The original “castle” by Bren Ryan of RyanPhotography was dark (on purpose I’m sure) so first I opened up the shadows in Lightroom. I felt that the castle needed some breathing space and some interest in the sky. To do that I masked the castle in Photoshop and imported a suitable background of my own, taken in Panama 5/21/2014, to place behind it. I selected the water and duplicated it as a layer and stretched it to fill the bottom and stretched part of it to fill the area on the bottom left. I blended it in by cloning and masking then merged those layers. Lastly, I brought it into onOne for a few more adjustments.
Created for Stacy Fischer’s July One Photo Focus.
Sherry Felix - port4u 
Great job, Sherry. Exactly what I felt when I first saw the photo, too tight. I wanted to add space all around but my skills are nowhere near yours so I didn’t even try! Maybe next month.
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Thankyou. In Photoshop you start by making the canvas size larger, bring in a background, then mask out bits of the castle. Lost of free tutorials out there 🙂
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I know. That’s how I learned Lightroom, with free youtube tutorials. One day!
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Nice work with the sky and new setting for the manor, Sherry.
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Thank you.
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Interesting *! *
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Beautifully done.
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Thanks 🙂
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Beautiful and regal! 🙂
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Thanks. The photo wasn’t mine though.
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Wonderful effects! Makes me really want to visit this castle and see the inside too!
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Thanks. Me too. I wonder where it is?
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If you find out, let me know! 😀
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Great editing Sherry. I think my first effort would be to swap out a sky. Monday!
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Thanks. I enjoy this challenge. Hope you have fun with it.
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