Click and Mouseover the image for the before and after edits.
It's cold and miserable here in New York today. Perfect weather for staying indoors, drinking tea and doing a little Photoshopping! I've also got a case of the sniffles, maybe due to the crazy rocket ride of temperatures here abouts, either that or some less than delicious germs bestowed by the guy who was sitting next to me on the plane sneezing all the time!
This piece has taken about twice as long to concoct as it should have, about half way through working on this image Max the cat decided to tiptoe round the back of my desk and plopped his dirty great paws over the powerboard and "poof" the Mac shutdown and 70% of what I had been doing for the last 2 hours was lost. Yeah, yeah, I did have a saved version of my file, but it was you know, like Rev 1!!
Just as well I love that cat .....
Anway, here we are. Miss Venice 2012 - well for me anyway. I just loved her hat!
I used the "sooc" photo and then layerd a neat image of a big clock face and some architectural bits for the background that I took later in the week.
You can mouse-over the image to get the before and after edits.
Enjoy!
She is even more wonderful as a painting. Beautiful work, Marie!
Posted by: mary bailey | February 28, 2012 at 03:57 PM
Its always so cool to see what you can do with a simple photo!!!!
Incredible!!!
Posted by: Tera | February 26, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Love..love..love how you did this. It's as magical as actually being there. Hope you're feeling better...
Posted by: Marcie | February 26, 2012 at 12:42 PM
WOW! I love that mouse-over goodie!
(I think yours is the better.)
Posted by: Chris | February 26, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Wow, wonderful colors and nice to see before and after. Great!!!
Posted by: Christine Baier | February 26, 2012 at 06:32 AM
Well, at least things go faster the second time around... usually... The background you used is so much more interesting than the original.
Posted by: dori | February 25, 2012 at 06:36 PM
The photos from your trip are wonderful Marie - but I like your edits even more! Hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Bonnie | February 25, 2012 at 04:54 PM
Another gasp and drool moment for me........
~K
Posted by: karen burns | February 25, 2012 at 04:36 PM
Now that's an amazing piece of work! What you can do with a computer and a great photo just blows me away.
Posted by: Bren | February 25, 2012 at 09:11 AM
Love the hat -- love the flowers! Love the ruffle. Love what you did for the colors. So glad you got rid of the messy guy in the background with his YELLOW scarf. :-)
I hate when I am trapped next to sick people in an airplane! Hope you are all better soon.
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | February 25, 2012 at 07:38 AM
What a gorgeous transformation.
Posted by: Frida | February 25, 2012 at 03:10 AM
I love the outcome, so rich
Posted by: Chantal | February 25, 2012 at 01:56 AM
the transformation is phenomenal!
Posted by: Deborah | February 24, 2012 at 10:41 PM
This is so beautiful - what a transformation! I hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Sherri B. | February 24, 2012 at 09:55 PM
I'm really impressed by how she became a painting. Beautiful!
I understand the frustration over losing work; it's happened to me more times than I like to think about.
Posted by: joanne thieme huffman | February 24, 2012 at 08:31 PM