January Image: "Spiral Staircase"

How I did it -

I opened the original and adjusted the brightness and contrast.

Next, Filter> Texture> Craquelure.   

On a new layer above the background layer I filled with white.

Then with a large, soft eraser I erased from the inside of the image to give a cloudy effect around the edge.

Selecting the edge, I then made a stroke of four pixels.

COMMENTS:
 

Aavo Koort	The cloudy erasing of edges changed a rather busy picture into a center of interest image. The craquelure filter added a painting quality.
Carol McDonald	This is a nice picture, I like the curve in the stair case. The vignette adds to the drama. This can also be done in Nik filters as well.
Peter Keverne	It is interesting how you saw the potential in what was at first an ordinary record shot. I like the use of the Craquelure texture and the vignette frame – perhaps extending it further to make the image in the top right hand corner slightly more transparent as I found that area rather dominating.
Nancy Sams	The vignette sets this off beautifully and the texture gives it the old feeling to match the objects.  This is a very nice image for this month.
Karen Mason
Norman Piper

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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.