The "Before" Shot for A Steep Learning Curve

I didn't make huge changes to the photo: I used the impressionist brush with a long curl/ light colour to lighten areas of the sky; the wire has a sort of corona from a brush from special effects - scattered crystals (I think); some of the foliage is greener than in the original - another pass with the impressionist brush.

This is the original - no alterations yet.

A Steep Learning Curve

I have been concentrating on working with Photoshop and have decided to do something new each day, when possible. For too long, I have been poking around here and there in the program, but at that rate it would take several lifetimes to learn much of anything. With each new command or pull-down menu, I am totally amazed by what is possible!

 The photo is an experiment with brushes, mostly (and some frustrating attempts at fixing a boo-boo!). The image was taken on the road from Kamloops to Sun Peaks BC.