In Perspective, Fun: A view of the Royal Academy of Art, Reflected...

[Paul Abbott]

Since Robert Watcher gave me a link to his image editing site, I found a lot of interesting effects that I could use on there with one of my old images, especially the border effect.
I used the 'paint' border effect with a canvas effect, and that's all. Thanks to Robert and his great site...

I think some of you guys may have seen this before...For those that haven't, this is a view reflected from some brushed steel installation outside the RA. The swirly and distorted effect was solely a result of the metallic, brushed steel...

Royal Academy of Art, Reflected - Paul Abbott​

 

[Robert Watcher]

Very very cool Paul.

A lot of people trash the online image editors - - - I love them and find some such as this one, to have fantastic filters and abilities. And as you mentioned elsewhere - - - very very fast and easy to work with.



Rob

 

[Asher Kelman]

Since Robert Watcher gave me a link to his image editing site, I found a lot of interesting effects that I could use on there with one of my old images, especially the border effect.
I used the 'paint' border effect with a canvas effect, and that's all. Thanks to Robert and his great site...

I think some of you guys may have seen this before...For those that haven't, this is a view reflected from some brushed steel installation outside the RA. The swirly and distorted effect was solely a result of the metallic, brushed steel...

Royal Academy of Art, Reflected - Paul Abbott​

This is impressive. I had thought it was some artistic filter and that was fine too. The natural occurrence is more fascinating since it meant you observed and valued it enough to preserve it. If this is near you, I'd love to see a picture of the steel and what function is serves.

Asher

 

[Paul Abbott]

Hey Asher, thanks. Cheers, Robert...
The globes have long since gone now. It was part of an installation by Anish Kapoor, it had lots of highly polished steel globes all connected together and coruscating upwards.

Anyway, I thought that an image like this offered up more of a chance to utilise some artistic effects. It was already looking quite painterly and these effects have accentuated that...

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hey Asher, thanks. Cheers, Robert...
The globes have long since gone now. It was part of an installation by Anish Kapoor, it had lots of highly polished steel globes all connected together and coruscating upwards.

Now you have made two further great introduction, the artist, Anish Kapoor and a word "coruscate" derived from the Latin coruscatus, past participle of coruscare to flash
According to the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary, "First Known Use" was 1705!

Anyway, I thought that an image like this offered up more of a chance to utilise some artistic effects. It was already looking quite painterly and these effects have accentuated that...

Paul,

I love the effect and was thinking of employing it for full length portraits instead of a mirror. Could you share the original before putting it through the filters as I'd like to see this effect on film.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful work!

Asher

 

[Paul Abbott]

Hey Asher, here is the original without any adjustments...

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hey Asher, here is the original without any adjustments...

That's so fabulous, Paul. I'm ski appreciative that you hared it. I'd love to be able to reproduce that effect musing film. The reflection of the building in the sculpture is surprisingly broken up from what it seems are usually smooth steel surfaces. I guess that the one outside the Royal Academy had some mottled or variegated hammer beaten surface.

Asher

 

[Paul Abbott]

Hey Asher, can you imagine having an assistant with a large piece of 'hammered', concave steel, on the street with you and shooting scenes that way? I do...
In fact i'm going to try and find myself a piece of panel-beatened and polished steel...and use my brother. I love the mottled effect it gives, it is unique really...

What is more, the scene is reduced to a smaller size, who needs a wide-angle then?

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hey Asher, can you imagine having an assistant with a large piece of 'hammered', concave steel, on the street with you and shooting scenes that way? I do...
In fact i'm going to try and find myself a piece of panel-beatened and polished steel...and use my brother. I love the mottled effect it gives, it is unique really...

What is more, the scene is reduced to a smaller size, who needs a wide-angle then?

I'd love to find out the name of the sculpture so I can see photographs and get a better idea of the surface. When we get the metal, we can have a special theme for that....

Asher

 

[Paul Abbott]

Hey Asher, here is a link to an image of the artwork outside the RA. I still don't know what it's called though...

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/i...gb=13duvo6sd&sigi=127sns736&.crumb=2UP6uDVjlc.

 

[Maggie Terlecki]

Hey Asher, here is a link to an image of the artwork outside the RA. I still don't know what it's called though...

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/i...gb=13duvo6sd&sigi=127sns736&.crumb=2UP6uDVjlc.

Paul, it is called - Tall Tree and Eye


Maggie

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hey Asher, here is the original without any adjustments...

Paul Abbott Photo: Anish Kapoor's Sculpture outside the Royal Academy​

Paul,

From the sharp picture below, it's hard to imagine how one gets to the abstraction your picture achieves. Was it a reflection within a reflection or perhaps the surface was dirty or west? Ot perhaps, the "appearance" of clarity and reality in the reflection is just due to the small compressed size we see in the photo of the entire sculpture. So then if this photo was enlarged, the same abstractions might be discovered too1

Lisa Thatcher Photo: Anish Kapoor's Sculpture outside the Royal Academy​

Asher