Nature photo/painting posted to gallery

[jstorck]

Hi,

Just did this on my laptop. The color and tone adjustments are hard to guage.
I removed the sky from the original photo and replaced. Then added reflections/shadows to the lake. Then changed perspective (flipped) and then applied oil painting effects and gaus. blur. Any suggestions that might improve it would be welcome.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=12869

[Pauline]

Jack that is beautiful! Wouldn't change a thing.

[AngelicKim]

Jack, I agree with Pauline. I like the way the clouds reflect in the water.

[ktnoon60]

Great look there Jack, I love the sky in that one. Maybe a bit of a canvas texture would look good with a more painterly feel.

Terry

[kimh]

Looks awesome as does others in your gallery!
Kimh

[kimi_boo]

Nice pick on the sky. I read replaced the skin. :eek: I really think I am spending too much time here. :p

Looks Great Jack!!

[tbrannon]

Whoa Jack!
Nice work!
This is stunning!

[jstorck]

Hello,
Pauline, Kim, Kimh and Kimi, Terry, and Tina...thanks for the positive encouragement. Your galleries and challange entries provide inspiration for an E 4.0 beginner.

Terry- I had some canvas in there and lost it with the blur. I'll go back this evening and re-apply it. BTW I have the following saved in my favorites. It is the inspiration of my painting effects. I find this work fascinating. If you get a moment, let me know how it was done or if there is a thread..point the way, please. I haven't been able to get that look.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=12300

[NMarti]

Beautiful colors. I would leave it just like it is.

[jstorck]

Nancy,

Thank you. Your gallery is great.

[ktnoon60]

Hi Jack, I do love how that one turned out. I explained it a bit in this thread
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13821
scroll down to message #11. I think the noise reduction and shadow highlights were they key and matching the tone of thehouse to the sunset. The mr. contrast layer was set to a blend mode( soft light I think, I usually try them all). Remember when adding texture, it should be the last thing you do. Blurring or sharpening will take away from the effect. I usually add the texture to a duplicate layer and play around with the opacity also. Hope that helps, just ask if you need some help.

Terry

[jstorck]

Terry,

Thanks for the link to the thread. Sounds like my methods are much the same as some of yours......just start playing around and see what happens. Thanks