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Travelling

Travelling
Travelling by Al Clark on SoundCloud.

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #397: Travelling

I got inspired by this old archive image, taken by photographer Pietilä in 1930, available at Finnish National Board of Antiquities via Finna online service.

Contribution for The 50 Images-Project: Still Life 35/50

I have had this old toy train for decades, and it often inspires me to photograph it. Those miniature cats are supposedly a rather popular tourist attraction sold somewhere abroad, but to our household they have ended up from the second hand stores.

Contribution for PicMonkey Creative Users

There is not much fancy within this image, at least not at first sight, but When editing this still life, I tried various tricks on PicMonkey. One was to find use for two rather dramatic black and white effects: 'Super B&W' and 'Infrared'. First one works much like a very strong red filter on B&W photography, thus turning red lighter, and cyan brighter. 'Infrared' then seem to do the opposite. Almost the same can be achieved with the 'Black and White' effect, and moving the pointer around the 'Contrast filter'.

I ended up using 'Super B&W' because it nicely turned the roof lighter and the floor very dark. For the comparison, have a look at the original image.

Then I got an idea to try "split toning" on PicMonkey. I first thought it is almost impossible to get the exact tone combinations, which I wanted. But then I realized the same could be done with 'Effects > Curves'. I searched for this to find some tutorials, and indeed found a very good Youtube tutorial by Joe Lenton.

What I then did is that added some red and yellow onto dark areas, and blue onto light areas. There are two different approaches on this. One point of view is to set the shadows to warm brown and highlight to blue. Explanation for this is to bring warm dark ground on landscape pictures closer, and light blue sky further away from the viewer. Another point of view is to define split tones the other way round, because dark shadows are often blueish. So, the light areas then should be brownish. However, I personally like the previous approach more. and it seemed to work better on this case to get the right tone onto wooden surfaces.

christel.k, Heidiho, Gisela Plewe, Nora Caracci and 45 other people have particularly liked this photo


64 comments - The latest ones
 Amelia
Amelia club
I wonder where thee cool cats are travelling to? Nice original concept, Sami.
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Amelia club
Thank you, Amelia =)

Well, I thought about it as well, and my conclusion is that they are travelling to Sepia =D
4 years ago.
 Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon
Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
I love that
it reminds me of Chihiro (CF Miyasaki) and the train in this japanese animation
dvdtator.canalblog.com/archives/2007/04/01/4498730.html
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
Merci, Luc =)

And yes, that animated film is amazing! I first thought I had not seen it, but then I recalled that I have. I should watch it again!
4 years ago.
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4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
Au Cœur... diagonalh… club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
thanks a lot
It seems to be a masterpiece in its kind
4 years ago.
 Nautilus
Nautilus
c'est drôle, bien vu, bien réalisé. Tu as vraiment cherché à donner la meilleure image possible en cherchant dans Pic Monkey.
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Nautilus
Merci beaucoup, Nautilus =)
4 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
I love this composition... funny! A "Sami" one!
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Xata club
Obrigado, Isabel =)
4 years ago.
 Marta Wojtkowska
Marta Wojtkowska club
Funny idea :)
And I thought it instantly, before I scrolled the page down and read Xata's comment :)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Marta Wojtkowska club
Dziękuję, Marta =)
4 years ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
fabulous, a wonderful creation
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to PhLB - Luc Boonen club
Thank you, Luc =)
4 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Lol! This makes me smile. Thanks
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Jan
Thank you, Janano =)
4 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire club
...effective processing for the cat compartment, Sami...
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Erika Akire club
Thank you, Erika =)
4 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Good work.....
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Thank you, June =)
4 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
A very charming creation, love it
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Amazingstoker
Thank you, Stoker =)
4 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What a wonderful idea and so beautifully executed.
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Esther club
Thank you, Esther =)
4 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
wohin die Reise wohl geht?
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Chrissy club
As mentioned on one of the previous comments, probably to Sepia =D
www.ipernity.com/tag/serola/keyword/17985
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Cool Society !
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thank you, Ulrich =)
4 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
J'adore cette création !!
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to neira-Dan club
Merci, Dan =)
4 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
Now this brought a smile Sami. :) All of your work on the photograph resulted in a fine presentation for the challenge. (I have been very impressed with Pic Monkey, have been using it for a long time now and their updates have proven to be fun to use)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Clickity Click
Yes, I hope it will stay available for us also in the future.

See chapter 'New Platform' here:
www.picmonkey.com/blog/you-asked-we-listened-updates-to-picmonkey
4 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
;-)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Boarischa Krautmo club
=D
4 years ago.
 H C
H C
This is a really fun capture. Made me smile.
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to H C
Thank you, HC =)
4 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
How cute, whimsical, great texture
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gillian Everett club
Thank you, Gillian =)
4 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Sami, this is tooooo cute!!! :D

And some interesting sound effects music too. :)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Karen's Place club
Thank you, Karen =)
4 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
A great idea, at first sight I didn't recognise it as a toy train! Your editing made for fantastic results, it's fun playing around, isn't it?:-)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun club
Thank you, Gudrun =)
Yes, for some reason it is more fun to do such experiments with PicMonkey. Although a similar processing could be done of course on other editors as well.
4 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
Lovely BW
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Annemarie club
Thank you, Annamaria =)

Although, it tries to be "S&B" (sepia and blue) =D
4 years ago.
 * ઇઉ *
* ઇઉ * club
Amazing work, Sami! :))
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to * ઇઉ * club
Thank you, * ઇઉ * =)
4 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
Vreemdelingen--Aliéns
4 years ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
Excellent!
4 years ago.
 Dida From Augsburg
Dida From Augsburg
What a great idea. You made a funny version of the old photo template.
4 years ago.
 AD AD
AD AD
Die Umsetzung der ursprünglichen Inspiration finde ich ebenso beeindruckend wie die sehr gelungene Bildbearbeitung. :-)
4 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
Excellent use of processing, Sami. Thank you for showing us how you did it using PicMonkey!
4 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Great capture.
4 years ago.
 polytropos
polytropos club
The cats are great!
4 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
great result, I use both filters now and then in Lightroom too
4 years ago.
 Eva Wiren
Eva Wiren
Wonderful shot .
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Eva Wiren
Thank you, Eva =)

You may remember some of these characters from MyOpera times ;-)
Other side
4 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
Two are waiting for the toilet. Are you finished, sir?
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Diane Putnam club
LOL! =,D

Funny interpretation! =)
4 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
genial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
4 years ago.
Nora Caracci club has added
back for one more invite ;-)
4 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Nora Caracci club
Oh, yes I need to go them through... But I usually will not add my images to groups where I am not a member, or the person posting the suggestion is not a administrator on the group that the invitation is concerning.

But thank you anyway =)
4 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
:-)
4 years ago.
 christel.k
christel.k club
sehr lustiges Domino!
4 years ago.

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