Photoshop and Your Creative Vision, Part 4

In this post, we will see that our creative decisions do indeed, spring from a very wide variety of sources, sometimes quite unexpected.

This image was sent in by John Costello of Costello Photography, for a possible PPA competition print. I thought it had strong graphic impact, and with a little tweaking, could make for a compelling image.

The iridescent quality of the fish made them appear almost transparent, and that, combined with the bluish cast of the water, reminded me of this type of image:

...so I figured, why not run with the idea, and here's the result:

We cloned some fish out and moved others around for a more balanced composition, desaturated the color and replaced with blue tone, selectively darkened some fish and lightened others, and burned down the corners.

Remember that the more images you "experience", the broader your creative vision will be. Obviously, I would never have thought to "interpret" the original image in this way, if I had never seen an x-ray.

Relevant posts:

Creative Vision and the Printmaker Part 1
Photoshop and Your Creative Vision Part 1
Photoshop and Your Creative Vision Part 2
Photoshop and Your Creative Vision Part 3
Photoshop and Your Creative Vision Part 4
Photoshop and Your Creative Vision Part 5
Plus more examples in my video, "The Printmaker's Vision"