Crop Challenge #48

[mljrbg]

OK everyone...get ready!! YEP I got tagged!! I know I'm posting this a little early but I'm sure by the time I get all of this figured out a lot of time will have passed. These images really need help so let's get on our very creative thinking caps and see what happens.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1iFYJLwGENkcDMa6xsSivwzqcsJzfe_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1iFYJLwGENkcDMa6xsSivwzqcsJzfe)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1RBBXwtKzDHtgB3Fw9BecRqhVXn1dV0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RBBXwtKzDHtgB3Fw9BecRqhVXn1dV0)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1HbFpRhwI7cBv3cxFNnflIbP8HSOa_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1HbFpRhwI7cBv3cxFNnflIbP8HSOa)

The rules are simple:
You must crop the image
The crop can be any size
You may do other edits
And have Fun!

Let's see all those great crops!!

Mary Lou


Comments go here (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=383263#post383263)

[Seachelle]

Here is my first attempt - a nice sunset and a few new bushes.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1q3673z8ultnBywZ0X7SAiWbjYD4V0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1q3673z8ultnBywZ0X7SAiWbjYD4V0)

[billz]

Thanks for hosting Mary Lou.

I cropped the silos out of the first and framed that in the second.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1nGrHwLDTdFPY7WCAmuFB6YYNuGp1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1nGrHwLDTdFPY7WCAmuFB6YYNuGp1) http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1XGzYOheHFEW5pDFSUr9VCVamcAAD0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XGzYOheHFEW5pDFSUr9VCVamcAAD0)

Now ... how do I get all of Captain Spaulding's great lines from going thru my head??:D

Bill

[vawitt]

Ooooo...fun shots!

I put the Marx Brothers as a billboard on the cropped barn...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1sXtAGNw1jaCDRB7dFCwBqHOZ3IC6e0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1sXtAGNw1jaCDRB7dFCwBqHOZ3IC6e0)

~Val in balmy IL

[Seachelle]

And another, now its time to go be with my hubby for his birthday instead of hiding in here. Bye for now.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1WhE6scboMdMFefmGllUUrkhXg0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1WhE6scboMdMFefmGllUUrkhXg0)

[Aussie Nan]

I used Corey Barker's tut here (http://www.planetphotoshop.com/scatter-brush-masking.html) to play with the Marx Bros. Great crop images by the way Mary Lou.
Toni

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1i0Wem4LCaegcvr1jQcKNX4jrx4i4H_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1i0Wem4LCaegcvr1jQcKNX4jrx4i4H)

[TonyW]

Playing around with black and white conversion ... curiously the second also started out as a black and white conversion but I rather liked what happened when I changed the blend mode of the black and white layer to soft light.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1b3Ib1mYYaCPOCcwTLo07KmGOltJMN1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1b3Ib1mYYaCPOCcwTLo07KmGOltJMN1)h ttp://www.pixentral.com/hosted/197joaUJxS7vP2Y37N1TX8wsNqPN0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=197joaUJxS7vP2Y37N1TX8wsNqPN0)

Tony

[Aussie Nan]

I played with filters and blend modes over a textured background. I don't recall too much but remember using the find edges filter with the image blended over the texture. Then I copied the texture onto a layer above the merged image and used multiply at lower opacity.
Toni

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1INjPSGCgtzlh3PJR85RcpfAhta8K_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1INjPSGCgtzlh3PJR85RcpfAhta8K)

[vawitt]

Here's another one. Too many filters and PSE surprises to keep track of, but I kind of like it anyway! :)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1iSBQCOYCQ2706VsU0BwAWGy5lpv1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1iSBQCOYCQ2706VsU0BwAWGy5lpv1)

~Val

[Aussie Nan]

A coin for the Toll Bridge perhaps???
Toni

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1xkQFZesSgMNjosxuRgY9RFfMdFPgb_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1xkQFZesSgMNjosxuRgY9RFfMdFPgb)

[kim2900]

Wow! Look at the photo I just found in my grandfather's old photo album! ;)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EpFtRs94YvoNBX7pSyn8mjdQ1qPB1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EpFtRs94YvoNBX7pSyn8mjdQ1qPB1)

[christellf]

I did this on the barn following Suzi's artsy tut on PCEC:
Christell
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1oJzIQ0YymIuULyr2zm6qloHyuqdTy0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1oJzIQ0YymIuULyr2zm6qloHyuqdTy0)

[cape]

Do you have already your own member card? ;)
Profited by M. Kloskowski's "Layers" (http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1182006) and PhotoshopUser TV Episode 132 (http://www.photoshopusertv.com/?p=258).
For the sunflower text I used the entry on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower).

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1KAtjmHZrixOBVB36KAbv4kRiPJpV81_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1KAtjmHZrixOBVB36KAbv4kRiPJpV81)

[mljrbg]

Is anybody there...can you tell me where the horse farm is?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1A092LIFkRLORUcYB2MOrRvvluODrh_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1A092LIFkRLORUcYB2MOrRvvluODrh)

Is that snow? Did we miss summer?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1LgMcQdq1BVOmaD3UDWweVIWKjrMn0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1LgMcQdq1BVOmaD3UDWweVIWKjrMn0)

Mary Lou

[Red Sky]

Freud's Farm.:o

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1aUCACYro211L5ZX9Bk125CDHroQw1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1aUCACYro211L5ZX9Bk125CDHroQw1)