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My daughters and I at a wedding this past weekend.
I took this during a hike up a steep mountain. I was standing on a rock behind her.

Text tool in GIMP

GIMP doesn't work quite like the photoshop tutorial. I was not able to bevel and emboss. Apparently there is a script I have to download and run in order to use layer styling. I'll work on the script when I get a chance later...

Clone tool

This is the original photo...
I removed the powerline from the clouds using the clone tool. I cloned the fog and placed it over the powerline. The powerline completely ruined the original photo. Oversight on my part. Good thing for photoshop.

Dodge, Burn and Filters

I used the conte crayon filter to make this hunting shack seem a little older than it is.



I used the paint brush with a very mild opacity to darken the water around the loons and then switched forground colors to white and lightened the loons themselves very slightly. The original picture seemed washed out by the glare of the water. The darkened one helps a little, I think the loons are still hard to see.

My daughter jumping off of a dock a few years ago. I again used the brush tool to darken the SUV and the trees in the background. I also darkened the dock and her skin and hair a little. I switched to white and lightened the shadows on her skin.

Photo adjustments...

Before...


After... I used Gimp to first cut out the statue and the mountains. I then lightened that layer and left the original sky layer the way it was. I like the sky the way it was but the mountain was too dark for me. I ended up making the sky lighter too just to make it all match.




Before...



After... This is a picture of me on my bike. I used hue-saturation to change only the color of the bike. I was impressed how easy this really was once I figured out what everything did. I of course like the original better.