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Uploaded: 10/02/10 2:20 PM GMT
Tootling Fertility
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The original is 'Fertility' by Akeraios, offered as a post-processing project.

I liked the freshness of the scene and tried to keep that as far as possible. This version is no more than a bit of applied colouring in Photoshop CS5, though I also cloned out a small pole. The lens flare was added to increase the impression of bright sunlight coming in through the trees.

I compared Unsharp Mask and a High Pass sharpening layer... Unsharp Mask (at the settings I had it) seemed gentler, leaving the softer parts of the picture so that they didn't get jagged.

Many thanks to Hannah for firing up the post-processing thread again; I enjoyed this a lot!

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.Eubeen
10/03/10 2:45 AM GMT
A lovely rework of Hannah's image. This has a great oil painting look to it. Nice work with the lighting; the lens flares bring it back to being a photo. Beautiful colours and thanks for sharing.
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.Donna68
10/04/10 8:39 AM GMT
Lovely image :)
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Reb_Saunders
10/05/10 10:34 AM GMT
pretty.
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.Mythmaker
10/05/10 3:25 PM GMT
Lots of shimmer and grace to this. Parts almost look like underwater scenery.
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.Tedi
10/05/10 6:32 PM GMT
Very interesting forest, lovely place and colors.
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10/05/10 9:07 PM GMT
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