Creative Effects Challenge No. 169 - RAW Oriental Garden Scene

Thanks for showing your result using the depth of field guided edit, Michel. I'm sure this will be of interest to our members who have this option.

Or a panorama crop?



Tony

I have always liked a square crop but never would have thought of it for this image. I really like your result, Tony.

Lillias, I always enjoy seeing how the challenge image looks with a black and white conversion. I hope to try this as well.

One more try at addressing the sense of depth. I did try a monochrome....actually a couple....but I don't like any of them. Hope to try some kind of a painterly look next.

Must we only use PSE or can we use Lightroom or Topaz Impressions?

Thank you Helen for providing a fun editing challenge of an interesting subject.

Bearing in mind the photographer's interest in depth of scene I: cropped and selectively sharpened only the bridge, gate & pagoda sculpture; removed small distracting elements & cloned out the remaining sky; applied the new PS neural depth blur filter leaving only bridge, gate, etc. in sharpest focus; tweaked the tones of the pagoda sculpture & tree on the right side, and added a final small increase in overall contrast.

Used LR, PSE and Topaz Impression 2.