Friday, November 11, 2011

Changing What's Real Monthly Event By "The Other Side of Anna"

At the beginning of each month The Other Side of Anna will be showcasing a photo gallery of her work displaying an original photo and the subsequent photo edits and editions that she has done to it.  There will be a linky tool on her blog available for anyone who would like to join in the fun.  The event will begin the first day of each month and continue until the last day of the month. There are a lot of creative photographers out there and we'd all love to see your work.


I use Photo Shop Elements for my digital art but there are lots of programs available like Picnik, Gimp, Picasa, and of course Photo Shop. Prices vary from free to expensive.

I love creating digital art and spend a lot of time at it. For me it's a relaxing artistic endeavor. I'm excited Anna has started this project and I can't wait to see what everyone posts.



Here's mine for November:


This is my original photo taken of a Peony in my garden. Notice the ants crawling around, I've pointed them out with blue arrows. They are small but definitely spoil the photo! I removed them with the cloning tool in Photo Shop Elements (PSE).




This is the same photo with the ants removed. Now I can sell this image on my RedBubble photo sales site as greeting cards, prints etc. 




Then I started playing around adding various textured layers in PSE:


Pink textured layer with grainy film look


Gold textured layer with grainy film look


The last two are similar to each other but I used PSE with Topaz Labs Filters rather than textured layers. 


I edited the first one to a soft lavender painterly look with a soft grainy feel....dreamy!




I edited this one to a soft white and grey painterly look with a soft grainy feel....more dreaminess!




All of these from just one photograph! 


ALL images are copyright protected and the property of Mari Sterling Wilbur Photographs. Thank you. If you wish to use any of my photographs please contact me at mariwilbur@gmail.com. 


Which do you like best? Leave a comment below with a link to your site. As always, feel free to leave a photo. We all love to share your work.


Be sure and visit Anna's blog and leave your post on the Linky Tool and also comments. 


Happy clicking!