Stacy at Visual Venturing hosts One Photo Focus. She provides the photo and we all edit it and resubmit it to her where she compiles them all on her blog. Nice Stacy.
This is the photo for this month – an image of the Anping Treehouse in Tainan, Taiwan submitted by Helen Chen of HHC Blog:
I really didn’t know where to go with this and set it aside for several days. On returning to it I decided to up the grunge and perhaps add a bit of mystery. In sagelight I applied an artistic filter which I then peeled back randomly to get the level of detail I wanted in specific areas. Then I played with the lighting and colour levels to arrive at this –
Beyond the Brush 
I, too, love the texture you have added to the photo. From this, I learned how important texture is. Cool editing. Thanks.
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It’s brighter and deeper – three dimensional!
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I really do love the texture you brought to the photo, Lynne. Different and wonderful!
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You really brought out all the wonderful detail and texture here!
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I like it. The filter was the perfect choice.
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