September One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which everyone processes/interprets in their own way and on the first Friday of the month Stacy shares all the ‘after’ versions.

Thanks for another fun challenge Stacy!

Stacy’s original photo.

My version.

One Photo Focus August

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which everyone processes/interprets in their own way and on the first Friday of the month Stacy shares all the ‘after’ versions.

This month the ‘Before’ photo was submitted by  Robin Kent – many thanks Robin

My version.

Robin’s original.

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July One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which everyone processes/interprets in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy shares all the ‘after’ versions.

This month the ‘Before’ photo was submitted by  Bren Ryan of RyanPhotography – many thanks Bren!

Bren’s original.

My fantasy version.

 

June One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which everyone processes/interprets in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy shares all the ‘after’ versions.

This month the ‘Before’ photo was taken by David Croker of CADE Photographic – thanks David!

My version

David’s original

May One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy shares all the ‘after’ versions.

This month the ‘Before’ photo was taken by Julie Powell – thanks Julie!

Julie’s original photo.

My happy holiday version.

I’ve tried to create the feel of old holiday memories.

 

April One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy reveals all the ‘after’ versions.

This months original image was kindly provided by Cee Neuner of Cee’s Photography.

My Hansel and Gretel house.

Cee’s original photo.

March one photo focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy reveals all the ‘after’ versions.

This months original image was kindly provided by Nancy Merrill.

Dreamy version.

Arty version.

Nancy Merrill’s original image.

January One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy reveals everyone’s ‘afters’. The Before  shot was supplied by  Laura Macky.

My version

Laura’s Original

I’ve been playing with masks and gradients recently, so I used them to create this underwater scene.

 

December One Photo Focus

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy reveals all the ‘afters’.

This is Julie Powell’s original before picture.

Beautiful in its own right, I decided to do something completely different and of course I couldn’t resist just a little touch of magic.

One Photo Focus November

One Photo Focus is organised by Stacy Fisher at Visual Venturing.   Stacy provides a ‘before’ picture which participants process/interpret in their own ways and on the first Friday of the month Stacy reveals all the ‘afters’.

This month the original picture was provided by Helen Chen.

The  Anping Treehouse in Tainan, Taiwan.

This is my interpretation.

To me, the original picture felt oppressive and sad and reminded me of the the forest of vines and thorns that grew up around Sleeping Beauty’s castle.

Am I a primary school teacher because I think like that or do I think like that because I’m a primary school teacher?

Following the Sleeping Beauty path, I cropped the image, lightened the shadows, added a rainbow gradient layer and finally added some magical sparkles and vines.