One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-November 2021

Join the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge to have some creative fun with photos.

The purpose of the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge is to play. These days we have so many different ways to process a photo: from phone apps to Photoshop. And these different software options make it accessible for anyone to get fun and beautiful effects. Whether you have a lot of time or a little.

I’ve been spending a lot of my pandemic playing with photo processing. Because it is a relaxing indoor activity that I can do for free (I mostly use open-source programs and old versions of paid programs). And I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve been doing and see what other folks are trying out.

No complicated rules, just:

1. Pick a photo you want to play with.
2. Process it using three different methods.
3. After that create a blog post with the original and your creative products.
4. If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
5. Then add a comment below containing the link to you post (pingbacks don’t seem to work, I’m trying to figure out why). So we can all see your creations.
6. Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.

I can hardly wait to see what you create.

October creations:

• Coolesse
• Pictures imperfect blog
• Coolesse-not a repeat!
• Cath’s Camera

Here’s my one-to-three contribution for this month:

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Directions for my methods:

This month I played with this photo of the postmaster’s bike in Stehekin, Washington using the GIMP. I also used a couple GIMP plug-ins.

1. I decided to see how this would look using the faux lens ball effect. The directions are in Faking it: a lensball effect using the GIMP. It’s kind of fun to do, and it’s a great way to learn about many features in the GIMP.
2. This is just a simple application of the posterize filter in the G’mic plug-in for the GIMP. Posterize is found the the Artistic set of filters. I liked how it has a look similar to the old U.S. national park posters. Appropriate since Stehekin is in the North Cascades National Park.
3. For this one I used stacked a black and white version (created using the Nik plug-in’s Silver Effects Pro, Antique Plate II preset) on top of the original and used the soft light blend mode.