Ruined

Tsitra

Ruined

The ruins of the Tudor Mansion on the Neath Abbey site, South Wales. This forms a part of the ruins of a 12th century Cistercian monastery on this site.

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Ruined by Tsitra
Ruined by Tsitra
  • Torfinn Johannessen

    Torfinn Johann...

    Looks like my wallet :-) Great work my friend!

  • Tsitra replied

    Your wallet has seen a lot of action Torffin, thanks for your comments, appreciated as always

    best regards

    Paul

  • Tara Turner

    Tara Turner

    fabulous image…..great textures!

  • Tsitra replied

    Hi Tara,

    Thanks so much for your kind words, glad you like this piece

    Best regards

    Paul

  • bdazzled

    bdazzled

    Great pp work Paul – I bet the place is haunted :o)

  • Tsitra replied

    I didn’t stay too long to find out Kira!

    They say there is a cistercian monk whose spirit inhabits the grounds, he committed murder and was buried in unconsecrated ground outside the Abbey walls and cannot accept his punishment.

    For centuries he has tried to re-enter the consecrated ground but without success, hence the continuing presence (how’s that!!)

    Thank you for your kind comment

    best regards

    Paul

  • martinilogic

    martinilogic

    excellent treatment reaally works with these buildings

  • Tsitra replied

    Cheers Rick, appreciate you stopping by and commenting on this image.

    The original shot just didn’t look right in the colour mode it was taken in, so I started playing around with textures and toning to give it a very ancient look.

    Best regards
    Paul

  • martinilogic

    martinilogic

    Was there a particular software program you used to get this effect… this is something I’ve been looking for and haven’t found the right filters

  • Tsitra replied

    Hi Rick, yes I processed the image in Photoshop CS4.

    Copied and pasted a texture over the original and then blended (multiply), tweaked the opacity, flattened the image then converted to Sepia mode, then further tweaking with levels, highlights and shadows, hue saturation until I was happy with result.

    Hope that helps

    best regards

    Paul

  • Robert Versteegen

    Robert Verste...

    an amazing picture …back to the old wy’s of processing…..well done

  • Tsitra replied

    Thanks Robert, the age of digital imagery brings yet another perspective to the world of art.

    I like this definition of art found in Wikipedia :

    Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.

    Nuff said

    Thanks for stopping by

    best regards

    Paul

  • martinilogic

    martinilogic

    Thanks Paul, looks like I’ll have to play around with this, thanks for taking the time to answer. it is appreciated

  • Tsitra replied

    Pleasure Rick, if I can be any further help, just drop me a bm

    best regards

    paul

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander

    Nice work Paul< I agree a vintage look suits this much much better than colour.

  • Tsitra replied

    Thanks Ric, textures are a concept you could write a book about, so much to do, so much to experiment with, I think I’m going to be in this for a while yet

    best regards

    Paul

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    wonderful work

  • Tsitra replied

    Thank you Sylvia, you moved house yet?

    best regards

    Paul

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    monday i get the key…and then time to paint and decorate. so hopefully in half November :) thanks for asking Paul, much appreciated

  • Tsitra replied

    Good luck with the move Sylvia

    Best regards

    paul

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    thank you Paul :)

  • greenstone

    greenstone

    although i don’t particularly like altered photographs, this works really well and doesn’t lose its sense of being!!! nicely done!!!!

  • Tsitra replied 29 days ago

    Hi greenstone, thanks so much, really flattering from someone who isn’t keen on the altered image, thank you.

    There is a definition of art, thus :

    Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.

    Best regards

    Paul

  • Matt Roberts

    Matt Roberts

    Great.

  • Tsitra replied 29 days ago

    Many thanks Matt, much appreciated

    best regards

    Paul

  • angiejones

    angiejones

    Wonderful piece of work – well done :)

  • Tsitra replied 29 days ago

    Hi Angie, appreciate very much your kind words, there must be a bit of Welsh in you somewhere, even though you are far flung these days, so to speak

    best regards

    Paul

  • angiejones

    angiejones 29 days ago

    Most of me is Welsh Tsitra….......apart from a few Polish genes…....... :)

  • Mariebm56

    Mariebm56 19 days ago

    Great treatment for this image~

  • Tsitra replied 15 days ago

    Thanks Marie, glad you like, thanks for the kind comment

    Best regards

    Paul

  • sfoxphotography

    sfoxphotography 8 days ago


    kind regards
    xsx

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