The Lone Wolf Print
The Lone Wolf Print I talked about this a few post back, about how you can refurbish some of your photos that may not turn out that well, into digital paintings if you want to save them.
This is the original photo below and it is a photo of a wolf in a nature park that I took. Oh, I only make paintings from photos that I have taken, it means a lot more to me as I create a piece of art work.
But this photo is not that good, the lighting was bad, but he is in his natural environment of lots of trees and thick brush. But I did like his expression, how he is looking at something in the grass. Then it comes down to changing the background and adding textures with the help of photoshop.
Now art work is an acquired taste of what each individual likes. For example, I have been to a few art galleries of famous painters with art exhibits of paintings I just don’t get. Like this photo I copied off of the internet of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. It is wonderful art, with colors and movement. I can appreciate it for sure and it is done by hand not on a computer. Much more work involved at a level that I cannot create at all.
Oh, and it is worth $4,000 dollars. 🙂
You can visit my Art Collection here on my Web Page, Sandra J’s Photography of Fine Art
The Lone Wolves Print
30 Replies to “The Lone Wolf Print”
What a lovely picture! You’ve captured the essence of “wolf” so well. You have a rare talent, I struggle just to get a reasonable photo taken of Jack Chi where he manages to sit still and keep his eyes open.
Thank you very much May. I have 2 dogs and they don’t pose to well for photos. They always look away when I pick up a camera 😊
This is amazing what you’ve done with the original print to get to now – very impressive Sandra.
Thank you very much Linda, I am always looking at other people’s photos and art work when I can and I came across a photographer who creates what they call textured art work. So I had to research how to do it and it is quite fun to make these with my photos.
Good thing you came across this Sandra – it was “serendipity” for you.
Thanks for sharing this. I always enjoy your posts. Have a very Happy Christmas and a Safe New Safe.
Thank you very much, I appreciate that and Merry Christmas to you also 😊
Beautiful!
Thank you very much 😊
very creative on multiple levels. and very beautiful!
Thank you very much Patrick, I do enjoy making paintings out of my photos, it works well with animals.
Your artwork is lovely, Sandra. I love the wolf!
Thank you Kellye, the animal photos work really well with this type of art work.
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Thank you very much Francine
Stunning!! And what a good idea!
Thank you very much, yes some of my photos just don’t turn out quite right but I think they work nice as paintings. Fun to do also.
which program exactly are you using?
For this textured print it is just photoshop topaz lab. I use topaz to make a textured background and then add it to a photo and blend them together for the main portion of the print.
I am learning a lot from you, Sandra. I have so much to learn yet and it seems this exciting journey in photography just keeps growing and growing. Thank you!
I am like you Amy, I take lots of photos and some of mine are not quite usable for print or to share so I wanted to refurbish them instead of throwing then away. I have learned what they call textured prints. Making a textured background and blending your subject into it. It works so well with animals. I like the results. It let’s us bring our imagination to life. 😊
I LOVE playing around with artsy effects, Sandra. What one can create is infinite. I work mainly from 2 editing rooms so with that in mind, I am getting a lot of inspiration from what you do. I’m not the type to read official transcripts on “how” to do this or that, but rather, I just play around allowing my curiosity free rein. I also quickly read the “information” that pops up about this and that feature. When I arrive at my goal that I intuitively know, I stop. I think you may be more structured than I am, but that is who you are. We all can learn from one another and incorporate those inspirations into our own creations. Your wolf pictures really turned out a huge success! I hope you had “fun” with the process. LOL
Yes, surprisingly I work like you do. I cannot duplicate a print because I will just start working on a photo and what ever speaks to me I do. I get inspiration from looking at others photos that can give me ideas and then I just try to figure it out on my own. I don’t think I could even explain what I do, they are all so different. 😊
Oh, way awesome, Sandra. See? I “thought” you were more structured than I am, and you just proved me wrong. I laugh at myself at times saying, “Don’t ask me what I did cuz I couldn’t even tell you.” I LOVE to play and figure out on my own. I’m my own teacher yet to observe what other photographers are doing then gets my imagination going. The process is fascinating …. Both of us are embracing and celebrating our very own uniqueness. Copycats are a dime a dozen. Not us!! 🤣
So true, blazing our own path. 😊
Enjoyed browsing through your portfolio especially the Mississippi collection.
Thank you very much, I wish I had taken more when I lived in Iowa. I think the country side is so pretty there.
Quite remarkable Sandra !
Thank you so much, have a wonderful day. 😊