June Image: "Estate Gateway"

How I did it -

Opened Cloud file (background).

Toned down strong blue color of the sky.

Dragged Estate Gateway image into Cloud file. (Gateway layer.)

On top layer (gateway) selected sky then cut sky.

Straightened uprights and transformed height to eliminate roadway.

Duplicated top layer. (Gateway layer 2)

On gateway layer 1, filter> stylize> find edges.

On gateway layer 2, filter> artistic>poster edges.

Activate gateway layer 2. Blending change, Hard Light.

Merge visible.

COMMENTS:
 

Aavo Koort	This is a great improvement. This is what Photoshop was made for.
Carol Weaver	You did a great job of working with this picture and the results are very positive.
Skip Larue
Nancy Sams	You have certainly improved on the original image and I learned several things that I had forgotten and want to keep in my mind for the future.  Adding the sky in this manner was another way to correct a bald sky and this was a perfect place to use for ‘finding edges’.  Thanks for these reminders.
Karen Mason	I like what you did with this, the addition of the sky and the treatment of the building made this is a very interesting and pretty picture
Norman Piper	The sky works well and compliments the altered appearance of the gateway, but, what is really special about this image is your inspired use of a combination of ‘find edges’ and ‘poster edges’, blended in Hard Light.  This combination has worked wonders in lightening and improving the definition of the stonework.  This technique will definitely be added to my “box of tricks”.  Many thanks for that.

Member Bio

Nellie Bretherick - Biography My name is Nellie Bretherick. I live in Texas, but was born in England. I first came to America in 1956 and lived in Michigan for 15 years. In 1971, my husband was transferred back to the London office of his firm and we lived back there for 9 years. In 1980 we returned to America, this time to the Dallas area where in 1984 I became interested in photography. By 1985, I was addicted to it! I have had more success with prints than with slides -- darkroom manipulation making the difference, I suppose. But now with the advent of digital imagery, my chemical darkroom is closed forever. I'm not sorry as the chemicals really bothered me.