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Pimped Classic

Jason Benz — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:10:21 +0000

Karen photographed this classic car in Cuba. If anybody knows the model please leave a comment. I used fractalius and photoshop to pimp it up.

Old Mine

Jason Benz — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:01:49 +0000

Earlier this year we were exploring the gold towns of New South Wales. This “Old Mine” was part of a museum in the back of the tourist information centre in Cobar.

Photoshop and Fractalius were used to process the image.

Fractal Owl

Jason Benz — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:39:25 +0000

This bird is a Tawny Frog Mouth Owl. The animal was in a nature park near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

To process the image I ran fractalius several times and built up the image with layers and masks.

Freezing Fog

Jason Benz — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:08:00 +0000

This was the result of the freezing fog we had on Wednesday. There is still snow on the ground here in the UK and more is forecast today. To increase the sparkle a Fractalius layers was added to this image using “luminosity” and “soft light” blend modes. Some Split toning was added in Camera RAW.

Future World

Jason Benz — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:17:02 +0000

It took 2 satellites 16 days to create the original image. Fortunately it is in the public domain so It is fine to use it. Rather than the traditional Blue Marble I wanted to age the earth and give it an apocalyptic look. I used adjustment layers with masks to alter different areas of the planet. I then reduced the opacity of each layer until they looked suitably polluted or deforested.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

Pimped Lada

Jason Benz — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:46:49 +0000

I decided to have a go at pimping this Lada from Cuba. If anybody knows the model please leave a comment. To process this image I used the same technique as Red Chevy. Orton Effect, Fractalius and Selective Desaturation.

Red Chevy

Jason Benz — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:49:10 +0000

This is a 1957 Chevrolet in Trinidad, Cuba. To process this image I used a similar technique as the Blue Chevy. Orton Effect on the car and desaturation and de-focus background. To add some extra sparkle I also added a subtle Fractalius layer.

Pyramid Panorama

Jason Benz — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:50:05 +0000

These are the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This image began as five separate shots. Instead of developing each RAW I stitched them together as jpegs. Once stitched and cropped the resultant image had a low dynamic range. To fix this I used levels layers and in some cases individual channel levels to keep the sky blue. Finally I used a Fractalius layer to add some glow to the image.

The Rings

Jason Benz — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:03:07 +0000

These are my brothers gold wedding rings. As they are both fans of middle earth I decided to give the rings a little magic. I started by making a mask of the rings then used it to Desaturate and Blur background. Then I inverted the mask and used it to add some subtle fractalius to rings.

Fractal Hieroglyphics

Jason Benz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:25:26 +0000

These Hieroglyphics are from Luxor in Egypt. To process this image I took an existing stock image which had undergone HDR processing then I used the Photoshop Plugin Fractalius. I took a while for me to locate the Plugin in the first time I used it. Then I realized it only ran on the 32bit version of Photoshop. I guess it is too much to expect a third party Plugin to run in 64bit.