The Mansion

[hodad66]

shot yesterday morning with the nex 7 and a Canon FD 20mm/2.8.......

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and then after some manipulation........

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and one with the tree cleared..........

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the Mansion, a restaurant in Melbourne, Florida

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[JimR]

Very nice. I like the original and I love the processed shots too.

 

[Poki]

Looks like a really nice postcard to fairyland. How have you cleaned the tree? This seems to be lots of work in Photoshop..

 

[lapdog99]

Always interesting to see originals and see changes of post processing. Hope the food is as good as the photo.

 

[hodad66]

@Poki, the sky was plain any way so using the "magic wand" in PS I
picked the sky and deleted it. I then inserted an old sunrise, sky behind
it but cleaning up around the leaves was daunting so I simply erased
the tree.
The adaptation includes one layer in a B&W sketch filter with the layer
in "soft light" mode. Colors were adjusted in Topaz Adjust. The original
shot was initially developed in LR4, reduced to 2000 pixels and saved as
a jpeg.

 

[Dioptrick]

Very nice. I like the original and I love the processed shots too.

+1

Fantastic work Hodad!! The processed shots reminded me of a fairytale book illustration... they threw me into a fond childhood flash-back and made me smile!

 

[hodad66]

I get a big kick out of working with layers in PS. I guess that I'm
a frustrated illustrator who can't draw..... ;-)

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one of my old surf shots......

 

[Phoenix]

That looks really cool! I sometimes come across these type of images and I've always wondered how they were done. I dont think youre a frustrated illustrator who cant draw, I reckon you just have an interesting and unique way of seeing things.

 

[Poki]

Thanks for telling me how you've done it, Hodad! I really like your style!