My first attempt

[Dak Paule]

Here is a photo I took over the weekend of a Mission in San Antonio. I thought I would try my hand at photoart and I used a technique I read about at http://www.davrodigital.co.uk/tutori...sland-cafe.htm

I would be grateful for any comments and suggestions. I was also hoping some other members would use this mission photo and show me some different techniques. Thanks

[0lBaldy]

Dak Paule, Welcome to RetouchPRO Hope you enjoy your stay here and make lots of friends. You do good work...I think it looks great!! Almost a HDR effect!

I just cropped and did some bas relief work then finished with some Snap Art embellishments

[lynn55]

Hello Dak Paule ! Warm welcome to Retouchpro forum.

I set contrast, high saturation and texturizer filter.

[DannyRaphael]

Welcome to RP. I especially like how you enhanced the sky. That worked very well.

Hope to see more of your work in the future. You're off to a great start.

[Dak Paule]

Hey, thanks for all the encouragement from everyone. I read about the AOP effect on here yesterday so I downloaded it for free here

http://www.romancortes.com/blog/arcimbolder/

and used it on my Mission photo. I also added a palm tree. I like the effect of the AOP program.

[MiningArt]

Nice image, thanks for the play Dak Paule. Added a moon and made black-white.