Horsewoman in Native Arab Costume
by LindaLee

Comment by snaffles:
why the fake tail?

Moonlight Drive
by LindaLee

Comment by blindjustice:
Great slice of life.

Moonlight Drive
by LindaLee

Comment by tate:
Reminds me of the guy "Chick" from Bates Motel.
Nice atmosphere.

Moonlight Drive
by LindaLee

Comment by PennyStreet:
Love the story

Moonlight Drive
by LindaLee

Comment by Cyrilda:
This will be me one day. Next door to daughter.

View from Red Rock Scenic Byway
by LindaLee

Comment by Lydia:
Appears on my monitor as being highly over-sharpened, but I like the composition.

Village Interrupted
by LindaLee

Comment by LindaLee:

Originally posted by nam: Question. Did you "erase" the cloud texture from the houses and land? I see SC's point about the texture bringing clouds into an image where they should be and where they were not, so it wouldn't matter here anyway, but I see no sign of the cloud texture in the foreground and it was my understanding that ANY texture had to be applied equally over the entire image or it was no longer considered a "texture" for the purpose of the advanced rules editing set. And btw this is a fantastic picture - and for purposes other than DPChallentge, your editing choices are right on in terms of the scene and mood. Love it.

I applied the cloud texture at only 20%, and did lower the opacity across the houses...I did not see anything in the rules that disallowed that, so if that is part of the rules, I missed that. For me, if you are explicity allowed to use layers & layers masks, that assumes the ability to lower the opacity or completely mask part of a layer. When the cloud texture was overlayed on the image, it was barely noticeable, it was after I overlayed the additional texture, then applied additional toning that the appearance of "clouds" really became apparent. I didn't even "think" DQ, since to me, a texture is a texture...but I completely "get" this...the sky was totally flat, and after the editing, it did have the appearance of having a cloudy sky.

Thank you for your question and your kind comments!

Village Interrupted
by LindaLee

Comment by nam:
Question. Did you "erase" the cloud texture from the houses and land? I see SC's point about the texture bringing clouds into an image where they should be and where they were not, so it wouldn't matter here anyway, but I see no sign of the cloud texture in the foreground and it was my understanding that ANY texture had to be applied equally over the entire image or it was no longer considered a "texture" for the purpose of the advanced rules editing set.
And btw this is a fantastic picture - and for purposes other than DPChallentge, your editing choices are right on in terms of the scene and mood. Love it.

Village Interrupted
by LindaLee

Comment by PaulFrocchi:
Glad to see this do well! This is an amazing scene. Congrats!

Village Interrupted
by LindaLee

Comment by glad2badad:
Ha! Look at you. 2nd challenge entry in 5 years and you pull a Ribbon out of one. :) Cool. Congrats!