Do you like this photo manipulation effect?

[Elfin Yeti]

Please comment... thanks!

[Mira]

1. I feel inadequate

to comment on the manipulation effect, because I don't know enough about what it is you did. I've looked carefully at the last few photos, especially the ones of the bull riders, and I see the incredible dimension you impart.

In my opinion the feel the photos get is one of impressionistic paintings, what you are creating is something new and different with a solid base in a photograph.
It makes me want to pull out the oils and a canvas.

I would have liked to see the original, and then the re-worked image side by side, not for the sake of making a judgment but for the sake of learning what changes you have made.

(I still have the video professor's learning discs for photo shop in their original sleeves)

[Elfin Yeti]

5. Before and after...

Before:



After:

[Mira]

8. Thank you my friend!

Thank you for posting both.
I must say that, again, I like the original considerably more.
I can talk about it a bit more now that I see what I'm comparing. The original is a perfect photograph, an exceptional one.

The worked on one lost that feel. It's giving me the question: I was so fine, why did you not like me enough, and what am I in this incarnation?

There is a step I don't know about that is missing to take the flawless original photograph to a point of it being something other than that and yet again to be perfect.
a
Probably it is a canvas, and a brush, and oils and a photograph by Patti as an inspiration.

I'm working on preparing my life for having the leisure to do that.
I really am.

Thanks for asking for my (and others of course) opinion.

[NV Whino]

2. Tes and no

I like the noise you've added, but the prominence of the brass takes away from the eye, which I feel should be the center of focus.

[alfredo]

3. Is that a film grain filter?

Because I like getting up in my subject's face, I would have cropped in closer to the eye. Crop it right above the tag and see how the composition changes.

[Stevenmarc]

4. Are you using Topaz?

Actually I like how the shot is framed and the bridle works to move the viewers eye to the horses eye which might have been a bit lost given the tonality of the shot. As far as the effect, I appreciate the restraint, any more and it would start looking a bit overworked.

[BuddhaGirl]

6. do you use Topaz?

if so - how is it different from Photoshop? Is it easy to use?

Thanks :hi:

on edit I see it's a plug-in for Photoshop...

[JeffR]

7. Yes and no.

The grain is appealing, but the contrast is a little high for my taste. The buckle is a little distracting being that high-key.