image_masking, photos on Flickr

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Since the assignment was "over processing" this caused me to really think about a special image that I could experiment with. I usually don't fool with too much processing, even though I find it fun and creative. I wanted Mohave's sweet face to stand out against the snow so I desaturated most everything in the image, masking his face. This was a cell phone shot so I used Topaz to whiten the image overall and intentionally smoothed out most details. Now that it is finished, I can't decide if the original shot is better. Oh well....Happy Smile on Saturday!

CONVENTO DE SAN FRANCISCO - Quito by Javier Gallego

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La Iglesia de San Francisco es una basílica católica que se levanta en medio del centro histórico de Quito, frente a la plaza del mismo nombre.

La estructura es el conjunto arquitectónico de mayor dimensión dentro de los centros históricos de toda América, y por ello es conocido como el "Escorial del Nuevo Mundo".

Sobre sus tres hectáreas y media de superficie se han construido trece claustros (seis de ellos de gran magnitud), tres iglesias, un gran atrio, sumando aproximadamente cuarenta mil metros cuadrados de edificación. Allí se desarrollan múltiples actividades en la actualidad: las conventuales y religiosas, de atención pública en las áreas de salud, de comunicación, educativas y otras de corte popular que mantienen activo al edificio.

Dentro de la iglesia se encuentran más de 3.500 obras de arte colonial, de múltiples manifestaciones artísticas y variadas técnicas, especialmente aquellas correspondientes a la Escuela Quiteña de Arte, que nació precisamente en este lugar.

Posee también una biblioteca franciscana, descrita en el siglo XVII como la mejor del Virreinato del Perú.

Al conjunto le precede una plaza homónima que durante años abasteció a la ciudad de agua de su fuente central, y que ha funcionado como mercado popular, como espacio de concentraciones militares y políticas, y como lugar de encuentro y recreación social. La escalera cóncavo-convexa que comunica la plaza con el atrio, que resalta la fachada manierista-barroca del templo mayor, es considerada de gran importancia arquitectónica.

En sus tres naves, San Francisco devela artesonados moriscos con lazos mudéjares, retablos profusamente decorados y columnas de diversos estilos. En el coro, la decoración mudéjar, original de finales del siglo XVI, se conserva íntegra porque la nave central se vino abajo con un terremoto y fue reemplazado por un artesonado barroco en 1770. Cielos mudéjares en los extremos, barrocos en la nave central, retablos llenos de imágenes, mascarones y querubines mirando al centro del Altar Mayor.

The Church of San Francisco is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito, in front of the square of the same name.

The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all America, and for this reason it is known as the "Escorial of the New World."

On its three and a half hectares of surface area, thirteen cloisters have been built (six of them large), three churches, a large atrium, totaling approximately forty thousand square meters of building. Multiple activities are currently carried out there: conventual and religious, public attention in the areas of health, communication, education and others of a popular nature that keep the building active.

Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Quito School of art, which was born precisely in this place.

It also has a Franciscan library, described in the 17th century as the best in the Viceroyalty of Peru.

The complex is preceded by a plaza of the same name that for years supplied the city with water from its central fountain, and which has functioned as a popular market, as a space for military and political gatherings, and as a place for social gathering and recreation. The concave-convex staircase that connects the plaza with the atrium, which highlights the mannerist-baroque façade of the main temple, is considered of great architectural importance.

In its three naves, San Francisco reveals Moorish coffered ceilings with Mudejar ties, profusely decorated altarpieces and columns of various styles. In the choir, the Mudejar decoration, original from the end of the 16th century, is preserved intact because the central nave collapsed in an earthquake and was replaced by a Baroque coffered ceiling in 1770. Mudejar ceilings at the ends, Baroque in the central nave, altarpieces full of images, masks and cherubs looking towards the centre of the High Altar.

Oriental Mystic Venice by Daniel Arrhakis

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Oriental Mystic Venice by Daniel Arrhakis (2018)

With the music : Phil Rey Gibbons - Heavenly (feat. Felicia Farerre)

youtu.be/U6e60OZ7DVE

Work made with several images of mine, stock images, masks and sculptures. Art collage, digital painting, color saturation techniques and digital painting processes.

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Thank you for your nice visit, comments and invitations dear friends ! A wonderful final of the week and weekend !

I will be more in challenges and groups during these days, my best regards to all of you ! : )

Bear Creek Falls by Bob Endres

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Editing this image is a story in itself. This photo was taken on an iPhone using the Live mode. In that mode, you have to hold the phone still for about a 3 second video capture, which can then be used to select the best single image or to create blur in moving subjects, among other choices. I saved both the blurred image and the single photo image. Unfortunately, when the blurred image is saved, sharpness is poor outside the moving water and the image is cropped significantly. Here, I was able to layer the blurred image on top of the single image, masking only the moving water. I had to resize the blurred layer carefully to fit the uncropped single image, and move it slightly for alignment, but the result came out fairly nice.

Double Exposure 1 by Nathan Biehl

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In camera double exposure. Any blown highlights effectively become an image mask.

How to Guide: www.reddit.com/r/postprocessing/comments/xfqxe/double_exp...

Fire and Ice by Casey Colomb

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"Fire and Ice"

Shooting through holes in icebergs that had floated onto the beach deep in the fjord lands of Chilean Patagonia!

bring your A game - hss by John Guarino

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For Sliders Sunday.

I'd shot this a little wide so I could crop to the composition I wanted, with the A on a third and the wall it's on occupying two-thirds of frame. Then in Lr and Ps used sliders to warm up that wall, enhance the texturing a bit with Clarity, and cool down the right side. I most likely used in Lr, the black slider and white slider of the basic exposure module to enhance contrast. I think I used a gradient in Lr to so that I could boost saturation a little on just the right side, especially of blue. I might have also used the high pass filter in Ps on the warm side of the image, masking out all but the shaded part to again enhance texture. And I think I either used the adjustment brush in Lr and the exposure slider or created a dodge/burn layer in Ps to paint in burning of some of the shadows for greater contrast. I had played with this one a couple weeks ago so I'm not sure about everything I'd done. But I thought it'd be a good one for Sliders Sunday. Original in first comment box below. If it doesn't show, hit refresh a time or two. That worked for me at others' photos today.

HSS everyone!

CONVENTO DE SAN FRANCISCO - QUITO (Explore) by Javier Gallego

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