Comments: lone italian tree

Excellent effect. It makes look a bit like a renaissance painting and the tree looks almost glowing.

Posted by Jesper at November 6, 2006 02:37 AM

Very nice! So rare to see subtle use of layering these days!

Posted by Massimo at November 6, 2006 03:33 AM

beautiful effect.. love it

Posted by Susie at November 6, 2006 04:00 AM

I like the overlay, it makes it feel much older than it is. Good shot.

Posted by Jon at November 6, 2006 04:22 AM

very nice shot and I especially love the overlay to make it more unique.

Posted by Jtkiefer at November 6, 2006 04:29 AM

so it's like Tarquinia meets Toronto?... cool processing!

Posted by Kris [PiXistenZ] at November 6, 2006 04:32 AM

Interesting vintage effect and beautiful bronze color of the tree!

Posted by Klimin Andrew at November 6, 2006 04:45 AM

Absolutely stunning!

Posted by buckdeer at November 6, 2006 05:03 AM

Nice bit of experimenting, would look great on the wall of an Italian restaurant with cliche "old feel" images : )

Posted by Hitesh Sawlani at November 6, 2006 05:24 AM

Don't do that! Your photo's are always crisp and clear. This effect makes it artsy in a cheap way.

Posted by Hanuman at November 6, 2006 05:24 AM

That is an interesting treatment. It looks somewhat like dry-brush.

Posted by Laurie at November 6, 2006 06:31 AM

i really like that idea. good thinkin

Posted by Taylor Crandall at November 6, 2006 07:31 AM

cool excellent picture Sam, like an early sepia photo but sharp and stunning. I particually like the shadow like a foot print.

Posted by Vanella at November 6, 2006 07:42 AM

Wow. Great use of multiple images. I read that you overlayed two images and I tried ot figure out what the texture was before reading on. Would not have guessed. I love how it looks old and warn. Very nice.

Posted by Oko at November 6, 2006 07:42 AM

Interesting processing choice - I like it, the texture and the grain with the bright tones and colours contrast each other well.

Posted by Craig Wilson at November 6, 2006 07:50 AM

I love it! It reminds me of a painting, you could just reach out and touch the texture. I plan to start experimenting with this over-laying soon. Although I have no pics from Italy to work with. :(

Posted by Peruby at November 6, 2006 07:51 AM

Oh, and if you can - please post the original without the overlay somewhere so that we can compare. Thanks!

Posted by Peruby at November 6, 2006 07:53 AM

Very creative, I like it, well done Sam.

Posted by Reza at November 6, 2006 08:30 AM

I don't know why but it reminds me of "Salvador dali" works.

Posted by negar at November 6, 2006 08:31 AM

Very creative, I like it, well done Sam.

Posted by Reza at November 6, 2006 08:31 AM

Damn you!!

Posted by Scott Murdoch at November 6, 2006 09:05 AM

I guess you could call this a global image :-) In any case the sandwiching has created a pretty nice effect which suits this image well.

Posted by peter at November 6, 2006 09:30 AM

That's gorgeous! *high five*
Can I get a high res. for background by chance?

Rock on Sam

Posted by Sye at November 6, 2006 09:40 AM

I like texture in photos and use it a lot myself. It's like taking the digital age back to a more organic feel.

Posted by Jamey at November 6, 2006 09:43 AM

Great idea! I love the sidewalk texture. I gives it a nice aged look. Great job!

Posted by Alice at November 6, 2006 09:44 AM

Totally brilliant, Sam. A true artist with a camera.

You just jerked my jealousy factor again. Good!

Posted by Hugh Petrie at November 6, 2006 09:54 AM

lovely!

it looks like a painting on concrete, or some sort of print work.

Posted by ecila at November 6, 2006 09:56 AM

That's fantastic post-production work.

Posted by Dooser at November 6, 2006 10:05 AM

Is that a concrete wall back there? Nice composition you got. The colors make this one almost look like a fine painting.

Posted by Nate at November 6, 2006 10:10 AM

Wow, check out all of those artifacts. You need to clean your sensor! Oh wait, that's probably gum on the sidewalk. =)

Posted by Jonathan Greenwald at November 6, 2006 10:13 AM

this is wonderful, how that really adds to the feel of this singular tree.

Posted by tracy at November 6, 2006 10:16 AM

This is great.
nice to see a little post effect(touch-up) every now and then.
looks like a painting

Posted by Tom at November 6, 2006 10:24 AM

I finally figured out what this reminds me of.. the educational films we got shown back at school on some old projector.. the colours were always faded and you could see the texture and any blemishes of the projection screen showing through the image

Posted by Susie at November 6, 2006 10:51 AM

Beautiful Sam! Absolutely beautiful!! Its one of the many that you have created that I am able to sit and look at, for quite a while.

Posted by Henry at November 6, 2006 11:26 AM

Very nice effect! Great creative thinking.

