World Sports Day

About a month before the opening of the Olympic Games in London

Festival Square

Lothian Road, Edinburgh  -  25 June2012

Photos

I took Photo 1 below at World Sports Day, one of the events in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics.  Photos 2 to 18 below are all derived from Photo 1, using Photoshop.

15 photos:   small (640 pixels)    medium size (1024 pixels)    large (1536 pixels)

I was interested to see how the figures in Festival Square and the windows in the Sheraton Hotel changed from photo to photo.  These changes are probably best seen by clicking on the medium size and large links.

Photo 1

The Original Photo

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 2

Photo converted to Black and White

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 3

Photo converted to Sepia

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

 

Photoshop Images

I was not very satisfied with any of the three photos above, so I experimented for a while with Photoshop to see what else I could produce.    Please see below.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  11 September 2012

 

Photo 4

Photo modified using Photoshop Dry Brush Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 5

Photo modified using Photoshop Texturizer Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 6

Photo modified using Photoshop Chalk and Charcoal Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 7

Photo modified using Photoshop Conté Crayon Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 8

Photo modified using Photoshop Find Edges Filter on the Black + White Image

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 9

Photo modified using Photoshop Find Edges Filter on the original Colour Image

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 10

Photo modified using Photoshop Emboss Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 11

Photo modified using Photoshop Glowing Edge Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 12

Photo modified using Photoshop Twirl Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 13

Photo modified using Photoshop Twirl Filter THEN using Hue to change the colours

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 14

Photo modified using Photoshop Polar Coordinates Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 15

Photo turned upside down then modified  using Photoshop Polar Coordinates Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                         Photo taken June 25, 2012

 

More Photoshop Images

Photoshop again:  I've now  produced  3 more images from this photo.  Please see below.  I'm more satisfied with these results.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  12 September 2012

 

Photo 16

Photo turned upside down then modified  using Photoshop Polar Coordinates Filter

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 17

Photo turned upside down then modified  using Photoshop Polar Coordinates Filter

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012 ©

  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken June 25, 2012

Photo 18

Photo turned upside down then modified  using Photoshop Polar Coordinates Filter

     World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012

©  Peter Stubbs  -    peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken June 25, 2012

 

World Sports Day

Festival Square

Large Screen

A large screen was set up in Festival Square, probably around 2010, showing the number of days to go before the 2012 Olympics opened.  The screen has now been used to display events from the London Olympics and Paralympics.

The green surface on the square appeared just before I took this photo, and remained in place to provide a seating area for people viewing the Olympics and Paralympics.

 

View all 18 photos:  

View medium-size photos

1024 pixels wide

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012 ©

View large photos

1536 pixels wide

World Sports Day at Festival Square  -  25 June 2012 ©

 

Festival Square and Sheraton Hotel

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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