Photoshop Creative

sarch99 wrote: Here's the tree. Upped exposure a bit and boosted clarity in LR; took into Elements, selected blue and deleted, inverted, created a blank white layer below, did levels adjustment and sharpened.

Sunny,
Very good picture for creative minds. I tried to get something in ACR, but soon realized I needed Elements to take advantage of the sylization possibilies. I played with gradients and colors to get weird effects... and did not keep the results, as I thought they were too far from the rules of the challenge!

Michel.....rules are made to be broken, right? Show us what you're coming up with.

Several gradient map adjustment layers after ACR:



larger:
http://www.prestophoto.com/photos/image/1058434/21411

That's really pretty, Michel.

I used Matt's 300 soft look

It looks good, Shari. I wish I had been able to get a better angle on the house....I don't do fields where there may be snakes and chiggers.

I most likely ruined your beautiful scenic shot. Sure wish I had stuff like that around here.

Why do you say you ruined it, Suzi? You made the water a pretty shade of blue/green.

Thank you, Sunny. Still playing with the export as layers.

Suzi - Huh? I haven't learned anything about export as layers yet...........just now really found the gradient tool and how to use it.