Posted by Barbro at November 6, 2006 11:54 AM

Great to see a different style. I would love to see even more variety!

Posted by andrew at November 6, 2006 11:57 AM

Wonderful! Hi res for background please?

Posted by Fredric at November 6, 2006 11:58 AM

it looks like the texture makes the colors stand out even more

Posted by aaron the bold at November 6, 2006 12:18 PM

I absolutely love it! Could we have a desktop - sized version of this?

Posted by Lucy at November 6, 2006 12:34 PM

At first glance, I was somewhat confused (as it was seemingly abnormal for DDOI) but then it really set in. I love how you immitated lighting by manipulating the sidewalk color and lighting. Overall an awesome-- and innovative--shot.

P.S. If you were going for a sun/lighting effect, it seems like it should of been on the left side (as it would produce the shadow of the tree on the correct side). Odds are I'm pretty sure I'm just overthinking it.

Posted by Eric at November 6, 2006 12:43 PM

Hi.
Nice effect.
I'm requesting a wallpaper size!
Thank you.

Posted by Haakon at November 6, 2006 01:29 PM

ssooooo soooo brilliant!!
don't be surprised if I try this soon.

Posted by payam at November 6, 2006 02:11 PM

Wonderful I love textured shots.

Posted by Jeff Ambrose at November 6, 2006 02:42 PM

Very nice. Texture is so effective yet sort of underappreciated.

Posted by Bruce at November 6, 2006 03:40 PM

Beautiful work. We all should be aware of the capabilities of our software more often and use them creatively.

Posted by Philipp at November 6, 2006 04:20 PM

This is really nice. :o)
It looks almost like a mural... except SUPER realistic. I like it a lot. Your experiments are always very intriguing.

Posted by Elissa at November 6, 2006 06:29 PM

awesome!

Posted by jesse at November 6, 2006 08:22 PM

Wow. Wow. Wow. You are so cool, and I love it!*

Posted by Kimberly Way at November 6, 2006 08:27 PM

wow nice treatment of the photo! looks great!

Posted by weiwei at November 6, 2006 08:30 PM

Wow cool.

Posted by teephotography at November 6, 2006 08:41 PM

I would love if you could do a Desktop Wallpapers for this. Your Toronto night skyline wallpaper has spread like wildfire amongst my friends. It's my current work wallpaper and people comment on it nearly every day. I'd love to see this tree with overlay as a wallpaper, not to mention a whole series of wallpapers of your great work. Thanks for sharing!!

Posted by Quash at November 6, 2006 09:32 PM

Nice! has the feel of an old scanned negative - except with better colour ;)

Posted by Kevin at November 6, 2006 09:53 PM

what a creative idea.. your photos inspire me to continue taking pictures.

Posted by Jordan at November 6, 2006 11:10 PM

Great job Sam. Totally brilliant. dont see this type of work too often.

Posted by Mo Hashim at November 6, 2006 11:31 PM

I usually really like what you do. This time, though, it's not doing it for me. I understand you wanted to spice it up with the overlay, but i don't think it worked. would like to have seen just the original... maybe it's just that I don't like texturing beautiful images like that.

Posted by damon at November 7, 2006 12:43 AM

so i've looked at your photos every since for about 2 years now, and i'm impressed still to this day with your [one shot a day] work...

Posted by London at November 7, 2006 04:21 AM

Interesting indeed.. definitely not cliched

Posted by Rahul at November 7, 2006 06:48 AM

It's lovely Sam. Michael Regnier is a master of this:
http://www.regnierphotography.com/

Posted by Jannine at November 7, 2006 08:22 AM

Good job, looks wonderful.
Greetings from good old Germany.

Posted by danny at November 7, 2006 01:00 PM

I love it. Great shot.

Posted by Rodion at November 7, 2006 03:52 PM

Huge fan of the canvas-esque look that this overlay created. Nice work!

Posted by Darren at November 7, 2006 07:07 PM

Got to agree with all the other comments, this is great. I often see the overlay method mentioned in magazine, but when I've played with it the result has always looked quite artificial.

Posted by Gareth at November 8, 2006 05:09 AM

It's an interesting effect that works quite well. Good idea 8-)

Posted by Chris Pittock at November 9, 2006 12:38 PM

wow that is spectacular!
i am a big fan, and visit your page once a day to see what art you will create with your camera next, this is absolutley one of my favorites! very clever! :)

Posted by Chelsea at November 9, 2006 01:56 PM

What a cool concept - this texture is rich and makes this shot very interesting. Excellent!

Posted by Abe at November 9, 2006 10:48 PM

great processing here.

Posted by m a r i n u s at November 12, 2006 05:38 AM

Very nice effect and interesting composition!

Posted by Kevin at November 15, 2006 02:57 AM

I love this treatment. It's been my work desktop for a few weeks now. Great shot; great treatment.

Posted by ben at December 15, 2006 07:51 PM
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