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Tough Little Cowpoke

© Melissa L. Zavadil

Tough Little Cowpoke

Uploaded: March 17, 2005

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Carol Dibble March 17, 2005

This is great Melissa. It looks like a pencil drawing #226086

Colette M. Metcalf March 17, 2005

Cute image and geat effects! #1185315

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 17, 2005

Cute! Did you paint it in photo shop?
Shelly #1185328

Linda D. Lester level-classic March 17, 2005

Great image! Please tell what you used! #1185540

Michelle Lea Guinn March 17, 2005

Very cute and creative!!! mlg #1185547

Melissa L. Zavadil March 18, 2005

Carol, Colette, Shelly, Linda & Michelle thank you for your wonderful comments I apprieciate it so much! This photo had a glow enhancement placed on it, then I took out some ugly black rubber on the red door. I turned the red up in the photo to enhance the contrast to give it a pop. I applied a pencil filter over the photo and tweeked the settings until I achieved the look that I wanted. Thanks again for your interest! Have a great day. #1188886

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 18, 2005

Thanks for the help! Great job. I have adobe photo shop, so I am not sure what glow enhancement is. I also don't think I have pencil filters. Thanks for the help. Shelly #1188898

Melissa L. Zavadil March 18, 2005

Shelly, you should, what version do you have I have adobe photoshop cs. You can do the glow two ways:

Glow 1
1. go into layers duplicate your photo
2. top layer apply gausian blur at about 5.5
3. in the layers box play with the opacity of the gausian blur layer until you get the look you want

or

Glow 2
1. go into filters, distort, difused glow. play with the different levels until you get the look you want (this is what I used here)

Colored Pencil
1. Filter, colored pencil
2. play with the width (lowest) pressure (harder)and brightness(lighter) until you get the look you want.
#1188933

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 18, 2005

I have adobe8. Takes a lot to learn it all...lol Thanks so much for the help and I will give it a try. Have a great day!! Shelly #1188939

Melissa L. Zavadil March 18, 2005

Shelly, You should definately be able to do this please let me know how it turns out! :)
melissa #1188942

Anette Linnea Rasmussen March 29, 2005

Absolutely beautiful Melissa! Love the shot and effect, job well done!

Best wishes, Linnea #1215655

Bryan Yates April 07, 2005

Great work!!! #1236388

Larissa Beniaminova April 09, 2005

It's absolutely adorable! Everything work out great!
Larissa #1240283

Kara L. Hendricks April 21, 2005

Congrats Melissa!! #1274860

Olivia Navarro April 21, 2005

GREAT job on this Melissa! The effects are fantastic! Definitely a deserving finalist! Congrats! #1274932

Nicole Grimsley April 21, 2005

Congrats, Melissa!! Good luck to you! #1276884

Laura Clay-Ballard April 21, 2005

This is adorable! Love the effects you applied. Congrats. #1277179

Linda D. Lester level-classic April 21, 2005

Congratulation on this awesome shot! #1277188

Marsha S. Smith April 21, 2005

Congrats, Melissa, on this really, really neat image. Good luck in the next round. #1277707

Melissa L. Zavadil April 21, 2005

Thank you so much! I am so excited on just being a finalist! :) #1277751

Kerby Pfrangle April 24, 2005

Melissa,

Love this little guy. He is so cute.

Awesome job. Kerby #1287227

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic April 24, 2005

Congrats!!! Shelly #1287603

Amanda Olson April 25, 2005

Awww... this is sooo adorable!!! :) I love your gallery too; esp 'True Grit,' and 'A Taste of Water!' They're such great pics!!! :) By the way, thanks for commenting on my 'Sleeping Aiden' pic! :) #1291473

Alisha L. Ekstrom May 10, 2005

Thanks for the help on how to get his look. I am going to try on my little cowboys & see what I come up with. Thanks....by the way I saw this photo before the judging & thought it was fabulous......great photo & congrats!!!! It's a fav of mine:):) #1337851

Katrina McMeans September 11, 2005

Awwwww! Too cute! Darling little cowpoke!
~K #1824479

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