Alpenglow on Mount Rainier
This photo was taken sitting on the porch at National Park Inn at Mount Rainier National Park. It is the same one that I used on my blog post for this challenge with Topaz software. For these variations I used the GIMP’s built-in filters. It was captured with my Sony RX10iv camera, ISO 100, shutter at 1/25sec and aperture at F9.
Directions for my methods:
This month I used the GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) Artistic group of filters to play with this photo.
Cartoon is a built in filter in the GIMP. It is found in the Artistic group in the Filters drop down menu. I used the default settings.
Simple Linear Iterative Clustering is another built in filter in the GIMP, found in the Artistic group in the Filters drop down menu. I used region size 47, compactness 8 and 5 iterations.
Oilify is also a built-in GIMP filter in the Artistic group. Here is a post that explores the options for this filter. In this case I used the soft light blend mode the difference to the original is subtle: it just gives the mountain a bit more dimension and detail.
This is the result of the filter before using the blend mode:
The Oilify settings I I used were: mask radius of 4, exponent of 12 and 256 intensities.
If you want to 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. Swing on over to my personal blog to join in.
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. Alternatively, if it is easier for you, you could post a gallery on Instagram with #tsc_1to3.
- If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
- Then add a comment or ping back so we can all see your creations.
- Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.