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All Decked Out


 
  All Decked Out
All Decked Out

Elaine Hessler

 
  All Decked Out II
All Decked Out II
Different view.

Elaine Hessler

 
  Tree
Tree
Can these raindrops be easily removed?

Elaine Hessler

 
 
 

Elaine Hessler
 

This was taken in Lakewood Ohio, in the pouring rain. Here are two other shots I took, but am not sure if they are worth working on-you can let me know.


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December 16, 2012

 

Elaine Hessler
  Oops-by the way this is for your challenge, Dale!


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December 16, 2012

 

Beth Spencer
  That is some serious Christmas lights. I like the lighting in the first one. The sky seems a little to light in the second one.
I think the rain drops could probably be cloned out, but I do not have much luck with this skill. I bet Dale could help you.
Does everyone decorate like this?


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December 16, 2012

 

Elaine Hessler
  Not everyone decorates like this. This was an especially nice display in Lakewood, which is a few cities east of where I live. The houses are older and have a lot of character!


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December 17, 2012

 

Peter W. Marks
  "Does everyone decorate like this?"
Thankfully NO! Takes me back to the days when the rest of the world shook their heads in disbelief when Detroit persuaded the folk of this great country that their automobiles should be the size of tennis courts with great pointy tail lights and hood ornaments.
Let's show those neighbours that we can waste more resources than they can.

Blessings from Mr Scrooge!


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December 17, 2012

 

Jeff E Jensen
  Nice work on these, Elaine. I really like your POV on the second image, but I agree, it's just a bit to bright to bring out the Christmas lights. I think it would be worth working on.


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December 17, 2012

 

Debbie E. Payne
  This kind of looks like Allison's house but I don't think she has ever had time to put up more than a few lights. I, too, like the first one best. If you have CS5 or above, you might be able to do an Edit>Fill>Content Aware with the default settings and see what happens.


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December 17, 2012

 

Dale Hardin
  Puts my single string of lights along the gutter to shame.

As far as the spots, Debbie's advise is good but you don't need CS5. Photoshop Elements has that feature also and it should do the job.


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December 17, 2012

 

Debbie E. Payne
  Glad to hear that Dale. One of these days I will be looking at upgrading CS5 and because I don't have an educator's:discount anymore I may be looking into Elements.


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December 17, 2012

 
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