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Posted on 13/01/21 10:40:53 PM

michael sinclair
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Mount Rushmore

This is one of those things that defeat me

Posted on 14/01/21 07:24:19 AM

DavidMac
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Re: Mount Rushmore

I tried this once. Can't remember why. It was horribly difficult and not a great success.

I think you have done pretty well. The cracking is good and the texturing of the main features is excellent.

A tiny bit more noise in the smoother looking forehead and hair?

And take a little bit of magenta out of the shadow side?

I think you are very close.

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Posted on 14/01/21 11:36:08 AM

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Re: Mount Rushmore

Does this help?

Copied the head to its own layer and made it into a smart object so I could play with changes but leave them adjustable. Changes were applied only to the head - the rest of the image is untouched.

1) Unsharp mask to harden features very slightly.

2) Added some noise.

3) Shifted highlights very slightly towards blue and brightened them just a fraction.

4) Shifted shadow colour closer to the rocks beside it and deepened very slightly.

All very tiny changes. Not sure if they work but it's different. In the end this is one of those things you can go on fiddling for ever.

I don't know if it was the sculptor or reality but all his predecessors seem to have had very large noses!

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Posted on 14/01/21 2:04:58 PM

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Re: Mount Rushmore

Michael - God forbid

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Posted on 14/01/21 2:06:00 PM

GKB
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Re: Mount Rushmore

I'm Peached

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Posted on 14/01/21 2:48:16 PM

DavidMac
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Re: Mount Rushmore

GKB wrote:
I'm Peached

Oh hell Gordon! I was thinking of something along those lines .........

Back to the drawing board.

Spoilsport!

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Posted on 14/01/21 5:59:27 PM

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Re: Mount Rushmore

What David said.

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Posted on 14/01/21 7:32:42 PM

michael sinclair
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Re: Mount Rushmore

Thanks for your feedback and help David, and Yes your offering is an improvement. Galvanized by your help, I have gone further, and made (like the others) his head stick out above the rocks/mountain. I also made a copy-selection of rocks to go near his head. I hope this is more realistic!

"Dorset Man" is our "Mount Rushmore" here in England. What do you think?