:19
You obviously have discovered some new filters since then :D Bring them on.
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: PeterN on December 17, 2015, 18:07:26
Very creative!
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Akira on December 17, 2015, 19:59:50
Like the treatment for the last two.  They remind me of a special technic in which you paint a whole piece of drawing paper using crayons of various colors, paint it with black crayon all over, and then draw lines with a nail.  I don't know the technical term for this, though.
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: rosko on December 17, 2015, 20:00:58
Hey jakov !

When I saw ''Mont St Michel revisited'', I wondered something different, but I didn't expect that ! ;D

So, yes, different indeed !

I would prefer your last pic inspiring serenity thanks the horizontal lines and the #2 (with sheep) like a drawing, despite the strange pattern of the sky, though. ;).

Revisiting pictures is a good idea when the weather is gloomy/rainy...
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Chip Chipowski on December 17, 2015, 21:43:04
They are all nice, but I love the first one!
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Jakov Minić on December 18, 2015, 18:40:42
Thanks John! I am honored to be compared to Van Gogh :)

Thanks Bjørn! Yes, I wish I could post process as well as you and that I can extract from my images the full potential as you do. I have a long way to go yet :)

Thanks Peter! I am glad you find images creative :)

Thanks Akira! I am not aware of the technique that you are mentioning. But we did something similar in school with a tile of linoleum where we would carve in the image and then print it on paper. It's so easier nowadays with the post processing tools at our disposal :)

Thanks Francis! I only recently started seriously revisiting my old photos and reprocessing them. I faced the fact that I knew very little about PP back then, and that I am still in the process of learning :)

Thanks Chip! I agree with you, the 1st one is my favourite too :)

Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Anirban Halder on December 18, 2015, 18:52:47
Like the treatment for the last two.  They remind me of a special technic in which you paint a whole piece of drawing paper using crayons of various colors, paint it with black crayon all over, and then draw lines with a nail.  I don't know the technical term for this, though.
Akira is spot on. It's called "Crayon Etching" or "Scratch Art"... If you just google these words, you will find the similarities with Jakov's photos. Only difference, you won't find anything as good as Jakov's representation.

Jakov - these photos are breath of fresh air! I can only imagine how nice they will look on mural size print in a contemporary setup. Love them!
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Akira on December 18, 2015, 19:04:12
Akira is spot on. It's called "Crayon Etching" or "Scratch Art"... If you just google these words, you will find the similarities with Jakov's photos. Only difference, you won't find anything as good as Jakov's representation.

Anirban, thanks for helping me finding the name of the technique.  Yes, that's it!  Being unable to come up with the word, I was scratching my head, so I think I was pretty close...
Title: Re: Mont St Michel revisited
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on December 22, 2015, 14:22:56
You've made an edit challenge for yourself :D