Thanks to all who have expressed interest in the processing. The original is actually pretty well exposed and it's awful busy with all those branches - - so to simplify and spookify it, I used a combination of noise reduction, glow actions and exclusion blending. I will try to post more detailed steps within the next week.
Incidentally, this building is part of the defunct Rutherford Stuyvesant estate, presumably the carriage house as the mansion burned to the ground in 1959. It sits in the woods and is quite unseen unless you brave the briars and bears. I often take pictures of the entrance gate to the estate,
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This was an actual, out loud "wow" as I went through the thumbs for this challenge. You do realize, however, there's no contrast, the trees look fake in the front, it's probably DNMC, and who knows what else. And wow. What a shot!
Is a nice shot, makes me want to head to the mountains. The (Shadows and Highlights adjustment) on the trunks of the trees in the snow, makes them seem out of place.
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