Join the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge to have some creative fun with photos.
The purpose of the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge is to play. These days we have so many different ways to process a photo: from phone apps to Photoshop. And these different software options make it accessible for anyone to get fun and beautiful effects. Whether you have a lot of time or a little.
I’ve been spending a lot of my pandemic playing with photo processing. Because it is a relaxing indoor activity that I can do for free (I mostly use open-source programs and old versions of paid programs). And I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve been doing and see what other folks are trying out.
No complicated rules, just:
- Pick a photo you want to play with.
- Process it using three different methods.
- After that create a blog post with the original and your creative products.
- If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
- Then add a comment below containing the link to you post (pingbacks don’t seem to work, I’m trying to figure out why). So we can all see your creations.
- Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.
I can hardly wait to see what you create.
April creations:
- Photos by Jez
- Now at Home
- Pictures Imperfect Blog
- Geriatri’x’ Fotogallerie
- Also by Aletta at Now at Home
- Tales from my lens
Here’s my contribution for this month:
Directions for my methods:
- The black and white uses GIMP’s built-in Color to Gray: Colors>Desaturate>Color to Gray plus a vignette.
- I used the directions for the Orton Effect in this post.
- For this one I used one of the GIMP’s artistic filters: “simple linear iterative clustering”, no idea what it means exactly but I could resist giving it a try. Filters>Artistic>Simple linear iterative clustering.
I used the GIMP, an open-source (free) program comparable to Adobe’s Photoshop. If you are interested in trying the GIMP, check out my post: Get going with the GIMP. I have also created a post with a run down of the Black and White tools available in the GIMP: Black and White Digital Photo Processing Part 3: Using the GIMP.
I got confused on where I should go this time around but I think I got it? Love the last black and white. It is like a painting. Here is my contribution for this month. https://talesfrommylens.net/2021/04/30/one-to-three-2/
You got it right!
I like this last one you tried.
Here is mine: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/one-to-three-2/
https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/one-to-three-2/
Lovely white blooms – I particularly like the last effect (the one “whatever that is” 🙂 )
I’ve got a red tulip on offer this month: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/a-tulip-a-classic-flower/
I had prepared another post a couple of weeks ago and forgot about it – so I consider this last one a bonus track.