February Photography Challenge: "TAKE TWO"

Hold on to your lens caps folks, we are going to try something different this month in the photo challenge.  It is a challenge that requires TWO images. The idea is to take a photo of an image and then in a second photo abstract the original.  The actual object in the photo can be of anything you like. We are looking at figurative painting this month in the Picasso challenge so if you like you could tie into that theme and take a body part shot (no blatant nudity please). You could also make use of a  mannequin or statue ,whatever inspires you is cool, it doesn't have to be a body shot. The term Figurative actually applies to any object not just the human form, as is commonly thought, The exercise is mainly an exploration of the contrast between realism and abstraction, allowing for two diversely opposed perceptions of the same object.
 
Ways to abstract the second image could be by such means as:

-photoshop (ie alter colour, focus, saturations, cropping etc…)
- take a second shot but alter angle, lighting or distance  (ie macro shot)
 
 Go wild. When you post your results, we ask that you post both of the shots, the original one and the abstracted one. Hence the name “Take Two”.  Thanks to Nicole there is now an Image Editor tab on the header of the site that some of you may want to play with for this challenge. Have fun!!!!







 

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on February 2, 2010 at 6:26am
Shot One : Roman statue


Shot Two: A cropped version of the same photo with the colour altered. I really love the sculpted folds in the "fabric". To me that is the real genius of these ancient statues, not so much the facial features.

Permalink Reply by Diana on February 2, 2010 at 6:56am
Aha! THis should be fun!
Permalink Reply by Danielle Evans on February 2, 2010 at 9:36pm
Ok this is day two of the challenge and I am falling for this hook line and sinker. I could spend all day doing this...
Here is the original photo that I took yesterday a couple of doors away from the Royal Academy (Van Gogh exhibition :-))

Then I did this one, but thought it's "not very abstract" so I carried on.
Then the floodgates opened...
This has been so much fun and after having seen all of those wonderful Van Goghs these photos make me want to get my oil paints out and have a go at painting one of these...I like the idea of the face looking down on me.
Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on February 3, 2010 at 12:08am
Wow, fantastic job Danielle!!!!! They are all super cool. I really like the first altered version, it has a wonderful grainy, ghostly feel to it. Ya, get those oil paints out!!!! Hope you had a great time at the Van Gogh exhibit.
Permalink Reply by Nicole Umina on February 5, 2010 at 4:36am
Go Dan!! How cool are these - not only do they fit this challenge some could be very Picasso!
Permalink Reply by DeMarie "Paintslinger" on February 25, 2010 at 2:37am
diana, loving these. the original and no. 1, 3, 5 and 7 of take two are my favs! no. 5 of the 'dots' would make great background paper for some collage!
Permalink Reply by Becky Jenner on February 3, 2010 at 6:43am
This is a pic taken of my daughters eye then cropped in Picasa and played with in photo impressions.
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Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on February 3, 2010 at 7:50am
OMG, awesome Becky! Those are wild. Your daughter's eye is beautiful. The swirly one is wicked and I love the one that looks like a negative with the white lashes.
Permalink Reply by Danielle Evans on February 3, 2010 at 9:18am
What a beautiful eye to work on! I like the swirly one the best, very striking. The negative one is really cool too.
Permalink Reply by Jan Jackson on February 3, 2010 at 7:38pm
wow, great job love the swirly eye
Permalink Reply by DeMarie "Paintslinger" on February 25, 2010 at 2:38am
what a beautiful eye! i especially lov the first take two!
Permalink Reply by heather chandler on February 4, 2010 at 2:06pm

This is a trash photo but I liked the body position of Meredith.I embraced a few Picasso elements:
-the use of strong line
-the seeming unaware and candid nature of the subject
-and the obvious:blue.
I'm not so slick at computer enhancing ...I like to keep my photos "as is" and I don't have real photo shop,just some free photo editor that came on my lap top! This was fun though.In the time that it took to turn this into a fake "painting" I could have done a real one! -H.

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