RAW.ChallengePhoto 1 by taffy

RAW.ChallengePhoto 1

The RAW Photo challenge initiated by Ian Watts: http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/19442/official-raw-competition
is really a fun idea! This is my first entry -- it was so much fun to practice using different editing tools on something that was not an image I had taken and thus felt freer to play around with it.
Posting it on Apr 2 because I had a blank spot in my extras album, but edited on Oct 5 for the challenge.
Whoa! That's an incredible bit of manipulation.
October 5th, 2013  
@steampowered I actually lost track of all the manipulations. I knew what I wanted and then just kept piling on filters, first in Efex Color and then in Topaz Adjust and finalized in Aperture. Crazy fun!
October 5th, 2013  
Wow - that is really spectacular! Love the processing. Fav!
October 5th, 2013  
@busylady Thanks so much, Judith. It was really a 'just for fun' thing I started but it turned into an obsession! It's so freeing editing someone else's photo. It allowed me to be more experimental, I think.
October 5th, 2013  
Nice Taffy! This is a great way to try some stuff. A lot like WWYD challenges but without the morphing, adding and total image changing.
October 5th, 2013  
love it fav
October 5th, 2013  
I really like what you did with the sky, great edit!
October 5th, 2013  
Very nice shot!
October 5th, 2013  
@elisasaeter @salza @joanbasson @mikegifford
Thanks Mike, Joan, Sally, and Elisabeth! It was fun working on it. Mike, you're right about it being like WWYD, but in a way not as hard as we aren't expected to photoshop new things into the image. So, it's perfect for those of us who don't use PS or processing tools like that.
October 5th, 2013  
I love what you have done with the shot Taffy! I think I need to get Colour Efex! It looks like it's another must have!
October 5th, 2013  
very dramatic image well done
October 5th, 2013  
very well done, awesome shot
October 6th, 2013  
FAV.
October 6th, 2013  
AC
Great job! You out did yourself.
October 6th, 2013  
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