One thing that has truly amazed me about G+ is some of the incredibly talented photographers that are using the platform as a playground to share their work and view the work of others in their field. I really can’t aptly describe how awesome some of the work on there is. In addition to drooling over the work of others, I decided to try to mess with some photos that I took on trips before to see what I could do with my Photoshop Elements. I’ve heard that while it doesn’t have all the fun toys that the full version of PS does, you can still do some pretty impressive things with it.
Below is the result of my first real sit down of seeing what I could come up with. No one is going to mistake it for even a first year photography student’s work, but I can’t say I’m totally disappointed with it. There are still some things I would change, but it’s a start. And yes, I know it’s not really HDR, but it’s probably as close as I’ll get.
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