Making photo scary ! tree
 

Hi all

For some reason at work I was asked to submit a picture of a 'scary' tree !

I have taken a picture but lack the software to turn it scary........my picture is on the left and a picture already submitted is on the right.

Any ideas on how to make my tree scary !!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your time

Mike

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put tinsel on it and ball balls

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how about some baubles too ;) :D

sorry, I'm sad and pedantic

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I wonder if a ball ball is like a bauble :scratch: [edit] Beaten to it :D

Not sure you can make a tree scary :erm: Although with the American attitude to the environment, you have to wonder. You want a tree that has human characteristics that are enhanced in the right light - e.g. well gnarled with two large branches suggestive of arms.

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As you can already see, stark lighting is a good start, as is going B/W.

You can do quite a bit by using solarisation and other such filters to work on an image.

However, your tree has got a cluttered background, which will make it very difficult to work with. See if you can get a picture of a lonely tree - good bit of sky behind - preferably with omenous clouds.

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I thought that and I can see a nose !

Not sure how to change the light ?

Mike

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Fairy lights? :D
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:bsmack: ;)

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invert the colours

ik

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or heres a scary tree

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...lr%3D%26sa%3DN

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Thought I was pedantic :erm:

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Here's a quick photochop of that image. I applied a solarizing layer, then converted to grayscale and played with the colour channels. There's not too much more you can do though, as the background is a bit too cluttered. Like other people said, if you can find a picture with more contrast with say the sky, or a desolate background, you will get a much better result :)

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I found my own tree on it's own and used glowing edge filter on it. :D

Actually that's really rather good if I do say so myself.. :)

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http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=.../xmas_tree.gif

Heres my scary tree

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a real scary tree
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/...ined_oak.shtml

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how about this one? its got a face

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...67212835coHxcZ

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Well Mike are we being any help? :erm:

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Yeah Mike who wins the most helpfull award for best scary tree. :cool:

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Heres one for you...... with eyes.

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May all be barking up the wrong tree :D

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Bloody hell that is great....I really appreciate the help. Exactly what I was looking for. I will give an award for the best one. please keep then coming.

Thanks.........

Mike

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yes, yes you are, but we love you ;) :D:p:
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Nug, stop guessing peoples log-in's

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Ok after great work done last night I have some more tree to be made scary.......please have a go you never know I might win ?????
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Final two...........thanks again

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You can imagine the scene:

"There's that weird bloke again Mable - taking pictures of trees, look"
"I blame that mariana they all take these days. There was none of that in my day"

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I'l do another one over the weekend.

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The 2nd one has potential, as it's a nice gnarly tree.

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Thanks really appreaciate the help

Regards

Mike

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hmm. if this is something for your work, perhaps a competion, should it not be your own work rather than getting it from somebody else? :angel:

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Understand your point...........it's not a competion but for a person who is leaving and it's good to get other people ideas !

Thanks

Mike

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Just looked badly pruned to me :erm: :D

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just skewed the images and then inverted colours, scary enough

ik

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These look realy great.............thanks

mike
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Really like number 4

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working on a 3D version but it wil have to wait to be posted until AFTER the software change for CF tonight. :tu:

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Agree - incredible. It has a sort of violent power to it - very engaging.

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Actually just noticed my friend Steve in the bottom right hand corner of picture number 5 you posted now he looks scary.

I had a go at picture one. See attached.

Mike

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I did a 3D picture.The following efforts are me just doodling through Photoshop..

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And some more.

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Interesting work Incog. Nice :)

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These are fantastic..........are these taken fron one of the trees I posted ??????????

If so which one

Mike

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Nope.I used 3D Daz Studio 1.01(free software-yes completely free) and Bryce 5.5c.I took The Freak,posed him in DS and imported him to Bryce where I used the Tree lab to create a tree which I grouped with the Freak and then textured the trunk and the figure to make it look like there was a figure growing into the tree.I then exported the image as a bmp ,opened it in Photoshop and then played with filters and in image adjustments to achieve some interesting effects.The PS filter I found really useful was Ink by Flaming Pear although the generic glowing edges filter isn't bad either.


Now you can see what I waste my spare time and cash on.;)

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Everyone............

Thanks for all the help.

Mike