Photos, videos and docs of Roger Bennion, with the keywords: "Dream Smoothing Filter"

Palladian Bridge, Stowe Landscape Gardens

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:14:34 +0000

Explored! Thank you very much :-)

SATURDAY SELF-CHALLENGE
22 SEPTEMBER 2018
"TAKE A PHOTO AND POST PROCESS IT TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL FOR YOUR SUBJECT"

Over many years I have tried 'painterly' effects with varying degrees of failure and occasional success :-) A long time back I was pleased with the results from using the 'Art History Brush' in Photoshop 6. But the more I used this process the worse I got!

A while back I came across the 'Dream Smoothing' filter in GIMP Photo software. I have been pleased with some of the results :-) I have previously uploaded a few photos where the effect was used but they were mostly using the default settings.

GIMP says -
"A relatively slow filter that uses anisotropic filtering to smooth an image. More iterations produces a softer image as does lower opacity values. Practical modes for merging are Alpha and Average. The results are resolution dependent".
Of course I knew this :-)))

This week I have spent a lot time trying different combinations of the settings. Already there appear to be endless combinations :-)

The Arty border came from a free giveaway of Borders in 'Digital Photo' magazine from a long time back.

In the PiP one I think I may have got a little bit carried away :-)

And, for Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music

♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Some Bridges ~ Jackson Browne

Canons Ashby

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:15:54 +0000

Roger Bennion has posted:

Canons Ashby House is the ancestral home of the Dryden family. Clara Dryden, born 1859, was a gifted painter and painted many of the scenes at Canons Ashby including the interior of the house and the gardens. Polly Swann married Chris Dryden in 2000. Polly is a keen amateur photographer and had the idea to produce a book called "Canons Ashby Then & Now". This book features watercolours by Clara Dryden and photographs by Polly of the same scene shown side by side. It is remarkable how little has changed since 1710.

I have been inspired by Polly's book to try a slight variation of Polly's idea. That is to take photographs of the house and gardens and then give my photos a painterly type effect. Over the years I have tried lots of different software/filters and a while ago I came across the "Dream Smoothing" filter in 'GIMP Photo' software.

Maybe not to everyone's taste but I have grown to very much like the effect this filter produces :-))

Here is my first picture of the house given the 'Dream Smoothing' effect and this could be the start of more 'Dream Smoothing' Photos :-)))

Also, a bit of a tenuous 'Sight and Sound' link but I have chosen "Picture Show" by John Prine & Tom Petty.

Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music

♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Picture Show ~ John Prine & Tom Petty

Maybe view on black, please :-)