Photoshop Creative

I posted this in my Gallery a couple of days ago, and habe had number of very nice comments - thank you all. I have been having a bit of a dry spell lately and haven't been shooting until last week.

Thought I would post here the Before (exported out of Lightroom with no tweaks), Between (modified with basic ACR processing) and After (wizzed up in Photoshop - happens to be CS3, but same stuff in elements.

Before:



Between:



After:

Had some wild chromatic aberration issues, especially after adjusting, etc. Cropped to get rid of the lightpost for the gallery.

Very cool! Great job on that one - The difference is astonishing!

Seeing the stages is so fantastic. Amazing what one can do these days! Good thing i dont have to be a good photographer to have fun. (and boo hoo my camera is b-roke. wah. I was surprised to see so much more in the third picture. Looks great.

Great job, John. It is really nice to see the whole process like that

John, I never would have guessed all that detail was hidden in that photo. Your final result is very cool, but I also like the dark original. I like silhouettes.

Judy - what do you mean, your camera is broken? As in, your ONE camera? Who can have only one camera? It's like potato chips - once you have your first, you can't stop! An excellent excuse to go buy a new one; they're so affordable now.

Courtney