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Garden Courtyard (6)
karith Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1066 W: 80 N: 1171] (7409)
Switching gears today, and returning to some shots taken recently at an open garden event. This place was really more of a courtyard than a garden, but the "decor" was done by a professional and well worth showing off:)

I have been trying to learn how to do a good "Orton effect"...so this is one of my practice results.

PP: standard RAW adjustments, gaussian blur layer, raised saturation, blending mode darken, resized, added border.

Follow-up note: I posted the untouched original in a workshop for comparison. Seems I may have overdone the saturation eh? Must have been in one of those "extreme" moods again:) Feel free to say what you really think...hehe.

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karith Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1066 W: 80 N: 1171] (7409)
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Edited by:karith Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1066 W: 80 N: 1171] (7409)

As requested, here is the original, prior to "Ortonizing"...or practice anyway. I went for much more saturation in the pp'd version, probably too much, but was fascinated with the effects. Still practicing:)