Horse Dreams by taffy

Horse Dreams

It rained all day today so I had a bit of fun with this image from Niagara-on-the-Lake. I used several programs, including Photoshop, Topaz Textures, Color Efex, and Lightroom. I have no idea in what order or how I ended up with this and already can see things I wish I'd done differently. But too much work not to go ahead and post it.
Phenomenal! In awe, complete and total. Fav.
June 27th, 2017  
At first I thought it was Amish buggies! Cool processing!
June 27th, 2017  
Magical. I love it and I have a question...it seems reallly tricky to me to find ways to ground things and especially the carriage on right, but both of them, seem to be floating despite the grass. The horse seems more grounded
June 27th, 2017  
@jgpittenger I know exactly what you mean. I worked to ground the horse among the grasses, to cover parts of its hooves purposefully. Then, for the other carriage I actually purposefully was letting it float, as if the horse was thinking about the (horseless) carriage. It didn't quite work, but that was the idea.
June 27th, 2017  
fantastic, fairy tale like editing.
June 27th, 2017  
This is awesome. Fabulous processing. Something to aim for. Fav.
June 27th, 2017  
Very cool
June 27th, 2017  
Great edit
Seems more of a horse nightmare
June 27th, 2017  
A successful experiment--cool results!
June 27th, 2017  
Awesome picture.
June 27th, 2017  
I really like the end result of your processing which has created a definite dreamy image.
June 27th, 2017  
Well done
June 27th, 2017  
A dreamlike image Taffy. The floating effect is the same issue I had with my lion image. It's strange how you can get the textures right in some images and in others however much you try you cannot ground the subject.
June 27th, 2017  
I think it is brilliant. Always good to have a day playing.
June 27th, 2017  
Fabulous...whatever processing techniques you used. It's all Greek to me.
June 27th, 2017  
A great final result. Thanks for explaining what you were aiming for.
June 27th, 2017  
Very atmospheric and lovely processing.
June 27th, 2017  
Fav. for the processing.
June 27th, 2017  
Stunningly appealing -great edit and a huge fav
June 27th, 2017  
I like it! Very dramatic feel!
June 27th, 2017  
Surreal and a bit haunting! Love it!
June 27th, 2017  
Brilliant!
June 27th, 2017  
Great work.
June 27th, 2017  
Interesting image.......you must have sent your rain over here, it's pouring today! I maybe head for the coffee now and give the cold Belgian beer a miss!
June 27th, 2017  
Awesome shot
June 27th, 2017  
Taffy - great job! I can only imagine all the time that took. It definitely makes me want to know more about what's happening. Now I want to play! Fav.
June 27th, 2017  
Got it...maybe if you grounded the wheels of the carriage he is pulling?
June 27th, 2017  
Hats off to you on this one, you have a ton more patience than I do and a good deal more creativity!
June 27th, 2017  
This is amazing. Both wagons are kind of floating, but that's okay with me! I love it!
June 27th, 2017  
Beautifully processed and presented. Fav!! 😀
June 27th, 2017  
Nice processing!
June 27th, 2017  
Love the idea behind this one Taffy. Maybe if you put a bit more texture over the buggy on the left it would blend more into what looks like the mist and lower the height a little so that it doesn't appear to be floating in the sky.
If you used a 'grass brush' where the buggy and the horse blends into the grass, I think that will help to ground it bit more. @ltodd gave me a link to some grass brushes that will work really well with this texture. Hopefully I still have the link and I'll email it to you to have a play with.
June 27th, 2017  
@deborah63 Thanks Debbie -- and any link to how to actually use the brushes would be great as I never have used them in PS, only have done layers in Textures. And those are not recoverable, sadly, but I can work on this image -- just can't go back to any earlier ones without starting over (and don't think I could recreate it again).
June 27th, 2017  
This is so interesting. Your edit feels whimsical yet action-packed!
June 27th, 2017  
Cool processing!
June 28th, 2017  
Great processing.
June 28th, 2017  
Magical.
June 28th, 2017  
Very clever, love it!! FAV
June 28th, 2017  
Rather enchanting :)
June 28th, 2017  
@deborah63 @taffy Debbie I hope you still have the links? I will look on the other computer for the the email. I would paint with the grass brush in a darker brown paint on its own layer on the bottom centre & left. The masking on the carriage middle bottom has has left a little of the original background - on the mask layer, use in 'mask & select', click on the refine edge brush on left select the smart radius on the panel and paint over the edges a little - it should work a treat if you have the settings right... https://www.slrlounge.com/select-mask-vs-refine-edge-having-your-cake-eating-it-too/
June 28th, 2017  
Very dreamy processing, I like it a lot.
June 28th, 2017  
I love the processing, something I must get my head round.
June 28th, 2017  
I wish I had your editing skills! Fantastic processing and a Fav
June 28th, 2017  
@ltodd Now I have a photo project! Thanks for sharing the info.
June 28th, 2017  
So lovely. Looks like he's emerging from the mist.
June 28th, 2017  
Wonderful shot
June 28th, 2017  
So dreamy!
June 29th, 2017  
Tom
Wonderful processing
June 29th, 2017  
I like what you've achieved here and it's interesting reading the various suggestions... another one for you - you could go the other way and make the horse and carriages less grounded, convert to B&W, work on the shadows a bit and you would have 'Ghost Carriages'!
June 30th, 2017  
@vignouse dry cool idea!! Will tag you if it works and is post able. Thanks!
June 30th, 2017  
@vignouse Very. Not dry. Hate auto correct!
June 30th, 2017  
Very cool creation and so surreal. Love it!
July 1st, 2017  
So surreal...like floating apparitions! What a lot of creative editing!
July 1st, 2017  
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