Experimentation

It has been such a miserable, cold, wet day that my camera hasn't come out of it's case.
I have bought a book on mastering photoshop and have been playing around with it.
This is an old photo that I have stylized. It's good fun and far better than getting cold and wet!

see @shepherdmanswife/other-things for the original photo

[Hope D Jennings]

Wow!! Amazing,cool and creative!What book did you purchase?

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@mzzhope I bought the photoshop cs6 book as well as photoshop for beginners, but must admit this wasn't specifically in the books. I played around with some of the techniques I've been learning and played with this photo until I got something I liked. I should have written it down because I have forgotten what I did!

[Hope D Jennings]

@shepherdmanswife lol.That is how I am when I cook. :) Can't wait to get PS..looks like fun!

[Kim]

I'd say your experiment was successful. Great processing!

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Wondeful. It's like a superb book illustration.

[Claire]

Well this is amazing, assuming you were going for a spooky tree:0) Would be great for Halloween! Can't wait to see some more experiments

[Anja]

I like it!

[dh (delena)]

This is beautiful. How did you do it?

[Paula W]

I like what you've done, would be interesting to see a 'before' image too. I can never remember what I've done when people ask me - memory of a goldfish!!! Have a lovely weekend.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@paulaw will put original on @shepherdmanswife/other-things tomorrow

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@paulaw ok it's on!

[Sally Ings]

Very cool edit, gives it an abstract feel!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@dh was mostly in oil painting with a few other touches like tone, curves, vibrance etc. can't remember exactly.

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

NICE! Love this filter.

[Christine]

This is great!

[Kay Hodges]

This is awesome! Love the processing on this! I like it and it is now a FAV!

[Stephanie Swift]

Amazing processing, looks like a magical tree that has risen from the water, fav for me!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@kbird61 @tristansmum thanks both of you for the favs. I had fun creating it.

[Joy's Focus]

Wow and FAV!

[TheRubySusan]

@shepherdmanswife I usually can't remember what I've done, either! I really like this processing!

[Sue Wilde]

What a fabulous effect

[Andrea]

Instantly I said wow! Must check out Photoshop 👍

[Shepherdman]

Love this effect! Very clever and imaginative. Fav

[Bob Limacher]

Wanderful!!!

[Scott]

Love it! You have made lemonade out of lemons! This is beautiful... Fav!

[Mgreen]

Like the processing...cool shot

[Brenda T. Schwartz]

Fun! Looks like you have mastered photoshop!

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful image - brilliant processing!! Love it!! Fav!!

[Lisa Stein]

Amazing processing! Very cool effect. Good for you for new skills in PS!

[Jerri]

super fun shot. love the hairy tree. so flowing and artsy! congrats on pp!

[judith deacon]

Fabulous effect, your processing isperfect. Saw this on the PP, a well deserved place. FAV and follow

[MaryBeth Dailey]

This is neat! I love it! congrats on the PP!

[Jo]

Oh I love this, it's very striking, fabulous processing. Fav

[Yvonne]

This is so cool. Incredible processing. Fav.

[Vijay]

Fabulous ... and ... FAV'lous

[joey d.Muli]

Favtastic !!

[Cheri]

Love how this came out!

[Jack]

Fun shot. Nice processing.

[Taffy]

Fav! This is such a fascinating photo! I love it.

[Annie D]

this looks great - i play around and then forget what i have don hahahaha

[Ariel]

I do like this, even though it reminds me of my hair first thing in the morning.

[Judith]

Stunning

[Celi]

wow, this is really cool. good for you for trying to master photoshop. it's not an intuitive program!

[Jan K]

I love this! What a fun program!

[Linda C]

Well, that is a productive way to spend a rainy day! This is really cool!

[Gena Pegg]

FaVulously beautiful. Wonderful processing and a FAV

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Cool effect :)

[Carol Norman]

What a cool effect! FAV for me. I would love to do something like this!

[Ness Santvoort]

cool effect, had to fav it, terrific processing

[Yvonne L]

Wow! That's amazing! Love it! :-)

[GiGi]

Beautifully done...you will find it hard to stop soon haha

[bardejov]

Nicely done, what a great object for this technique.

[Osia Strasner]

Wow, this turned out extremely nice! Very interesting....I have started messing around with PS as well, but just trying to get comfortable with the basics. Maybe when it gets cold around here in the winter....would love to try something like this. Great job! I am following you! :-)

[Suse♡]

Fav!