A shot of Conisbrough Castle from the road outside.
Image 3695
Raw Import - For sky, 5300, -4, -.9, 1, 72,+28,+6, no sharpening.
Raw Import - For scenery, 5300, -4, 0, 1,62, 28,6, no sharpening.
New layer to combine two imports.
Erase through for cloud detail
Burn some cloud
Adjust contrast etc.
Erase brush on raw layer except cloud detail and bits of plant
Resize
USM Filter
Text, 24 point Edwardian Script
Border created with slightly transparent layer, with cut-out white rectangle.
Darkened with levels.
And for folk who didn't like the border, here's the outtake, without it -
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I, too, like the trees as a method of framing the shot. Gives a sense of depth and size. Does look like the castle needs a wee bit o' maintenance. And having spent a whopping two weeks in Europe now, I can understand the whole gray sky phenomenon. :-)
I think this shot was under rated. I was one of the 6's. I agree about the over sharpening. Maybe you should try 'smart sharpen' if you are using CS2. That seems to create fewer, or less severe halos than USM. I like the concept of the transparent border, but on the bottom, it may be detracting from the feeling of distance to the castle. Maybe it would work better if it were the same width as the sides and top, or you might have to eliminate it all together. (You'd have to change the color of the text then.) I like your choice of font and the trees framing the shot.
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The focus seems to lack really sharp focus and lighting are a little subdued for a postcard - it's hard on a cloudy day sometimes to make a nice postcard!.
Very cool photo, but I think a different choice of border would have worked berrer. It's just kind of distracting when you try to read the text...but I'm not dinging it for that. It's about the photo, not the border.
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