Talking of Turner and how he was inspired to paint the view over the Lune valley, I thought I'd have a play with my original photo (shown yesterday). There is an excellent iPhone app called 'Waterlogue' that gives instant and often very pleasing conversions of photos to a watercolour effect. Combining that with a bit of extra work in Photoshop to overlay some bits of 'ink' outlines resulted in the above image. Quite pleasing, I thought, in its own way... though I'd only be proud of it if I had actually painted it for real! If Hockney can use an iPad, then surely a bit of experimenting with filters is allowable fun and can be construed as a sort of artistry. It keeps me happy anyway!
It's amazing the range of things that phone apps will do now, Pho.to Lab being my favourite for its wide range of effects. Just a shame that so many apps only save in low resolution. That was a great photo to adapt, and it works really well.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out really good and beautiful !I thought it was a real watercolor painting !
ReplyDeleteGood one, Jenny!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I am off to try the app!
ReplyDeleteI love this effect. It looks just like a painting.
ReplyDeleteThat is absolutely beautiful Makes me wish I had a smart phone.
ReplyDeleteI've just spent a lovely half hour catching up with your blog. You've had another grandchild since I was last here!!! Must get over to the mill soon - it's been too long xxxx
ReplyDeletewow, that's amazing, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWell done, jennyfreckles. I have tried waterlogue occasionally just for fun, but so far I have not had the courage to post any of those manipulated pix on my blog.
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