Category: My Photoshop Examples

Bert Monroy – artist extraordinary

Sawadee Khrap

Here is an adaptation of a technique taught by Bert Monroy Digital Photo Realist Artist.  Bert is a TRUE Photoshop artist. 

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Again this is Eart – Hope you enjoy

If you would like to see more of Bert’s work – especially his Time Square Image – check out his web-site.  This is AMAZING !!

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Dragon Effect–gritty, rough

Sawadee Khrap

I just love this effect – but I have a lot to learn about how to control it – some shots on the web using this effect are amazing – here’s my first attempt – Like it ???       Oh  Ya this is Eart again.

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I think I need to accent the contrast a little more to really bring out the shadows, wrinkles and contours -  but not bad for starter.

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Drawing, painting, photo collage

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Here’ a new format, combined line drawing, painting and photo – This is Nai, check out a earlier post of a trip we took to Sattahip  – I really like this effect, interesting – what do you think?  I am going to refine this technique and make the brush strokes more pronounced and paint smear colors match shades in the photo more closely. I also need to increase the paper texture in the face area. But I think it’s a good start  – your comments ????

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Amazing PS CS5 and Vertus Fluid Mask

Sawadee Khrap

Here is a quick example of the power of Photoshop CS5 healing brush to remove the fencing and then using a great filter – Vertus Fluid Mask to isolate the monkey for a collage.IMG_1668  This is one of my shots from my Vietnam trip.        First remove the fence using the spot healing brush – so easy to do.

IMG_1668-EditThen extract the monkey – CS5’s refine edge just couldn’t do it, but Vertus was so easy – I first made a selection around the monkey to limit the colors  and then used the filter to refine the edges – amazing.  And here’s the result :

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This is the first time I used Vertus and really find it exciting – It will allow me to do much better extraction – particularly hair – I am not sure if you can see it in this small post but the extraction is extremely good showing even the little hairs on the monkey.

I wish I had a better background, like a basketball hoop or a game photo that I could put the monkey in as if he had stolen the ball –  I am going to look for one I could use and hope to post it later.  I also did not put in shadows or adjusted the lighting in this collage, just wanted to show what can be done.   Anyway this really shows the power and how easily photos can be altered.

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First green–now Red

Sawadee Khrap

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Pond looks great with his green hair and today Kay stopped by to show off his new red hairdo – FASHION – it’s the craze here.

But you gott’a admit these guy look stunning.  If you were looking for some reason to visit Pattaya – here are 2 suggestions  Red or Green – drop by Sunee and see the live version, you won’t be disappointed. 

A little more editing – Presenting Pond

Sawadee Khrap

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Here’s the latest shot of Pond – Much better than the first ones – I am getting better – slowly but steady – it’s hard to teach a old dog new tricks and I jump too fast to post images before I really put a lot of effort into editing them.  These guys are soooooo cute, I love spending time with them and hope you enjoy these images too.

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Crazy Pub–great watering hole

Sawadee Khrap

When you come to Pattaya, make sure you visit Sunee Plaza and especially “The Crazy Pub”.  Here’s Pond, one of the staff.

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You can’t miss him – green hair and all – what a great young man.

  Stop by and say hello – I’m sure you will get a warm welcome.

Pond stopped by this afternoon for a little photo shoot – agreed I could post this one and promised to come back later  – after Songkran – to take a little more time and get some super poses and exciting shots.

 

Well off to the beach to finish my day – water throwing is in full swing – but it should be minimal between here and Jomtien Complex, where I will meet up with Don, Degs and the other guys to spend a little time seeing what the boys are up to and how they intend to spend Songkran – expect a little water, so wallet and phone go into plastic bags for protection.

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New scenes – Old Photos

Sawadee Khrap

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Just screwing around with PS and saw a couple of designs I liked and converted some old photos – You know the models from past posts.

I really like the Brokeh effect and the graffiti wall shot  – I thought they look great – so I made the substitutes – I’m always looking for new scenes  or designs that I can place the boys in – these are a couple of new ideas I came across on the web.Wall-Wit 

 

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Here’s a new model –

Sawadee Khrap

Here’s a new model “Nut” and what he wanted for an image.Nut-special

We will have another session soon and should have some more shots to post – at least if he agrees, that is.  This one he is going to send home – maybe he will approve a couple just for the blog, that would be nice.  He picked the background – not friends but he said he wished they were.  Smile

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Couple of new photos–trip to BKK

Sawadee Khrap

Last week we took a quick trip to the Silverlake and Sattahip areas south of Pattaya and on the way back stopped at a small fishing village at the end of Pattaya Beach.  Not sure of the name but here is a image of one of the fishing boats.  Or I should say ‘my version’.

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And here is a image I created for “Boy” so he can send it home for his family.

I have also found a condo to rent ( at least I hope so – final papers will be drawn up next week and I should be moved in before the end of the month).  It’s a 1 bedroom with kitchen – within walking distance from the beach and should be very quiet.

Really looking forward to getting settled in and having a good Internet connection and able to move in all my stuff and set up so I can again begin working on my photography – it’s not been easy so far from the small studio I am renting now.

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