A Wild Horse Photoshop Contest (21154), Pictures Page 1

A Wild Horse - Photoshop Contest [5 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

81.9%

Contest goal:

Download the provided image and manipulate it in any way you want. Good luck!

Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

Suggested by: Rushcat

CMYK46: Geez, who votes on this stuff? ( 5 years and 2346 days ago )

George55: Agree with you CMYK46! ( 5 years and 2345 days ago )

robvdn: Well guys... the admin picking sources wasn't good, now everyone can vote and it isn't good... what else??? ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

CMYK46: I think people are voting for good photos regardless of potential for manipulation in PS. ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

George55: That could be one of the reasons Bob, but I think if anyone votes for a particular source, they at least should submit an entry. This is not selecting a photo because it is good. It is about what we can do with that photo. It seems to me that we have had less entries every week now. ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

CMYK46: George, I agree. If only voters could think: "Yes, this is a good photo, so I should vote for it...but wait...is that all I'm voting on?" THINK, people! ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

photogirl723: I think the first entry really blows that all out of the water! If one has the imagination, anything is possible! Why don't you just make some suggestions as to what kind of images you want?? Be specific. And do tell what you don't want, also. Perhaps that would help. Bottom line, though: Imagination! ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

spaceranger: photogirl723 is absolutely right!! A good image provides the material, a strong imagination yields the results. Just look back on previous contests and see how imaginative the authors have been...that's the fun and the challenge of a source.
Bob you've put your foot in your mouth before, I think you should stop telling people how to think, they do just fine on their own. The majority voted positively for this entry and the majority rules. Obviously there are some with a better imagination that can see possibilities you can't.
George you've proven you have ability and creativity and you should trust those abilities to create good work. Don't cop out and blame the source look to yourself for answers.
If there's a formula for a perfect source I haven't seen it nor do I expect to. ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

photogirl723: Well said, spaceranger. It's not a matter of thinking, it's a matter of thinking creatively, having a vision and following through. ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

CMYK46: Never told people what to think, just that they should. ( 5 years and 2343 days ago )

spaceranger: You assumed people didn't think about this source but they did, I gave it a thumbs up and obviously so did others. Fact is in the case of this source you're wrong...again. ( 5 years and 2342 days ago )

lchappell: photogirl723, I think the first entry just may blow all the others out of the water. It's Totally inspired and a super example of how to execute a photomanip.

( 5 years and 2342 days ago )

robvdn: The definition of a good source to me is "an image that triggers the individuals mind, this does not depend on quality of that image (an unsharp and small source can lead to a unique entry) it depends on the variety of images the individual mind is able to be triggered on."
Meaning: I vote more on variety in the source suggestions NOT on quality. The quality of a source we can correct and work with in Photoshop, the variety in what we get offered as a source on the other hand is what we vote on. There's no need for 100 somehow the same looking flower sources, Photoshop offers the same tools to 1 of those flowers over 100 of them, what I can do with 1 flower in Photoshop I can do with the other 99 also, what can trigger my imagination with 1 flower can trigger it on the other 99 as well. Let's take the first entry in this contest: it could have been done with ANY other source of a horse, zebra, goat, buck, lion or even a cow. The author of this entry 'just' had a freaking good idea at the right time and the skills to make that idea come true perfectly. (Please do not be offended author for taking this entry as an example).
When I down vote the 50th flower suggestion it is not because it is bad it is because it is the 50th. Hopefully suggestors keep this in mind and are not offended when they think "this is good quality, sharp, the image is big" and so on, it is just because it is more of the same.

Therefor when I vote I vote for variety; did we have a source or theme like this recently, does this source have something unique in it and so on. Quality and size do not matter "it's not the size that matters it's what you do with it"

( 5 years and 2342 days ago )

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Pinto Peek-a-boo. - created by TorDoni

Favs: 13

SBS: 12

Hi-res

Rank: 1/5

Score: 81.9% (52)

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This image was truly inspired by the wonderful Artist and Illustrator Bev Doolittle, I thank her for her amazing artwork, and hope I did her justice with this entry.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bev+doolittle&FORM=HDRSC2 (5 years and 2343 days ago)

39 Comments

photogirl723 says:

Awesome entry. Nice work.

author says:

Thanks photogirl for the awesome comment.

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

photogirl723 says:

And thank you for proving my point to the naysayer's of the photo choices. You prove that all it takes is a little imagination!! You go!!

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

author says:

Yes, a little imagination can go a long way,... and one never knows where inspiration will come from as long as it comes. And then the hard photoshop part to put it all together. It may sound difficult but you gotta give it a shot.

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

DanielaOwergoor says:

Long time I did not love an entry as I loved this entry!
Creativity, execution, idea, skill ..... Excellent!
Fav'ed!

author says:

Wow! thank you Daniela.

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

author says:

...and thanks for the fave.

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

You just made me eat my words in the comments section...good work!

photogirl723 says:

CMYK46, you just gained my respect for admitting to your "words spoken too soon".

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

author says:

Thanks Bob, I read the comment, and said to myself I hope I did something decent with this entry especially the amount of time I put into it, but then again I did it for myself and I'm pleased with it.

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

author says:

Photogirl, Daniela, CMYK, thank you, you"ve made my day!!!

DanielaOwergoor says:

Hahaha.... The merit is all yours!!

(5 years and 2343 days ago)

lchappell says:

Nice piece of work, Bravo!

author says:

Thank you Ichappell!

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

George55 says:

I am sorry too, I thought that people weren't picking a good source to work in PS, and you just show me that with imagination and patience you can get something beautiful as you did. We learn a lot from eachother. Good luck for an outstanding work!

author says:

George, I too have voted against certain images because at the moment of looking at them I said "I can't do anything with that". Some images do work better than others, but all have possibilities.

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

rturnbow says:

Nice work indeed!

oziipop says:

yup....kicking ass!

author says:

Thank you oziipop!

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

shabeebsabu says:

Yes it is great

author says:

Thank you shabeebsabu!

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

JamesD says:

Although it's not entirely original I think you done the artist / illustrator justice in your interpretation! well done.

author says:

Thank you JamesD!

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

Drivenslush says:

oh man I want Rocky Road Ice Cream so BAD... great job!!!

author says:

Looks like extra marshmallows!!!

(5 years and 2342 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Wonderful work

author says:

Thank you MM.

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

Keiley22 says:

You need to put this on sale somewhere, it truly is remarkable work author Well done on imagination

author says:

Thanks much Keiley22. $$$$$

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

saranga says:

I dunno if my comment would even be noticed but this is one spectacular work you have done Author (They removed my comment coz i mentioned ur name ) .. Kudos.. Along with the illusion of horses i even loved the way u disguised the PXL logo .. Great work mate...

author says:

Thanks so much saranga, but I don't understand how you can know my name, especially since you are pretty new around here.(maybe when contest is over you can explain it to me.)

I got the OK to use the logo. Thanks PXL