Abstract Landscape

[Rebel]

Here is my attempt at an abstract landscape, the reason I went abstract is because the image had something I liked but I wasn't happy with the several different post processing attempts I had.

All work done in Photoshop.

Anyway, C&C welcome:

Original:


I have cropped a tiny bit of the sky and brightened up the dark patch around the top of the middle branch.

After Edits:

[Donald]

Now, that I like. A lot. A real attention-grabber.

[Rider in the Sky]

Beautifully awesome!

[ perhaps, crop sky, just a tad above tree tip, so full attention on landscape. ]

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Matt,

Now there's a bold direction I don't think I have the imagination to think of for myself!

I agree with Vic's suggestion (having tried it in LyteBox).

For me, I'd like a little more realism - probably counter to the 'abstract' concept though.
If I were to attempt this, I'd try to give the tree a little island of 'horizontal plane' texture on which to grow from. Although that may in turn give merging issues around its edges.

I like the colours.

Cheers, Dave

[Mike Buckley]

Wonderful image. Makes me think of a strong wind in a scene on an undiscovered planet.

[ST1]

Very abstract and artistic Matt, I can imagine this printed large and making a statement in a gallery anywhere in the world. Well done I have no idea how or what you did to this in processing it but I would like to see how it or they started life.

[Rebel]

Thanks for the comments all, and some interesting ideas I will play with.

Here is the original, not a very good image but that was half the challenge :

[ST1]

Amazing and creative Matt, well done. May I suggest toning down the dark triangle (ish) cloud around the top most branch

[Rebel]

Amazing and creative Matt, well done. May I suggest toning down the dark triangle (ish) cloud around the top most branch

Thank you

I was thinking the exact same thing Peter, I thought it was down to PP at first but it is just the way the cloud has blurred.

I'll try and do something about it though.

[Rebel]

Amazing and creative Matt, well done. May I suggest toning down the dark triangle (ish) cloud around the top most branch

Hows this?

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured and processed.

[chauncey]

IMHO...quite well done my friend.

[Rebel]

Thanks John, Chauncey.

[ST1]

Hows this?

That's spot on Matt

[Rita]

Artistic, creative, and pleasing to the eye. It's great.

[Rebel]

Artistic, creative, and pleasing to the eye. It's great.

Thank you Rita

[deetheturk]

Wonderful Matt, I really like this!

[Tronhard]

WOW!!! What a change from the original, and awesome to boot. You have a skill with Photoshop that I can only hope to aspire to...

[Rebel]

Thanks David, Trev.

Trev, I've had a lot of practice with Photoshop and read A LOT of tutorials online... my advice would be to just learn one thing at a time, and then it will all come together.

[bnnrcn]

This is super Matt May I ask which filter or function in PS created this effect ?