Creative License Friday #2

Jill at She Who Carries Camera has started a new meme called Creative License Friday. Every week she provides a photo to play with however we please. The possibilities are endless. I am going to try to participate often because it's fun and it gets me out of my comfort zone.

This is the original image, donated by Cathy. Thank you!
I absolutely adore this image. The heart in the rock and the people in silhouette are two of the aspects that make this so awesome.

My formula in Photoshop CS3:

1) Resized the image to fit my blog (800x533).

2) Copied the original layer and auto adjusted color and levels which deepened the color.
3) Ran Pioneer Woman's "Lovely and Ethereal" action. On the Darken Things layer I painted over the rocks to make them darker. I also painted over the water to make the sheen less harsh.
4) My final thought was to add a sky, so I used the sky from my Lake Martin photo. :)

Overall I'm quite pleased. Hope it is creative enough! It certainly was fun to work on.

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Sunset at Lake Martin

Greetings from Cajun Country! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Double D and I spent most of the day yesterday at Avery Island and Lake Martin. The highlights at Avery Island were a swallowtail kite, nesting great egrets, alligators, azaleas, and wisteria. At Lake Martin we saw more nesting egrets, roseate spoonbills, black-bellied whistling ducks, ibises, and more. We timed the trip so we could see the sunset at Lake Martin. Although the water was choppy from all the boating activity and wind, it did not disappoint. Can't wait to show you the rest of my photos. It was the most awesome day ever! Y'all have a great week!

Swamp tour boat is in the distance.

This was taken about 50 frames before the sun started to set.

Thank you Madge for hosting!