Vintage Shasta can – ABFriday
Vintage Shasta can – ABFriday week 32
For my After Before Friday post today, I choose to edit a photo I took of the old Shasta can I found. And also the butterfly I found. I perched the butterfly on the can just because it needed to be somewhere. The more I looked at it though, I thought it would make a cool photo.
I wanted the edited photo to be really edgy. Kinda Andy Warholish. 
I started with the RAW file on Photoshop, bumped up the colors, the clarity, and the vibrance.
I used a subtle HDR action and adjusted it to where I wanted it. I love how it brought out so much clarity in the rust of the can. Even the blue in the mountains popped out more.
This is the original photo. Kinda blah to start with.
Al thought the old can idea would make a fun painting, so did his own version.
Pretty cool I must say.
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Have a very awesome Friday!!
That is absolutely brilliant. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Thank you, and you too.
What a great idea…it’s an effect what makes me stunning at the first look! BRAVO!
Thanks so much, glad you like it.
OH MARY….GOODNESS this is awesome. Next to writing, good photography makes my heart and eyes SING! YES! I have photoshop and I never thought of using these functions you used. Your original is good, but now I can see how some photos out there I love are enhanced. I’ve always wondered HOW people get certain colors and light so right….this is marvelous.
And Al’s rendition is LOVELY! I like your “team” – you take the photos, he transforms them with paint. Brilliant indeed. Anita
Photoshop is magic. LOL. I love being able to transform a blaw photo into something eye catching.
PS is quite the magical tool, but now you showed me yet another function! Enjoy your weekend, Mary! Anita
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Love it! Mom says Shasta used to be huge, but not even sure it is still around. Great work, both of you.
I drank shasta as a kid, and it is still around, Crazy huh?!
Nice job, both you guys! Your photo somehow also reminds me of a Rockwell painting, does that make sense? *wags* – Gilligan from WagsAhoy.com
Yes, Rockwell. It does make sense.
What a cool image, love it!! Has a look of the old 1940s wartime posters. Just gorgeous!
pretty darn cool!
Mary, yes, yes, very Andy Warhol-like! You (and Al) have turned an otherwise nice image into ones with a definite “wow” factor! Love your idea to put the butterfly on the can too :) Thanks so much for returning to ABFriday this week!
I love what you accomplished. Al’s version is also very good. The only thing I like about the sooc original is the butterfly you placed on top. Your processing has made an OK image into one I love!
Thanks so much!! I was pretty happy with the end result, all that tweaking of the photo payed off.
They’re both gorgeous! I love the detail the butterfly adds.
I love your final photo, and I love the extra flourishes that Al added!
I love what you’ve done to the Shasta can! I haven’t seen one in years!! Al’s paintings are STUNNING! I love each and every one!
Sure…a day late…but awesome touches, Mary!…:)JP
Much better than Andy Warhol, in my humble opinion! Love the juxtaposition. You both have such insight into art waiting to be discovered.
Artsy for sure!
Love that final version – really cool!!
Wow, Mary, those are both really great. I love how you accented the shadows in the photo, and Al’s take on it is so cool as well. You two really inspire creativity in each other!
Very imaginative, I like both After versions, very quirky.