before.. after... always wondered why...

captain-spanky

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before:
whycopy.jpg


after:
wonderwhy.jpg


just experimenting with 'aging' but has it worked?
Too much? not enough?
Have i managed to make the photo much more interesting or was it a boring shot in the first place?
any suggestions on impreoving the shot in any aspect?

:)
 
I like your altered version a hell of a lot. I personally think you should leave it as it is! Looks really good.
 
Aoide said:
Is that an action? How did you do that?

Hi , It wasn't an action...

1 Firstly i tweaked the curves a little and sepia toned the image with hue/saturation
2 copied the layer > gaussian blur > adjust opacity to about 48%
3 new layer > black 'grunge' paintbrush (see here for some freeness http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/brushes.html ) painted edges and random areas
4 set layer to colour burn
5 new layer > white 'grunge' brush - painted random areas
6 set layer to lighten or something
7 adjusted opacity of the painted layers

and that's pretty much it... just played with it till i was happy really...
Oh and i cloned out the sign to the right as it made it look too 'modern' for the tone of it...
 
very nice. reallly nice PS work. looks very natural..
 
well improved, love the sepia tone you've given it, i noticed what appears to be a slight reflection on it (top right) was it taken through glass or has the cloning produced those lines?, because it does'nt appear on #1...
 

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