Waffle House: My Beacon in the Night. (watercolor treatment)

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I thought I would try my hand at a sort of watercolor effect with one of my photos. I chose the Waffle House shot because, well, as a night shot it already needs a lot of post-processing just to make it presentable what with all the digital noise and purple-fringes. So, I went with that.

To achieve this, I first used the sign from a different, darker exposure so the letters would stand out better (had to do some resizing and rotation to get the sign to fit). I applied a lot of contrast and saturation enhancement. I also adjusted the curves to bring the mid-values up. I sharpened the edges pretty heavily but then did a very heavy application of "edge preserving smooth." Twice.

After, I fiddled with a few elements. Straightened the photo so the center pole was truly vertical. Darkened the reflective section in the bottom, added a little bit of left-to-right motion blur to the reflective area to smudge it around a bit.

Then I added some texture to the whole thing, a wee touch of vignetting, and, "Et Voilà!"

Compare to my black and white cutout version.

(2007-09-09-nville-4762-watercolor)

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	Don Briggs says: Super Phenomental. I so look forward to your creations. I wonder what amazing thing you will come up with next!! Great work and thanks for the information on how you did it. Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )
	blogrodent says: :: grin :: Thanks, Don! You really should take a mean-pill some time! You are too kind. :) Here's the original for comparison: Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )
	pompey shoes says: Nice work, lovely end result. You have my vote for Challenge #6: Things You Do on the Weekend in Saturday Shutterbugs! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	jjbullock says: Great post processing. It worked really well. You have my vote for Challenge #6: Things You Do on the Weekend in Saturday Shutterbugs! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	blogrodent says: Thanks, pompey shoes and jjbullock ! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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Waffle House: My Beacon in the Night. (watercolor treatment)

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